The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries / cosponsored by the American Philosophical Society, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Association of Research Libraries ; edited by the American Philosophical Society.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

American Philosophical Society, sponsoring body, editor.

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, sponsoring body.

Association of Research Libraries, sponsoring body.

Conference Name:

Past, Present, and Future of Libraries (Conference) (2018 : Philadelphia, Pa.), author.

Series:

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; 0065-9746 v. 110, pt. 3.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9746 ; Volume 110, Part 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--United States--Congresses.

Libraries.

Libraries--United States--History--Congresses.

Research libraries--Congresses.

Research libraries.

Libraries--Special collections--Congresses.

Libraries--Special collections.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In commemoration of the American Philosophical Society's 275th anniversary, the Society's Library, along with the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), hosted an interdisciplinary and international conference that explored the history of libraries, the present opportunities for libraries (especially independent research libraries and those with special collections), and the potential future for libraries as they continue to evolve in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I. Reading Communities

From Literary Salon to Library: The Female Mind and the Art of Reading Across the Color Line / Ariel Silver

Women of the Roxburghe Club: Bibliomania, Country Houses and Bridges to the 21st Century / Sharon Prado

II. Building Collections

Ushering in the Era of Expansion: Academic Libraries Supporting Change in American Higher Education, 1860-1920 / Katy Mathuews

Decolonizing Special Collections: Building the Native American Literature Collection at Amherst College / Mike Kelly

III. Access and Accessibility

Take Me into the Library and Show Me Myself: Towards Authentic Accessibility in Digital Libraries / Dorothy Berry

Changing Attitudes Toward Access to Special Collections / Jae Rossman

Preservation of Electric Government Information: An Urgent National Priority / Scott Matheson

IV. Tools and Technologies

The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts: A Special Collections Research Tool for the 21st Century / Emma Cawlfield Thomson

Virtual Reality and the Academic Library of the Future / Zach Lischer-Katz and Matt Cook

The New Wave of Digital Collections: Speculating on the Future of Library Curation / Alex Wermer-Colan and James Kopaczewski

V. Networks, Collaboration, Community

The Collection is the Network: Collection Collaboration and Cooperation at Network Scale / Daniel Dollar, Jeff Kosokoff, and Sarah Tudesco

Refworld: Future Frontiers for Special Collections Libraries / Rachael Dreyer.

Notes:

"The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries" was held from September 27-29, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Past, Present, and Future of Libraries (Conference) (2018 : Philadelphia, Pa.). Past, present, and future of libraries

ISBN:

9781606181034

1606181033

OCLC:

1268543129