In Archives Alive, Diantha Dow Schull expertly demonstrates the strength, vitality, and importance of rare books, special collections, and archives departments located in public libraries rather than academic or research libraries. Schull’s purpose is two-fold. First, she demonstrates the breadth and depth of special collections in public libraries; second, she demonstrates how twenty-first-century special collections departments work, frequently with technology, to increase engagement with the publics they serve. The scope is limited to special collections departments in American public libraries, but within these parameters, coverage is exhaustive and strikes an appropriate balance between activities at large, well-funded institutions and smaller departments with more modest resources.
Quantifying quality…: DeWitt, Donald, edEvaluating the twenty-first century library: the Association of Research Libraries New Measures Initiative, 1997–2001.Binghamton NY: Haworth Press, 2001. 98p price not reported soft ISBN 078901985X (also published asJournal of library administration35, 4) (available from DA Information Services)
