ABSTRACT The Special Collections and Archives Department (SpecColl) was established in the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick (UL) in 1998. It is passionate about embedding its broad range of holdings in the university curriculum. Over the past twenty years, SpecColl has implemented an educational programme, building a network of longstanding academic contacts within the university, offering research assistance, and delivering a series of workshops catered to a variety of different student types across a broad range of disciplines. This article explores the growing educational focus of SpecColl in recent years, both in response to, and in anticipation of, the needs of faculty and students. The main body examines how SpecColl has developed its educational outreach initiatives to enhance teaching and learning at UL in line with key findings from its user statistics and student feedback. It explores the challenges faced by a specialized department in striving towards ubiquity on campus, and shares some of the lessons it has learned in its mission to make access to ‘special’ collections and archives a more ‘ordinary’ experience. The article concludes by imagining the future landscape of SpecColl, making a set of recommendations for the further development of educational activities at the department.

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使独特无处不在的经验教训：使特殊收藏和档案部门的角色多样化，以加强利默里克大学的教学和学习

摘要 1998 年，利默里克大学 (UL) 的 Glucksman 图书馆成立了特别收藏和档案部 (SpecColl)。它热衷于将其广泛的馆藏纳入大学课程。在过去的二十年里，SpecColl 实施了一项教育计划，在大学内建立了长期的学术联系网络，提供研究帮助，并举办了一系列研讨会，以满足广泛学科的各种不同学生类型的需求。本文探讨了近年来 SpecColl 日益增长的教育重点，以响应和预期教师和学生的需求。主体审查了 SpecColl 如何根据其用户统计数据和学生反馈的主要发现，制定其教育推广计划以加强 UL 的教学和学习。它探讨了一个专门部门在努力实现校园无所不在时所面临的挑战，并分享了它在使访问“特殊”馆藏和档案成为一种更“普通”的体验的使命中学到的一些经验教训。文章最后设想了 SpecColl 的未来前景，为该部门教育活动的进一步发展提出了一系列建议。并分享了它在使访问“特殊”藏品和档案成为一种更“普通”的体验的使命中学到的一些经验教训。文章最后设想了 SpecColl 的未来前景，为该部门教育活动的进一步发展提出了一系列建议。并分享了它在使访问“特殊”藏品和档案成为一种更“普通”的体验的使命中学到的一些经验教训。文章最后设想了 SpecColl 的未来前景，为该部门教育活动的进一步发展提出了一系列建议。