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A Constructivist Approach for Introducing Undergraduate Students to Special Collections and Archival Research
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Internships in Special Collections: Experiential Pedagogy, Intentional Design, and High-Impact Practice
Maggie Gallup Kopp
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Greg Seppi, Dainan Skeem
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An Independent Study Course by an Academic Library Department: Teaching with the Gems of Special Collections
Judy L. Silva, Barbara McIntosh
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Teaching Creative Writing in Special Collections
Alison Fraser
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Michelle Levy and Tom Mole. <em>The Broadview Introduction to Book History</em>.
Jennifer K. Sheehan
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The Positive Side of Eliciting Negative Emotions: Survey Results of Visitor Responses to a Library Exhibit
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Spies in the Archive: Acquiring Revolutionary War Spy Letters Through Community Engagement
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Editor’s Note (read it this time, please)
Richard Saunders
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Leah Tether, Laura Chuhan Campbell
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What's So Special about Special Collections Librarians?
Alice D. Schreyer
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<em>Science in the Archives: Pasts, Presents, Futures</em>. Lorraine Daston, ed.
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Michael Twyman
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