Special Collections
Special Collections currently incorporate traditional analog materials, digitized versions of rare items such as manuscripts and primary sources, and born-digital materials that may be useful to scholarship in the future. CNI has provided a context for the discussion of emerging trends that will help institutions innovate in this area. We also feature the use of Special Collections as resources in the curriculum and in projects where students and faculty work together with librarians on digital projects.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
Library & IT Partnerships with Campus Museums & Archives (January '17)View Online View more information
“Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo” (December '09)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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“Medical Libraries, Bioinformatics, and Networked Information: A Coming Convergence?” (October '99)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
The Challenge of Hidden Big Data Collections: Making Digital Congressional Papers Available for Scholarly Research (December '18)
Nathan Gerth, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily Boss, University of Nevada, Reno
Jessica Tapia, West Virginia University
From Talking to Action: Fostering Deep Collaboration Between University Libraries, Museums, and IT (December '18)
Susan Gibbons, Yale University
Louis King, Yale University
Michael Appleby, Yale University
Dale Hendrickson, Yale University
National Agenda for Collaborative Preservation of Electronic Government Information (December '18)
Martin Halbert, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Sarah Lippincott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Roberta Sittel, University of North Texas
James R. Jacobs, Stanford University
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Cooperative Update: Program Accomplishments and Future Directions (December '18)
Ivey Glendon, University of Virginia
The Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts: New Directions in Scholarship (March '18)
Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel, Johns Hopkins University
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Recent Videos
From Talking to Action: Fostering Deep Collaboration Between University Libraries, Museums, and IT (December '18)Susan Gibbons, Yale University
Louis King, Yale University
Michael Appleby, Yale University
Dale Hendrickson, Yale University View more information
The Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts: New Directions in Scholarship (March '18)
Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel, Johns Hopkins University View more information
Heard of DevOps? Find Out How this Methodology Can Accelerate Your Ability to Launch New and More Engaging Library/Museum Exhibitions (March '18)
Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Twila Camp, University of Oklahoma View more information
Neural Networks: Machine Vision for the Visual Archive (March '18)
Peter Leonard, Yale University View more information
Data Capsule Appliance for Research Analysis of Restricted and Sensitive Data in Academic Libraries (December '17)
Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University
Erik Mitchell, University of California, Berkeley
John Unsworth, University of Virginia
Inna Kouper, Indiana University View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown UniversityMelissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
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