Manuscript Collections, Archives, and Special Collections: Their Relationships

Archives and special collections on women in medicine.

standards for ethical conduct for rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries and librarians

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Persistent Archives for Data Collections

Special Problems Of Special Collections

T LIBRARY of Duke Frederigo of Montefeltre, Count of Urbino, (14441482 A.D.) was described by his librarian and biographer Vespasiano1 as containing one perfect copy of every known work at that time, sacred or profane, in the original tongue or in translation. The duties of the librarian were clearly stated in a code issued under Guidobaldo I, son of Frederigo:2 He must be not only learned but ...

"Stuff Happens": A Brief Overview of the 2003 Destruction of Iraqi Manuscript Collections, Archives, and Libraries

On March 20, 2003, military forces of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia invaded Iraq. In the course of this invasion and subsequent occupation, Iraq’s cultural infrastructure suffered a great deal of destruction. While international attention has focused primarily on the immense destruction done to the country’s preIslamic archaeological assets, domestic Iraqi attention has focus...