Grant Will Improve Access to U of I Rare Book and Manuscript Library
June 21, 2006
Urbana - A top U.S. rare book and manuscript library has begun taking the embarrassment out of its embarrassment of riches by making all of its collection accessible.
Only two-thirds of the materials in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been cataloged and are accessible, meaning the remaining one-third is “hidden to all but the most intrepid researcher,” said Valerie Hotchkiss, the head of the library.
However, a new grant of more than $600,000 from the Mellon Foundation will give the library the opportunity to begin “dramatically improving” access to its entire collection, a collection Hotchkiss described as “one of the largest and most remarkable in the country.”
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Source:
Andrea Lynn, Humanities Editor
University of Illinois News Bureau
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