Scholarship at Penn Libraries
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 2000
Abstract
OF THE HOLY TRINITY - collecting, preserving, and making accessible precious books, manuscripts, and other special materials - preservation takes precedence.
Following are three brief prefatory notes that will be helpful in understanding this essay. First, readers should note that the word polemical appears in the essay's title. I ask the reader's indulgence in understanding that I mean this word literally. The essay is a polemic. Intended to be serious, it is not therefore also intended to be "balanced" or "fair". In addition, it is an essay, not a paper; and its informality of style is intended to reflect a difference between these two genres.
Recommended Citation
Traister, D. H. (2000). Is There a Future for Special Collections? And Should There Be? A Polemical Essay. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/library_papers/22
Date Posted: 08 January 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
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Published in RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2000, pages 54-76.