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American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon. RS 9/2/52 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY creator: Heady, Earl Orel (1916-1987) title: Papers dates: 1947-1987, n.d. extent: 19 linear feet (45 document boxes) number: RS 9/ Blouin. Jr.. Bentley Library, University of . Michgian. June 5, 2012. Libraries in the Service of their Universities. What is the Bentley Library ?. Michigan Historical Collections. University Archives. COLLECTIONS . with the. Institutional Mission. Tim . Pyatt. , Huck Chair. Eberly. Family Special Collections Library. June 5, 2012. OCLC Research Library Partners. Libraries Rebound. “it will become increasingly difficult to distinguish libraries based on their holdings of these materials. Instead, libraries and their institutions will increasingly be distinguished by the special collections of rare and unique materials that they hold…” . Distinction with Impact . Lisa R. Carter. OCLC Research Library Partners. Libraries Rebound . June . 5, . 2012. Distinctive Signifiers of Excellence . . “. . . the . libraries’ expectations of special collections have . Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane. Digitization. Digitization. Paper vs. Bits. Paper vs. Bits. Paper vs. Bits. Beyond Digitization. Metadata Schema. Controlled vocabularies. OCR – Optical Character Recognition. Warwick History Dissertation. Questions. Do you need to use ‘primary sources’ and ‘archives’ in writing a dissertation?. What do these two terms mean?. How do you find this material?. How do you make effective use of this material in completing a dissertation?. April Miller, Program Lead – WBG Archives. ACRL Pre-conference. Washington, DC. March 22, 2017. The World Bank. Established . July . 1944 to rebuild Europe after World War II . Owned . by 187 member countries. Beth Parry. Common sense. Stubbornness. Luck. Background:. FIL conference 2012. Mainly Yes. No - short loan/ref. . - microfilm. - video/DVD. . - electronic (licence). . - Special Collections . Past Meets Future. Cassie Brand. Special Collections Project Associate. Cassie.Brand@goucher.edu. Creative Workflows & . Efficient Processing. Workflow. Student worker fills out worksheet. Staff member reviews student work. Other Research Sources to . Trace Family History. WHERE TO START?. The central organizing . principle of the discipline. of genealogy is the. interpretation and analysis. of kinship.. Carolyn Earle Billingsley, Ph.D.. Or…. What is the Difference. And Why Does it Matter?. Defining Archives. Society of American Archivists gives this definition on their website:. (also . archive. ), n. ~ 1. Materials created or received by a person, family, or organization, public or private, in the conduct of their affairs and preserved because of the enduring value contained in the information they contain or as evidence of the functions and responsibilities of their creator, especially those materials maintained using the principles of provenance, original order, and collective control; permanent records. - 2. The division within an organization responsible for maintaining the organization's records of enduring value. - 3. An organization that collects the records of individuals, families, or other organizations; a collecting archives. - 4. The professional discipline of administering such collections and organizations. - 5. The building (or portion thereof) housing archival collections. - 6. A published collection of scholarly papers, especially as a periodical.. Jackie Dooley. Consulting Archivist. RLG Partnership Annual Meeting. Chicago, June 2010. Agenda. Survey population. Project objectives. Data. A few starter questions. Commentary: Alice Schreyer. Action Items. to the Library. November 17, 2008. John MacColl. European Director, RLG Partnership, OCLC Research. 8 December 2008. Recent risk analysis . In a rapidly evolving information environment, what are the greatest risks to research libraries?. (NARA) 05/19 Page 1 Archivist of the United States : David Ferriero Department: National Archives History & Mission: Congress established the National Archives in 1934 to preserve and care for the