Category: User services

Too Many Collections, So Little Time?

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Are you struggling with increasing numbers of users, demand for digital, crumbling collections, unsuitable storage space, intellectual property conundrums, born-digital collections, lack of skills, pressure of public sector cuts and recession ...?  You are not alone! Two essential new reports reveal the challenges faced by UK special collections and archives and give us the evidence … Continue reading Too Many Collections, So Little Time?

Modernising Copyright: the White Paper is published

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Important and good news for UK special collections services and their users. The UK government has just published the final part of its response to consultations following the Hargreaves review of intellectual property: Modernising copyright: a modern, robust and flexible framework.  While not addressing underlying problems of copyright, the changes outlined allow a wider range … Continue reading Modernising Copyright: the White Paper is published

Make the Most of Your Maps

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Maps often occupy a paradoxical position in special collections.  On the one hand, they are star items.  People love maps, responding with delight to their personal ("there's my house!"), historic or visual interest.  However, maps are often underexploited.  They can be difficult to store, catalogue and make available in helpful ways.  In particular, enquirers tend … Continue reading Make the Most of Your Maps