Daniel P Williford is a Special Collections Librarian in Southern California. This page collects resources for use by Special Collections Instructional Librarians.
Special Collections Libraries and Archives are usually part of University or Academic libraries but are sometimes independent.
Below is a list of resources related to Special Collections Librarianship.
Resources
Special Collections Librarianship
Special Collections Policies and Statements
Special Collections Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Critical Special Collections Librarianship
Special Collections Topics
- Ala.org. “Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians,” 2017. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/teachinglibrarians
- Ala.org. “Guidelines: Competencies for Special Collections Professionals,” 2017. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/comp4specollect
- RBMS Manual – http://rbms.info/rbms_manual/
- University of Missouri Libraries. “Resources for Instructors in Special Collections: Assignments & Activities.”
- Library of Congress. “Using Primary Sources.” https://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
- National Archives. “Document Analysis Worksheets.” https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets
- Rare Book School. “Courses.” https://rarebookschool.org/courses/
- ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. https://rbms.info/
- ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts. “Electronic Discussion Lists.” https://rbms.info/careers-faq/electronic-discussion-lists/
- ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts. “Your Old Books.” http://rbms.info/yob/
- viaLibri (Online Bookseller). https://www.vialibri.net/
- viaLibri Blog. https://blog.vialibri.net/
- Rare Book Hub. https://www.rarebookhub.com/
- Black Bibliography Project. “On Bibliography.” https://blackbibliog.org/on-bibliography/
- Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. “Introduction to Book Collecting.” https://www.abaa.org/about-antiquarian-books/introduction-to-book-collecting
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. “Teach at the Beinecke Library.” https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/teach-beinecke-library
- OCLC Research. “Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the US and Canada.” 2010. https://www.oclc.org/research/areas/research-collections/hiddencollections.html
- Association of Research Libraries (124 universities and others)
- Canadian Academic and Research Libraries (30 universities and others)
- Independent Research Libraries Association (19 private research libraries)
- Oberlin Group (80 liberal arts colleges)
- RLG Partnership, U.S. and Canadian members (85 research institutions)
- OCLC Research. “Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the UK and Ireland.” 2013. https://www.oclc.org/research/areas/research-collections/specialcollections-survey.html
- NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation Revision Project
- Oxford Common File Layout Specification (2020)
Funding and Associations
- CLIR – Council on Library and Information Resources. Clir.org.
- Center for the Study of the Book Fellowships, Bodleian Libraries. https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships
- Harry Ransome Center – External Fellowships. https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/#external
- The Bibliographical Society of America Fellowships. https://bibsocamer.org/awards/fellowships/