Mode of Program Participation
Community Organizing and Educational Programming
Participation Type
Workshop
Session Title
Beyond the Reading Room: Tours of Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Session Abstract or Summary
Individuals interested in seeing what goes on beyond the Reading Room are invited to tour Special Collections, a department within Newman Library on the Virginia Tech campus. Our mission is to collect, preserve, arrange, describe, and provide access to significant research collections. Manuscript collections, rare books, and University Archives are three major components of Special Collections. Our collecting areas include Local and Regional/Appalachian Studies, as well as, the American Civil War, History of Food and Drink, Science and Technology, and Speculative Fiction. Special Collections is also the home of the International Archives of Women in Architecture.
Presentation #1 Title
Beyond the Reading Room: Tours of Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
Individuals interested in seeing what goes on beyond the Reading Room are invited to tour Special Collections, a department within Newman Library on the Virginia Tech campus. Our mission is to collect, preserve, arrange, describe, and provide access to significant research collections. Manuscript collections, rare books, and University Archives are three major components of Special Collections. Our collecting areas include Local and Regional/Appalachian Studies, as well as, the American Civil War, History of Food and Drink, Science and Technology, and Speculative Fiction. Special Collections is also the home of the International Archives of Women in Architecture.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Marc Brodsky is Public Services and Reference Archivist at Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Beyond the Reading Room: Tours of Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Individuals interested in seeing what goes on beyond the Reading Room are invited to tour Special Collections, a department within Newman Library on the Virginia Tech campus. Our mission is to collect, preserve, arrange, describe, and provide access to significant research collections. Manuscript collections, rare books, and University Archives are three major components of Special Collections. Our collecting areas include Local and Regional/Appalachian Studies, as well as, the American Civil War, History of Food and Drink, Science and Technology, and Speculative Fiction. Special Collections is also the home of the International Archives of Women in Architecture.
