where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. anne van camp rlg manager, member initiatives
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Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. Anne Van Camp RLG Manager, Member Initiatives. June 2003 32 nd LIBER Annual General Conferece Rome, Italy. RLG Background. Nonprofit membership corporation Founded in 1974 160+ members in 15 countries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect.
Anne Van Camp
RLG Manager, Member InitiativesJune 2003
32nd LIBER Annual General Conferece Rome, Italy
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RLG BackgroundNonprofit membership corporationFounded in 1974160+ members in 15 countriesHeadquarters in Mountain View,
California; offices in New York City and London
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RLG Mission
Through collaborative action, improve access to information
that supports research and learning
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University
Public Research
Primary Sources
Museum
National/State
Types of RLG Members
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Online Information ResourcesRLG Library Resources
RLG Union Catalog and Z39.50 Gateways ESTC and Hand Press Books SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
RLG Citation ResourcesRLG Archival ResourcesThe AMICO LibraryRLG Cultural Materials
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Historical Ways of Providing Access to Primary Materials
Published guidesUnpublished guidesGood reference staffGood scholarly guessworkConferences, articles pointing to stuffElectronic access via bibliographic utilities
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Current Efforts Underway to Enhance Access
From collection level description to full-text finding aids
Various presentation strategiesMovement to standardsTaking best advantage of the webSurfing vs. Organized accessMediated to unmediated discovery
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New Technologies and Practice
Web as the preferred delivery vehicleEmerging standards and practice for
descriptionGreater appreciation for need to promote
and integrate primary research materials
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Current Services
Archival Resources - union access to dispersed primary resources Cross file searching Unexpected content Unified result
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RLG Cultural MaterialsDigital objects documenting civilization Digital surrogates of materials in all formatsCross-searching among dispersed
collectionsAccess to rare, fragile, or hidden treasuresRecreated or new “virtual collections”Rights management framework
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Future Trends
More integration of related contentMore digital surrogates availableNew users, uses of primary material
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Learning MoreGeneral information about RLG:
www.rlg.org/RLG Archival Resources:
www.rlg.org/arr/ RLG Cultural Materials:
www.rlg.org/culturalres/ RLG Library Resources:
www.rlg.org/libres.html