Digital Special Collections – new principles and challenges

The University of Manchester Library

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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This event will take place in the Reading Room (previously Historic Reading Room) Digital Special Collections have recently become more complex, significant and valued, with wider trends such as AI, access and data mining driving the agenda.There are, however, many other aspects to Digital Special Collections that require careful consideration, most of which precede the process of publicly displaying the collections; from deciding which collections are to be made available to determining how to best communicate the sensitive topics and complex histories that come with many of them. But how should we then decide on our priorities and communicate the gaps in our digital collections?Working with our Digital Special Collections Principles, this session will engage attendees in some of the challenges and encourage debate on our innovative ways of working, considering issues of sustainability, EDI and access. Balancing the responsibilities of a national research library with the needs of individual users, and the opportunities of digital with the needs of historic objects, attendees will have the chance to explore and influence our future directions in this exciting area.

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