Libraries, Archives, and Museums Today

Peter Botticelli is Assistant Professor at Simmons College School of Library and Information Science where he is program director for the Digital Stewardship Certificate. His current research interests are focused on digital preservation and the curation of digital exhibitions. Botticelli has A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an M.S.I. degree with a concentration in Archives and Records Management from the University of Michigan School of Information. His most recent position was at the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science, where he directed the School’s Digital Information Management (DigIn) graduate certificate program. Previously, he has held research positions at Cornell University Library, the University of Michigan, and Harvard Business School.Michèle V. Cloonan is Dean Emerita and Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. In 2012 she became editor-in-chief of Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture. She holds degrees from Bennington College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois, from which she earned her Ph.D. She has published widely in preservation and the book trades. Her most recent book is Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age (2015). Her honors and awards include the 2010 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award, from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, American Library Association. With Martha Mahard and Peter Botticelli she coordinates the Cultural Heritage Informatics concentration at Simmons.Martha R. Mahard is a Professor of Practice at Simmons College School of Library and Information Science where she teaches courses in management of photographic archives, art documentation, cultural heritage informatics, and digital preservation. She holds a Doctor of Arts in Library Administration from Simmons and degrees from Barnard College and Tufts University. Before joining the Simmons faculty, she worked in the Harvard University Library system for many years. She is the co-author, with Ross Harvey, of the Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st Century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (2014).

This is a useful, instructive, and well-designed research volume for its region, one that should have a place in all archival practice reference libraries as well as in classrooms dedicated to training the next generation of LAM professionals. As we move through the 21st century, collaboration will be ever more necessary to sustain cultural heritage institutions of all types. This book provides a roadmap of how to do so successfully.

• Foreword, Joyce RayPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part I. Strategies for Small, Independent Institutions with Few ResourcesChapter 1.: The American Antiquarian Society: Digital Asset Management in an Independent Research Library, Peter BotticelliChapter 2. The History Project: Increasing Access to LGBT History in Boston, Samantha Strain and Peter BotticelliChapter 3. Historic New England: Building a Complex Infrastructure, Peter Botticelli, Martha R. Mahard, Michèle V. Cloonan, and Brett FreiburgerChapter 4. The Maine Memory Network: A Statewide Collaboration, Peter Botticelli and Emeline Dehn-ReynoldsPart II. Collaboration within and across InstitutionsChapter 5. The American Archive of Public Broadcasting: Media Access and Preservation, Peter Botticelli, Bryce Roe, and Lily TroiaChapter 6. Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections: Exploring New Media in the Archive, Peter BotticelliChapter 7. The Museum of Modern Art: A Cross-Institutional Collaboration, Peter BotticelliChapter 8. The Boston Public Library: An Effective Strategy for Advancing Digital Access, Peter Botticelli Part III. Strategic Use of ResourcesChapter 9: The Victoria and Albert Museum: Collaboration for Better Access, Martha R. MahardChapter 10: The National Library of Australia: Digital Assets as a Driver for Change in a National Library, Ross Harvey and Jaye Weatherburn Part IV. Institutions in TransitionChapter 11: The Leviathan Library and Archives at the Jackman Museum of Modern Art: The Impact of Changing Priorities, Michèle V. Cloonan Chapter 12: The American Textile History Museum, 1960-2018: A Museum That Lives on Through its Collections, Michèle V. CloonanChapter 13: Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum: Divergent Visions, Michèle V. Cloonan and Martha R. MahardPart V. Culturally Sensitive MaterialsChapter 14: Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Peter BotticelliConclusionAppendix: Interview Questions