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
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) + Coherent Digital: A New Not-for-Profit and Corporate Partnership (November '22)
Charles Henry, CLIR
Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Coherent Digital
Wayne Graham, CLIR
Carol Mandel, New York University; CLIR
Data Loss and Recovery: Strategies for Organizational Change (November '22)
Bradley Daigle, University of Virginia
Jill Sexton, North Carolina State University
The LibNFT Project: Leveraging Blockchain-Based Digital Asset Technology to Sustainably Preserve Distinctive Collections and Archives (November '22)
K. Matthew Dames, University of Notre Dame & Association of Research Libraries
Meredith Evans, Society of American Archivists
Michael Meth, San Jose State University
The Preservation to Access Pipeline for the EMI Music Canada Audiovisual Collection (November '22)
Kathryn Ruddock, University of Calgary
Annie Murray, University of Calgary
Reactive and Proactive Archiving of Crisis (November '22)
Sawood Alam, Internet Archive
Quinn Dombrowski, Stanford University
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Recent Videos
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) + Coherent Digital: A New Not-for-Profit and Corporate Partnership (November '22)Charles Henry, CLIR
Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Coherent Digital
Wayne Graham, CLIR
Carol Mandel, New York University; CLIR View more information
Data Loss and Recovery: Strategies for Organizational Change (November '22)
Bradley Daigle, University of Virginia
Jill Sexton, North Carolina State University View more information
The LibNFT Project: Leveraging Blockchain-Based Digital Asset Technology to Sustainably Preserve Distinctive Collections and Archives (November '22)
K. Matthew Dames, University of Notre Dame & Association of Research Libraries
Meredith Evans, Society of American Archivists
Michael Meth, San Jose State University
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The Preservation to Access Pipeline for the EMI Music Canada Audiovisual Collection (November '22)
Kathryn Ruddock, University of Calgary
Annie Murray, University of Calgary
View more information
Reactive and Proactive Archiving of Crisis (November '22)
Sawood Alam, Internet Archive
Quinn Dombrowski, Stanford 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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