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 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. *Susanna Giaccai* Firenze 2013/10/24 Derric Atzrott <[email protected]> > 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.**** > > ** ** > > 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.**** > > ** ** > > If you’d like I can try to put you in touch with someone from my local > library system?**** > > **** > > Thank you,**** > > Derric Atzrott**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bettina Cousineau > *Sent:* 24 October 2013 12:43 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [libraries] Local History Rooms in Public Libraries**** > > ** ** > > 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**** > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > >
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