In July our colleagues in Technical Services and Cataloging added 1421 items to Special Collections holdings.  We added many new first and second copies of books published by ACU Press and Leafwood Publishers, several items published by ACU Authors, a few dozen A/V items in various formats, along with a few unbound periodical issues and hymnals.  Again, by far, the vast majority of additions this months were tracts, pamphlets, and booklets for the REST collection.

Photograph of four men sitting on their briefcases in grass, each wearing suits, matching hats, and looking at books. A house can be seen in the background.  Ca.1920s.  From Jesse P. Sewell Photograph Collection: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth597076/

Our goal is to build a comprehensive research-level collection of print materials by, for, and about the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.  But beyond assembly and preservation, a collection should be discoverable by those who need the information.  Collecting and preserving is only part of our task; those objects must be described and made available.  Thanks to the close and careful work of our colleagues upstairs, who describe our holdings, these materials are now discoverable. By discoverable I mean a patron can utilize our online catalog (such as by searching by author, or title, or subject) to find these materials.

1421 new items…cataloged, shelved, and ready for research:  Continue reading →

In June our colleagues in Technical Services and Cataloging added 469 items to Special Collections holdings.  We added a few new second copies of some ACC and ACU academic catalogs (both undergraduate and graduate editions) and a few volumes of bound periodicals, but nearly all additions were tracts and pamphlets.

Photograph of four men sitting on their briefcases in grass, each wearing suits, matching hats, and looking at books. A house can be seen in the background.  Ca.1920s.  From Jesse P. Sewell Photograph Collection: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth597076/

Our goal is to build a comprehensive research-level collection of print materials by, for, and about the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.  But beyond assembly and preservation, a collection should be discoverable by those who need the information.  Collecting and preserving is only part of our task; those objects must be described and made available.  Thanks to the close and careful work of our colleagues upstairs, who describe our holdings, these materials are now discoverable. By discoverable I mean a patron can utilize our online catalog (such as by searching by author, or title, or subject) to find these materials.

469 new items…cataloged, shelved, and ready for research:  Continue reading →