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
Automated Rights Determination to Unlock Public Domain Treasures in Library Collections (December '21)
Stephen Abrams, Harvard University
Suzanne Wones, Harvard University
Kyle Courtney, Harvard University
Mingtao Zhao, Harvard University
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Connecticut Digital Archive in Context: Addressing Systemic Bias in Cultural Heritage Repository Programs (December '21)
Gregory Colati, University of Connecticut
Michael Kemezis, University of Connecticut
Heather Owen, Syracuse University
Rachael Nutt, Syracuse University
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DRAS-TIC Linked Data Platforms for Digital Asset Management (December '21)
Gregory Jansen, University of Maryland
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Endangered But Not Too Late: The State of Digital News Preservation (December '21)
Edward McCain, University of Missouri
Neil Mara, Reynolds Journalism Institute
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From Monolith to a Modern System, and the First-Ever Florida Digital Newspaper Library Portal (December '21)
Todd Digby, University of Florida
Judith Russell, University of Florida
Laurie Taylor, University of Florida
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Recent Videos
*Aligning Past and Present: The Migration of the Voices of the Holocaust Project (March '21)Adam Strohm, Illinois Institute of Technology
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*Email Archives: Building Capacity and Community (March '21)
Ruby Martinez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Connelly, Columbia University
Gregory Wiedeman, University at Albany, SUNY
Michelle Gallinger, Council of State Archivists
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*Navigating Risk in Post-Custodial Digitization (March '21)
Lindsey Memory, Brigham Young University
Ryan Lee, Brigham Young University
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*Project Update for Celebrating Cuba! Collaborative Collections of Cuban Patrimony (March '21)
Judith Russell, University of Florida
Todd Digby, University of Florida
Laurie Taylor, University of Florida
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*Supporting Multidisciplinary International Research through Collaborative Development (March '21)
Rachel Di Cresce, University of Toronto
Jessica Lockhart, University of Toronto
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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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