Making a Case for Local Relevance: Strategic Exhibition Planning for the Gordon W. Prange Collection

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dc.contributor.authorTatsumi, Yukako
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-04T14:51:51Z
dc.date.available2019-03-04T14:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractIn the changing academic libraries environment, area studies and special collections, marked by a high level of expertise in a specialized area, are faced with the challenge of articulating their value and becoming connected with a broad range of local users. This article shows that exhibitions can be a powerful instrument for making a convincing case for the relevance of these specialized collections to local users. It discusses a model case of strategic exhibition development for the Gordon W. Prange Collection, which archives Japanese-language print publications issued during the first four years of the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949. Making use of the multiple functions of exhibitions, Prange Collection staff strategized exhibition planning as a way to form and demonstrate geopolitical, academic, and linguistic relevance in an attempt to illuminate the potential of the Prange Collection materials to suit local users’ educational and research agendas. By examining this practical approach to exhibition development, this study seeks to highlight the possibility for a specialized collection to go beyond its relationship with its core patrons and reach new user communities on campus and beyond.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vcbg-c395
dc.identifier.citationTatsumi, Yukako (2019) "Making a Case for Local Relevance: Strategic Exhibition Planning for the Gordon W. Prange Collection," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 2019 : No. 168 , Article 2.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21785
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of East Asian Librariesen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland Librariesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectExhibitionen_US
dc.subjectSpecial Collectionen_US
dc.subjectArea Studies Collectionen_US
dc.subjectDistinctive Collectionen_US
dc.subjectOutreachen_US
dc.subjectLocal Relevanceen_US
dc.titleMaking a Case for Local Relevance: Strategic Exhibition Planning for the Gordon W. Prange Collectionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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