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Viewpoint: How ‘special’ are born-digital collections?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Jackie Dooley*
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OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership, 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin OH 43017-3395, USA
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2010

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References

1. Pearson, David, ‘Special collections in a digital future’, Art libraries journal 35, no. 1 (2010): 1217.Google Scholar
2. The Digital Preservation Coalition (UK) has a good definition of ‘born digital’ that begins: ‘Digital materials which are not intended to have an analogue equivalent, either as the originating source or as a result of conversion to analogue form’ at http://www.dpconline.org/advice/introduction-definitions-and-concepts.html.Google Scholar
3. See, for example Dooley, Jackie, ‘Ten commandments for special collections librarians in the digital age,’ RBM: a journal of rare books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage 10, no.l (2009): 5159. Originally presented at the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference, Los Angeles, California, 2008.Google Scholar
4. Dooley, Jackie, ‘Do born-digital materials belong “in” special collections?’ Hangingtogether blog, entry posted on November 18, 2009, http://hangingtogether.org/Pp=751 Google Scholar