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Special Collections (often abbreviated to Spec. Coll. or S.C.) is the name applied to a repository, sometimes within a public or academic library, that houses rare or old materials including books, theses, incunabula, handwritten manuscripts, archives, photographs, audio-visual materials, and other documents.
The principal purpose of a Special Collections department is to keep said material safe and secure and to make them accessible to interested researchers. The material is often 'non-circulating' and ideally should be stored in stacks where the room temperature and moisture in the air are carefully monitored.
Special Collections departments are most always managed by a professional librarian, archivist, or curator. Other staff are often called upon to conduct physical restoration, preservation, (or 'conservation') of books and manuscripts.
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Special Collections: Just Shelved: Germans, Canadians, and Iowans--Oh, My! http://bit.ly/2hchiX
DavenportLib (Davenport Library) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:09 -0000
Special Collections: Just Shelved: Germans, Canadians, and Iowans--Oh, My! http://bit.ly/2hchiX
Promote your special collections. Put in external links in wikipedia. #bricknclick09
jokrausdu (Joe Kraus) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:23:53 -0000
Promote your special collections. Put in external links in wikipedia. #bricknclick09
Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special Collections - Video http://bit.ly/DNNWC
corningmuseum (corningmuseum) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:49 -0000
Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special Collections - Video http://bit.ly/DNNWC
In a Show Us Your Junk special, we delve into Pringles Can Collections. Once they popped, these collectors couldn't stop http://ow.ly/zV5r
urlesque (urlesque) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:03:09 -0000
In a Show Us Your Junk special, we delve into Pringles Can Collections. Once they popped, these collectors couldn't stop http://ow.ly/zV5r
@Erica_Brooks You need to be focusing down in the recesses of Special Collections. Get your behind off twitter.
danielleddd (Danielle Donovan) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:17:18 -0000
@Erica_Brooks You need to be focusing down in the recesses of Special Collections. Get your behind off twitter.
Would you be different if, each night before bed, you tucked your daily collections in a special container?
MyFengShuiLife (Mitzi Connell) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:55 -0000
Would you be different if, each night before bed, you tucked your daily collections in a special container?
Archives - Archive of San Francisco State University, the library also contains source materials relating San Francisco Bay area history, and the Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials.
Company: Collections: Library - Contains rare works on archaeology, history, art, geography, Quaternary geology, Carl Linnaeus and cartography.
Museum - A collection of materials about performing arts including dance, music, and theater, with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay area.
18th Century Reading Room - Collection of letters, maps, documents, books, music, engravings, and other materials from Europe and the Americas ranging from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger Archive - Collection of books and art about the Irish famine, including digitized handwritten pages from the Board of Guardians meetings in Killarney.
artment of Special Collections - Special collections department houses several unique collections ranging from religion to politics. Works date from the 13th-20th centuries.
ASU Special Collections - Collection of rare books, manuscripts, and numerous special-interest collections centered around particular persons or topics of interest to scholars. Located at Arizona State University.
Balson Holdings Family Trust - Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts.
Meta Description: [ The Balson Holdings Family Trust specialises in culturally rich and rare collections. ]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Features one of the few original, remaining Gutenberg Bibles, a sunken sculpture garden and translucent marble windows. Located on the campus of Yale University.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources.
Meta Description: [ The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a place of learning, dialogue and tolerance. It includes six specialized libraries, three museums, seven research centers, two exhibitions, six art galleries, a planetarium, an Exploratorium and a conference center”>