Open AccessEDITOR'S NOTE
Author(s) -
Richard Clément
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
rbm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-668X
pISSN - 1529-6407
DOI - 10.5860/rbm.5.2.228
Subject(s) - special collections , point (geometry) , history , computer science , library science , mathematics , geometry
“Exposing Hidden Collections” is one of the most important initiatives for the world of special collections and archives to develop in a very long time. But I must admit when I first heard of it, I asked myself “what hidden collections¿̣” We don't have any hidden collections at the Spencer Library. We have many unprocessed or underprocessed collections, but we know what and where they are. The point is, of course, that no one else knows about these collections. It is a problem our profession has long grappled with, or perhaps in some cases, not grappled with at all. How . . .