ARL Announces Special Collections Engagement, SPEC Kit 317

Adam Berenbak , Cate Putirskis , Genya OGara , Claire Ruswick , Danica  Cullinan , Judy Allen Dodson , Emily Walters (all from the Special Collections Research Center), and Kathy Brown (Planning and Research) recently created an ARL SPEC Kit entitled Special Collections Engagement, Kit 317. This kit examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. Additionally, it investigates who coordinates these activities, where they are held,  how they are promoted, and how they are evaluated.

The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online .