RLI 267 17 Moving Special Collections Forward in an Age of Discovery: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum ( C O N T I N U E D ) DECEMBER 2009 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A BIMONTHLY REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC An Age of Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age: Proceedings from the ARL-CNI Fall Forum, October 14–15, 2009 Freely available on the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/forum09proceedings.shtml Welcoming Remarks Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost, University of Connecticut, and President, ARL Audio [MP3 2 min.] Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, CNI PDF & Audio [MP3 5 min.] Why Are Special Collections So Important? Exploring the Value Proposition of Special Collections Introductory Remarks Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Audio [MP3 9 min.] Why Special Collections Matter Now More than Ever Before Stephen G. Nichols, Professor of French and Humanities, Medieval French Literature, Johns Hopkins University Audio [MP3 31 min] Existential Archives: Looking for the Value Propositions of Archives and Special Collections Mark A. Greene, Director, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming PDF & Audio [MP3 30 min.] The Changing Role of Special Collections in Scholarly Communications Donald J. Waters, Senior Program Officer, Scholarly Communications, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation PDF & Audio [MP3 26 min.] Building on Our Strengths: Opportunities for Special Collections in the Digital Age Introductory Remarks Nancy E. Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Keynote Remarks: An Age of Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution PDF & Audio [MP3 29 min.] Reactor Comments: Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus, President of the International Council on Archives, Strategic Advisor, University of Waterloo Audio [MP3 10 min.] Alice Prochaska, University Librarian, Yale University Audio [MP3 8 min.] Collaboration to Build Cross-Institutional Collections Introductory Remarks Bill Landis, Head of Arrangement and Description & Metadata Coordinator in Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Audio [MP3 2 min.] Collaboration to Build Cross-Institutional Collections: Ancient Scrolls and Stone Tablets Richard Saloman, Professor, Sanskrit and Prakrit Language and Literature, Epigraphy, Ancient Indian History, and Gandharan Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington Slides [PPS 38.7 MB] & Audio [MP3 25 min.] MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Model for Digital Preservation Katherine Skinner, Executive Director, Educopia Institute and Program Manager, MetaArchive Cooperative Slides [PPS 3.8 MB] & Audio [MP3 27 min.] Lessons from Two Inter-Institutional Projects: the Islamic Digital Resource Project at the Walters Art Museum and the Archimedes Palimpsest Project Will Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, Walters Art Museum Audio [MP3 21 min.]