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by tjwds
2720 days ago
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> why would the public require physical access if they have an online reading room. Respectfully, I really disagree with this line of thought: * Having digital facsimiles of your collection makes it more accessible and more available * More people knowing about your collection means more foot traffic * Some things about a collection can't be discovered from a digitized copy; having a record of the digitized copy encourages researchers to come in and see the real deal * Maybe scholarship doesn't have to happen IRL? See Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad: a fantastic novel that was researched primarily online [0] 0. https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/grant-expand-digital-librar... |
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