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Thinking about collections 21

The International Shark Attack File contains about 2700 individual investigations of shark attacks world-wide and is housed in two five-drawer file cabinets.”

You can’t get access to these files unless you’re a recognized researcher. This is a good thing, I think. Not all collections have to be “open.”

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  1. February 26, 2009 at 9:48 pm | #1

    Oh boo…Dr. Martens. In this case I would think the positives of allowing access would outweigh any negatives. Especially if the collection is not in a fragile state.

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