Keeping treasures in testing times : special collections in the academic environment Horn, Anne and Stumm, Deborah 2004, Keeping treasures in testing times : special collections in the academic environment, in Food for thought : museums & galleries, feast & famine : Museums Australia National Conference, Museums Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., pp. 1-11. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads horn-keepingtreasures-2004.pdf Published version application/pdf 348.22KB 142 Title Keeping treasures in testing times : special collections in the academic environment Author(s) Horn, Anne Stumm, Deborah Conference name Museums Australia. National Conference (2004 : Melbourne, Victoria) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 16-21 May, 2004 Title of proceedings Food for thought : museums & galleries, feast & famine : Museums Australia National Conference Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2004 Conference series Museums Australia National Conference Start page 1 End page 11 Publisher Museums Australia Place of publication Canberra, A.C.T. Summary “… university libraries, while differing in the specifics of their goals, generally embrace the obligation to collect, preserve, and make available primary source materials for both current scholarship and future research” (Hewitt 1998). This paper explores some of the challenges faced by the Fryer Library, the special collections branch of the University of Queensland Library responsible for manuscripts and pictorial materials, as well as theses and rare books. The challenges are not dissimilar to those being met by other cultural agencies or institutions as well as other academic libraries. The challenges covered include collection development, access and preservation, making appropriate responses to the research imperative, as well as promotion of services and collections, and servicing the community at large. The paper outlines the research library context and concludes with experiences of cross-sectoral collaborations and future opportunities. Language eng Field of Research 210201 Archival, Repository and Related Studies 080707 Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources Socio Economic Objective 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2004, Museums Australia Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028965 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Library Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 28 May 2010, 10:23:50 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 10:29:42 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 10:56:41 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 10:57:50 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 12:01:14 EST Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 16:08:59 EST Thu, 23 Jan 2014, 11:42:29 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 14:27:33 EST Thu, 10 Apr 2014, 12:13:36 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 15:16:27 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 09:15:35 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 14:57:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 425 Abstract Views, 142 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 28 May 2010, 10:23:43 EST by Leanne Swaneveld