Archives alive : expanding engagement with public library archives and special collections /

Archives alive : expanding engagement with public library archives and special collections /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schull, Diantha Dow.
Imprint:	Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015.
Description:	xxvii, 324 pages ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Public libraries -- United States -- Special collections. Public libraries -- Cultural programs -- United States -- Case studies. Archives -- Cultural programs -- United States -- Case studies. Archives -- Cultural programs. Public libraries -- Cultural programs. Public libraries -- Special collections. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10350423

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ISBN:	9780838913352 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0838913350 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Analyzes trends in public programming, community documentation, and digital communications that are re-shaping the image, functions, content, and uses of public library archives and special collections. Schull also offers examples of more than 100 projects that reflect the scope and variety of emerging practices that foster public engagement, culled from conversations with dozens of the nation's leading public library archivists and special collections staff.

Table of Contents:

Art and archives
Community archives
Educational initiatives
Emerging institutional models
Exhibitions and public programs
Interactive archives
Lectures, conferences, and broadcast programs
National and international programs
Oral history and community documentation projects
Tours, commemorations, and special events.