The Research and Instructional Uses of Realia in Academic Library Archival Collections.

摘要

The purpose of this research study was to illustrate the importance of realia for historic research and undergraduate instruction and to encourage academic archives to expand their collection development policies to include more artifacts. Through examination of the literature about the collection and use of artifacts in archives as well as information gathered from interviews with university professors, re-searchers, and archivists in academic special collections libraries at universities in the North Carolina Triangle area, a variety of opinions about the research and pedagogical value of three-dimensional materials is revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]