Archives & Special Collections

Community of Interest

Community Charge

The Archives & Special Collections COI is focused on the role that archives and special collections play in academic libraries through their curation of distinctive collections, documentation and management of institutional histories, engagement with teaching, learning, and research activities, and involvement in other core library functions. The COI is a learning and sharing community, serving as a forum for members to network, share information, engage in discussion, and act on issues of importance to archives and special collections.

The ASC COI is open to collaboration with other COIs, and BLC member library staff are welcome to participate in ASC COI meetings and activities. Please join the COI mailing list to receive notifications and join in discussions.

Some of the ASC COI’s recent initiatives include:

  • active learning with special collections
  • digital preservation tools and practices
  • sharing special collections via interlibrary loan

Conveners

Bailey Rodgers
Co-Chair
Linda Lear Special Collections Librarian, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives
Connecticut College
brodgers@conncoll.edu

Christina Bleyer
Co-Chair
College Librarian, AVP Libraries & Digital Learning
Director of Special Collections and Archives, Watkinson Library
Trinity College

christina.bleyer@trincoll.edu

Membership

The Archives & Special Collections COI is open to archivists, librarians, digitization and digital preservation specialists, and other BLC member library staff who share an interest in archives and special collections and their related issues.

Meetings

Formerly, the Archives & Special Collections COI met virtually at least twice per year, and generally convenes in person once a year for a longer meeting or workshop at a member institution. Such occasions typically include a luncheon and tour of a BLC member institution’s archives and special collections facilities.

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