The ILLiad, and other stories
Making Archival and Special Collections More Accessible is a new publication whose name says it all. The good folk at …
Category Archives: User services
Why do librarians tweet about cake?
I’ve taken on a challenging/fun writing project for 2016: summing up social media in libraries 2010-2015, for the next edition …
The Pukka Pad and the Big Cake: #DCDC14 Conference Part 1
Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities, a joint effort by RLUK and The National Archives, is fast becoming a must-attend conference for …
An Alien Territory? Local Studies versus Special Collections
Here’s an interesting blog post by Tony Pilmer, a Local Studies librarian sharing what he learned from a year working …
Joyful June: copyright law to change for the better
This June, copyright changes for the better! LOOOONG-awaited changes to copyright exceptions are bringing complex and outdated legislation into line …
Bingo for Buttons: the archive accreditation workshop
Back in September (20th to be exact) I went along to a workshop on archives accreditation. Though I’ve been following …
Access All Areas? a user’s perspective on archives by wheelchair
Here’s an invaluable blog post by Viv Dunstan, a historical researcher who is a wheelchair user, on her experience of …
Tiers for Fears: inter-library loans and Special Collections
Special Collections on inter-library loan? Surely not? But wait … A new report from OCLC Research, Tiers for Fears: sensible, …
Dear Special Collections, your service is …
How do we find out what users (and non-users) think of our services? We need to know this in order …
New from Ashgate – Library Space and Archives in Time
The latest catalogue of librarianship books from Ashgate features a couple which should be of particular interest for special collections: …
