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Language Matters: How Baker Library is Working Towards Conscious and Inclusive Description
Ticker, 2021 Inclusive and conscious archival description can support consistency in researching and describing marginalized groups and can serve to provide context and a counter-narrative reflecting the perspective of the documented community.
Christine Riggle, Mary Samouelian
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Vladimir R. Đorđević in the National Library of Serbia [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2020 This article deals with the collection of documents belonging to Vladimir R. Đorđević, which are kept at the National Library of Serbia. These documents are divided in two separate personal funds – Vladimir’s letters to his brother Tihomir are ...
Prelić Velibor
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The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2021 The popularity of genealogical research is linked to the growth of online genealogy services such as Ancestry.com, which, as of 2020, has over three million paid subscribers. Another 18 million people have taken genetic ancestry tests through the company’
Anna Robinson-Sweet
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Rare books and special collections: study of the history and current situation in the world and Iran [PDF]
کتابداری و اطلاعرسانی, 2021 Objective: Purpose of this study is to review the definitional framework of rare books and to study the historical evolution of special collections in the world and in Iran. Methodology: Descriptive method with inductive approach has been used. First, it
Seyede Torfe Abtahi NejadMoghadam +3 more
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Historical Evolution of Fore-edge Paintings [PDF]
Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2019 Fore-edge Painting is a type of book decoration. Germinating in the 10th century in Europe, it revived and prospered during the second half of the 18th century, when a number of books with foreedge paintings emerged.
Fuying Peng
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Data-Driven Decision Making: An Holistic Approach to Assessment in Special Collections Repositories
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2013 Objective – In an environment of shrinking budgets and reduced staffing, this study seeks to identify a comprehensive, integrated assessment strategy to better focus diminished resources within special collections repositories.
Melanie Griffin +2 more
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Hva med de gjenstridige dokumentene? Fagreferentrollen i spesialsamlinger
Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education, 2010 Spesialsamlinger er samlinger av ”gjenstridige dokumenter”, dvs. dokumenter som er sjeldne, unika eller upubliserte og derfor ofte er fysisk bundet til eierinstitusjonen.
Solveig Greve
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Wikipedia Edit-a-thons: Thinking Beyond the Warm Fuzzies
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2017 Wikipedia edit-a-thons represent a unique and fruitful avenue for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) to engage with new and existing segments of their user communities.
Danielle Robichaud
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Determination of the polymer composition of mid-twentieth century purses by Raman spectroscopy
Heritage Science, 2022 A database was constructed of 134 reference plastic samples and their Raman spectra to aid in the rapid and accurate identification of the polymer composition of mid-twentieth century plastic purses and their component parts from the Plastics Artifacts ...
Mary N. Boyden +3 more
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2013 Objective – The objective of this study was to examine and call attention to the current deficiency in standardized performance measures and usage metrics suited to assessing the value and impact of special collections and archives and their ...
Christian Dupont, Elizabeth Yakel
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