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ISBNs

978-0-8389-1386-4 (paper)

978-0-8389-1422-9 (PDF)

978-0-8389-1423-6 (ePub)

978-0-8389-1424-3 (Kindle)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hubbard, Melissa A., editor. | Jackson, Robert H., 1936- editor. | Hirshon, Arnold, 1950- editor.

Title: Forging the future of special collections / edited by Melissa A. Hubbard, Robert H. Jackson, Arnold Hirshon.

Description: Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2016. | “This book grew out of a colloquium on ‘Forging the Future of Special Collections,’ which was held in October 2014 and organized by the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The colloquium evolved from a Rare Book Forum at the Library of Congress that was given in 2001, called ‘Private Collectors and Special Collections Libraries,’ which was organized by Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, and aided by Dan DeSimone”--Introduction. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015040003 | ISBN 9780838913864 (print : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Libraries--United States--Special collections. | Libraries--Special collections--Forecasting. | Rare book libraries--United States. | Academic libraries--United States. | Library materials--Digitization. | Libraries--Gifts, legacies.

Classification: LCC Z688.A3 U63 2016 | DDC 026--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040003

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