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I too am interested in the responses and like Fiona's collections at Sussex ours are used by the academic community, but I am interested in the approach taken by Durham. Deirdre Deirdre Wildy Senior Subject Librarian (Arts & Humanities) Main Library Queen's University of Belfast University Square BELFAST BT7 1LS Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 0044 (0) 28 9097 3721 / 3607 Fax: 0044 (0) 28 9032 3340 -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for rare books and Special Collections librarians [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fiona Courage Sent: 01 June 2006 13:08 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIS-RAREBOOKS] Creating educational resources Hi Abbie I'd be really interested in the responses you get so please keep me informed. Unfortunately I don;t think we can be of much help as our Rare Book Collections only tend to be used by University level onward course. Hope tha house hunting went well! See you next week, Fiona --On 31 May 2006 15:46 +0100 Abigail Luthmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > For the dissertation requirement of an MA in Information Studies I am > creating a set of educational resources for the Special Collections at the > Jubilee Library in Brighton, aimed at Key Stages 1-5 in History. The > collection consists primarily of rare books and manuscripts. > > Although there is plenty of literature about educational use of archival > documents there appears to be less specifically for rare books. I would be > very interested if anyone has any experience in this area or could give me > any advice, either on the creation of the resources themselves or the > process of consulting with teachers and aligning with National Curriculum > requirements. > > If there is interest in the responses received I would be happy to compile > a document for posting to the list. > > Thank you, > > Abigail Luthmann > University of Brighton > [log in to unmask] *************************************************************** Fiona Courage tel: 01273 877911 Special Collections Manager email: [log in to unmask] The Library fax: 01273 678441 University of Sussex www.sussex.ac.uk/library/speccoll Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QL