TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to consider the term “legacy collections” and aspects of their present and future states. This is a personal viewpoint.Design/methodology/approach– Examples of the use of the term are given in the paper and the implied meanings are discussed. Issues surrounding future retention and disposal of such collections are highlighted including the ambiguity resulting from heritage versus inheritance perspectives.Findings– The paper calls for more in‐depth consideration of these issues and perceptions among library professionals both academic and practitioner.Research limitations/implications– The paper seeks to highlight issue for discussion rather than offer solutions.Practical implications– It is timely to raise these questions as the shift from print dominant to digitally dominant libraries escalates.Originality/value– The Boole Library at University College Cork has been used as a study model and many of the questions which have led to this paper have been composed in the context of the particular bibliographic heritage which it holds.
VL  - 28
IS  - 6/7
SN  - 0143-5124
DO  - 10.1108/01435120710774486
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120710774486
AU  - McCarthy J.P.
PY  - 2007
Y1  - 2007/01/01
TI  - Some thoughts on legacy collections
T2  - Library Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 347
EP  - 354
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -