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| Among the benefits of collecting these resources are: | Among the benefits of collecting these resources are: | ||
| - | * Providing access for the local community to uniquely local material | + | * Providing access for the local community to uniquely local material. |
| * Developing specialist local knowledge. | * Developing specialist local knowledge. | ||
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| Local studies collections may grow through: | Local studies collections may grow through: | ||
| - | * Donations of material from a wide range of sources, | + | * Donations of material from a wide range of sources. |
| * Purchase of new materials when available or rare and out-of-print materials from antiquarian booksellers, | * Purchase of new materials when available or rare and out-of-print materials from antiquarian booksellers, | ||
| * Resource sharing with other public and state libraries; archives and community groups; local information experts. | * Resource sharing with other public and state libraries; archives and community groups; local information experts. | ||
| - | * Proactive information seeking projects e.g. Oral history | + | * Proactive information seeking projects e.g. Oral History |
| - | * Encouraging use of resources for research, | + | * Encouraging use of resources for research. |
| - | * Promoting your collection on social media to encourage contributions, | + | * Promoting your collection on social media to encourage contributions. |
| * Regular displays of materials, which create interest and potentially more donations from the community. | * Regular displays of materials, which create interest and potentially more donations from the community. | ||
| * Local Studies collections can grow through staff creating content for the collections, | * Local Studies collections can grow through staff creating content for the collections, | ||
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| There are many challenging and interesting aspects of Local Studies. Key challenges include: | There are many challenging and interesting aspects of Local Studies. Key challenges include: | ||
| - | * Collection of past and current materials from a wide range of sources. | + | * Collection of past and current materials from a wide range of sources |
| * Balancing preservation and access to historical materials | * Balancing preservation and access to historical materials | ||
| - | * Using digital technologies to make information more widely accessible and able to be reused. | + | * Using digital technologies to make information more widely accessible and able to be reused |
| * Conservation, | * Conservation, | ||
| * Many research tools used in Local Studies research were created for completely different purposes than their current use, for example, electoral rolls and telephone books being used for local research, or magistrate’s court records being used to research local families | * Many research tools used in Local Studies research were created for completely different purposes than their current use, for example, electoral rolls and telephone books being used for local research, or magistrate’s court records being used to research local families | ||
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