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The first special collections department at the University of Georgia was established in 1953. In the years since, the original collection – now the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library – has grown, as have the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives, and the Peabody Awards Collection.
In September 1965, the Dunbar Branch was relocated to 1127 W. Hancock Street, occupying the second floor of the building. From the time of its opening to its closure and merger with the Athens-Clarke Library in 1970, the Dunbar Branch was one of 13 public libraries that served Black residents of Georgia.
The classes were held at the main branch and used the Edible Alphabet curriculum, developed by the Free Library in Philadelphia's Culinary Literacy Center at the Parkway Central Library. [12] Athens Regional Library System was named Georgia's Public Library of The Year for 2017 by the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS).
In library science, special collections (Spec. Coll. or S.C.) are libraries or library units that house materials requiring specialized security and user services.Special collections can be found in many different organisations including research libraries, universities, colleges, schools, national libraries, public libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, historic houses, cathedrals ...
A special library is a library that provides specialized information resources on a particular subject, serves a specialized and limited clientele, and delivers specialized services to that clientele. Special libraries include corporate libraries, government libraries, law libraries, medical libraries, museum libraries, news libraries. Special ...
Until the 19th century, the librarian in charge of an academic collection was normally a scholar, often a university professor with a special interest in the library. There were no training programs, and the new librarian was expected to follow the practices of other similar libraries. (Popular libraries in the modern sense had not yet developed.)
Random sampling of library collections can give a quick and clear assessment measure of a collection—whether the books are present, and whether those books present are in good physical condition. In 1982, the California State University libraries, suggested inventory procedures to insure that the 19 campus collections were secure and intact.
Santa Barbara Mission-Archive Library; Schlesinger Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library; The Selected Papers of John Jay; Smith College Archives; Sophia Smith Collection; The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World; Sutro Library