Hi Bettina,
it is not clear to me wich is the connection you see between the situation
you describe of Local History Rooms of Kent District Library and Wikipedia;
does you suppose to describe this materials in Wikipedia?
Ciao Susanna
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*Susanna Giaccai*
Firenze
2013/10/24 Derric Atzrott <datzrott(a)alizeepathology.com>
I know that Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL)
has something similar
that they do. Though I’m not entirely sure how much was donated by the
city, there are lots of materials that have been donated by others living
in the area. Two of the branches here have these rooms. They’ve assigned
them their own prefix similar to how the reference materials are and keep
track of the materials using the regular cataloguing system. The rooms are
kept under lock and key and in order to enter you have to relinquish
everything you have on you besides paper, pencil (no pens allowed), camera,
or laptop.****
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I believe they handle ownership issues by assigning ownership to the
library just like any other donated material would be. Though I’m not
entirely sure on this as I do not work for the library, just make use of
their history rooms.****
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If you’d like I can try to put you in touch with someone from my local
library system?****
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Thank you,****
Derric Atzrott****
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*From:* libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Bettina Cousineau
*Sent:* 24 October 2013 12:43
*To:* libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org
*Subject:* [libraries] Local History Rooms in Public Libraries****
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Hello! ****
Background: In the Kent District Library District (MI) 9 of the 18
branches have Local History Rooms. The physical building (including the
LHRoom) is owned by the city/town, as are the Local History
contents/collections, while the public library materials are owned by the
library district. ****
The Local History collections are grown by local donations, and overseen
by volunteers, who may or may not be library staff. ****
The ownership of the collections is exceedingly murky, as there may be no
paperwork generated by the city/town when items are donated. Also,
cataloging of the collections may/may not exist, or exists on volunteers'
personal laptops. ****
Question: Are there other examples of this relationship across the country
that you might be aware of? ****
I'm curious as to how others may be handling this, if it all. ****
Thanks, Bettina****
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