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
“Machine Learning, Archives and Special Collections” (October '19)Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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Library & IT Partnerships with Campus Museums & Archives (January '17)
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“Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo” (December '09)
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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
Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good (Lightning Round) (March '24)
Chris Prom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Linked Data in Production: Moving Beyond Ontologies (March '24)
David Newbury, Getty
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis
Opening Collections of Marginalized Voices through Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing (March '24)
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver
Rhonda Manzanares, Colorado State University - Pueblo
Jasmine Wilson, Reveal Digital
Bringing Digitized Special Collections into the Research Workflow through JSTOR: Outcomes of a Three-year Pilot (November '23)
Bruce Heterick, ITHAKA
Kevin Guthrie, ITHAKA
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Recent Videos
Ontario Universities’ Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Task Force Moves Ahead (August '24)Jacqueline Whyte Appleby, Scholars Portal
Catherine Steeves, Western University View more information
Strategic Plan 2.0: A Digitally-Infused Strategic Plan for the Library of Congress (February '24)
Leah Weinryb Grohsgal, Library of Congress
Natalie Buda Smith, Library of Congress
Carly Morse, Library of Congress View more information
ArchivesSpace at 10: Reflections on Developing a Sustainable Open-Source Content Management System (November '23)
Jessica Crouch, ArchivesSpace
Christine Di Bella, ArchivesSpace View more information
COVID Information Commons—An Open Portal and Community for Research Collaboration (August '23)
Florence Hudson, Columbia University and Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub View more information
Held In Trust: Digital Technology in the Context of Cultural Heritage Preservation (August '23)
Pamela Hatchfield, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Foundation for the Advancement of Conservation
Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock
Paul Messier, Yale University View more information
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Recent Podcasts
A Conversation with CNI’s Cliff Lynch (September '22) Speaker: Clifford LynchListen to the podcast
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Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown University
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
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