… This paper summarizes the outcomes of the 2009 OCLC Research survey of 275 research
… of their special collections and archives. The resulting report, Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC …

… In addition to mapping the current landscape of special collections and archives in research
libraries, we sought to develop an action agenda for the research library community in the …

… within our special collections is rare or unique, making our … In 2010, OCLC Research
published Taking our Pulse, a rigorous, evidence-based appraisal of the state of special collections …

… common conception, which is that rare books and archives are part of a special collections,
is put forth in the important report Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special …

… Our work has … OCLC Research we began our work in this area with a system-wide view
that described the scope of the opportunity and the problem. Our two surveys— Taking Our Pulse…

… This article takes a broad view of the evolution of collecting … how special collections and
archives contribute to research and … OCLC Research has been working to develop an empirical …

… OCLC Research in July 2011, defines archival collections … , Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC
Research Survey of Special … hold for the archives and special collections community depend …

… is what we know as special collections and archives, rare and … documents how scholars are
using special collections.In this … In a recent survey of special collections repositories in North …

… In further verification of the digitization trend, the OCLC Research Group conducted a large
survey of 275 institutions in 2009. The published results, a report titled Taking Our Pulse, …

… of College and Research Libraries survey of academic … examines special considerations
that may need to be taken into … As mentioned earlier, archives and special collections staff are …