Contents

Preface, by Arnold Hirshon

Introduction, by Robert H. Jackson

Part I. Communities

CHAPTER 1. Reflections on the Meanings of Objects

E. Haven Hawley

CHAPTER 2. Affinities and Alliances: Thoughts on Acquisitions, Collection Development, and Donor Relations

Jim Kuhn

CHAPTER 3. Where Does the Collector/Donor Community See Special Collections Today?

Jon A. Lindseth

CHAPTER 4. Collecting Communities: The Role of Special Collections Librarians and Archivists in Creating New Life for Community-Based Collections

Melissa A. Hubbard

CHAPTER 5. The Role of the Auction House

Selby Kiffer

CHAPTER 6. Forging into the Future: Facing Digital Realities and Forecasting Endeavors for Special Collections Librarianship

Athena N. Jackson

Part II. The Enduring Object

CHAPTER 7. Lawrence Clark Powell Revisited: The Functions of Rare Books Today

Joel Silver

CHAPTER 8. Special Collections Libraries and the Uses of the Past (Apologies to Herbert Muller)

Paul Ruxin

CHAPTER 9. Everything Old Is New Again: Transformation in Special Collections

Alice Schreyer

CHAPTER 10. Special Collections and the Booksellers of Today

Tom Congalton

CHAPTER 11. Acknowledging the Past

Daniel De Simone

CHAPTER 12. Literary Archives: How They Have Changed and How They Are Changing

Ken Lopez

CHAPTER 13. Objects of Study: Special Collections in an Age of Digital Scholarship

Stephen Enniss

Part III. From Periphery to Center

CHAPTER 14. Considering the Present: Special Collections Are the Meal, Not the Dessert

Jay Satterfield

CHAPTER 15. Teaching with Special Collections

Christoph Irmscher

CHAPTER 16. From Siberia to Shangri-La

Sarah Thomas

CHAPTER 17. The Once and Future Special Collections

Mark Dimunation

About the Editors and Contributors