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From the monthly archives: September 2007
It seems like a lot of organizations struggle with accepting athletic trophies into permanent collections. On the one hand, trophies seem to the general public like a very historic item – after all a trophy has a date, and sometimes other information placing the trophy in history. A trophy is a memorial to an accomplishment, [...]
While at the American Association for State and Local History Conference in Atlanta last week, one session made the point that while libraries have users, historical organizations count visitors. Visitation is a passive activity, while using is an activity: a participation where the public has a stake in the institution. Are people as passionate about [...]
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