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#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 13/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #InformationLiteracy, or the thrill that is sharing with students how to work with #primarysources.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement #InformationLiteracy

PACSCL 2d ago

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 11/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They manage donors! Folks who give $$, folks who give collections - all with humor, persuasion, & patience!

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement

PACSCL 3d ago

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 10/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They participate in #InstitutionalGovernance. For PACSCL, this means folks run for the Board of Directors. Here's this year's candidates: https://pacscl.org/2025-pacscl-board-candidates/

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2025 PACSCL Board Candidates – PACSCL

PACSCL 6d ago

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 9/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Outreach, critical in these uncertain days. Building #support, connecting with communities, developing new services - the "story" in the #history in our collections.

PACSCL Apr 10

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 8/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Research Plumbing new collections as part of #appraisal/#accessioning, prepping for exhibits or presentations - special collections folks like the deep dive.

PACSCL Apr 8

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 6/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Reference We're in the hook-up business, matching users and sources in the heat of the moment.
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PACSCL Apr 7

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 5/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Supervision, of staff, student workers, interns, researchers. We guide, educate, and support.

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision

PACSCL Apr 4

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 4/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Cataloging, capturing the varied elements of #rarebooks as objects and information. A good example at #LCP: https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging

Library Company of Philadelphia catalog

PACSCL Apr 3

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 3/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Exhibits - Making visible the voices and actions of people, past & present

#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits

PACSCL Apr 2

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day Two of Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? Today - #Processing, the art of making #archives and #manuscript collections accessible. Check out over 11,000 finding aids to processed collections at https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/

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#Processing