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Framing Collaboration: Archives, IRs, and General Collections
Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships
  • Amy Cooper Cary, Marquette University
  • Michelle Sweetser, Marquette University
  • Scott Mandernack, Marquette University
  • Tara Baillargeon, Marquette University
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Abstract

Collaborative collecting highlights the opportunity for liaison librarians and archivists in academic libraries to develop an integrated and holistic approach to the successful collection of library materials. Yet as academic libraries become the central location for general collections, institutional repositories, university archives, manuscript collections, and other special collections, the world of collecting in academic libraries becomes more siloed. The profession stands to benefit from a stronger realization of shared collecting practices. Liaison librarians have the potential to provide critical information to archivists in support of faculty collecting and research. Archivists have the opportunity to provide liaison librarians with context about university units and the organization’s broader history. Shared information can result in more robust collecting policies and practices across the library.

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Published version. "Framing Collaboration: Archives, IRs, and General Collections," in Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships. Eds. Kristen Totleben and Lori Birrell. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, 2016: 17-44. Publisher link.

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Citation Information
Amy Cooper Cary, Michelle Sweetser, Scott Mandernack and Tara Baillargeon. "Framing Collaboration: Archives, IRs, and General Collections" Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships (2016) ISSN: 9780838988831
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tara_baillargeon/7/