Compatible with ASCII, Word Perfect, and Microsoft Word formats, this disk contains the complete texts from the accompanying How To-Manual of the requests for proposals for firm orders, approval plans, periodicals services and cataloging.

Once treated as exclusive spaces for valuable but hidden and under-utilized material, over the past few decades special collections departments have been transformed by increased digitization and educational outreach efforts into unique and highly visible major institutional assets. What libraries must now contemplate is how to continue this momentum by articulating and implementing a dynamic strategic vision for their special collections. Drawing on the expertise of a world-class array of librarians, university faculty, book dealers, collectors, and donors, this collected volume surveys the...