Forging the future of special collections

"This book grew out of a colloquium on 'Forging the Future of Special Collections, ' which was held in October 2014 and organized by the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The colloquium evolved from a Rare Book Forum at the Library of Congress that was given in 2001, called 'Private Collectors and Special Collections Libraries, ' which was organized by Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, and aided by Dan DeSimone"--Introduction.

Reflections on the meanings of objects / E. Haven Hawley -- Affinities and alliances : thoughts on acquisitions, collection development, and donor relations / Jim Kuhn -- Where does the collector/donor community see special collections today? / Jon A. Lindseth -- Collecting communities : the role of special collections librarians and archivists in creating new life for community-base collections / Melissa A. Hubbard -- The role of the auction house / Selby Kiffer -- Forging into the future : facing digital realities and forecasting endeavors for special collections librarianship / Athena N. Jackson -- Lawrence clark powell revisited : the functions of rare books today / Joel Silver -- Special collections libraries and the uses of the past / Paul Ruxin -- Everything old is new again : transformation in special collections / Alice Schreyer -- Special collections and the booksellers of today / Tom Congalton -- Acknowledging the past / Daniel DeSimone -- Literary archives : how they have changed, and how they are changing / Ken Lopez -- Objects of study : special collections in an age of digital scholarship / Stephen Enniss -- Considering the present : special collections are the meal…