Is there a future for special collections? I and should there be?: A polemical essay

• Autores: Daniel Traister
• Localización: RBM : A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, ISSN 1529-6407, Vol. 1, Nº. 1, 2000, págs. 54-76
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Of the holy trinity�collecting, preserving, and making accessible precious books, manuscripts, and other special materials�preservation takes precedence.1 Following are three brief prefatory notes that will be helpful in understanding this essay. First, readers should note that the word polemical appears in the essay�s title. I ask the reader�s indulgence in understanding that I mean this word literally. The essay is a polemic. Intended to be serious, it is not therefore also intended to be �balanced� or �fair.� In addition, it is an essay, not a paper; and its informality of style is intended to reflect a difference between these two . . .