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45°40′0.1302″N 111°2′54.5756″W / 45.666702833°N 111.048493222°W | |
Location | Montana State University Library, Bozeman, Montana, United States |
Type | Special Collection |
Established | 1999 |
Collection | |
Items collected | Works encompassing biology, ecology, angling, politics, economics, and the culinary arts; spiritual, literary and philosophical works; books, periodicals, government publications, and scientific reports; diaries, theses and dissertations. |
Size | ~11,000 |
Criteria for collection | Related to study of trout and salmonids |
Other information | |
Website |
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The Trout and Salmonid Collection [1] is a special collection of literature and archives in the Montana State University Library's Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Library. The collection is also known as The Bud Lilly Trout and Salmonid Collection, named after Bud Lilly [2] who was instrumental in starting the collection. The approximately 20,000-volume collection, [3] established in 2000, is devoted to preserving literary (fiction and non-fiction), scientific, government and media resources related to all aspects of trout and other salmonids. The collection contains materials in many languages and is not restricted by geography. It is considered a world-class collection of international significance relative to the study of trout and salmonids. [4] [5]
In 1999, then Dean of the Montana State University Library, Bruce Morton, and local angling legend Bud Lilly [6] conceived the idea of forming a world-class collection of literature on trout and salmonids. [7] Bud Lilly, a 1949 alumnus of the university, stated he "would like to see students and others broaden their perspective of trout beyond the 'how-to' and 'where-to-go' angling books that publishing houses started spawning in the 1960s". [8] Montana State University, because of its historic fisheries science program and proximity to hundreds of miles of blue ribbon fisheries, is often referred to as "Trout U." [9] [10] Lilly, through his connections with the angling industry, organized an initial donation of over 10,000 volumes from an anonymous collector in Montana. From this donation, an initial collection of over 4,000 titles was established. Through the work of special collections librarian James Thull and Montana State University Library Scholar in Residence Paul Schullery, the collection grew to over 10,000 volumes by 2011. [11] As of 2023 the collection holds over 20,000 volumes and more than thirty archival collections. [12]
The collection is organized and cataloged according to the Library of Congress Classification system. The collection holds a broad array of works encompassing biology, ecology, angling, politics, economics, music scores, and the culinary arts; spiritual, literary and philosophical works; books, periodicals, government publications, and scientific reports; diaries, theses and dissertations. The collection is not considered a "rare book" collection but rather a focused research collection. Although the collection does contain originals of rare titles, it also contains many reprints. The collection has been built through donations and purchases from a variety of book sources as desirable titles become available. Government documents related to trout and salmonids are often purchased as well as requested from government agencies when they will benefit the collection. [11]
The collection also comprises the personal papers of many luminaries and influential authors, artists, scientists and angling industry insiders associated with trout and salmonids. These archives include:
The collection contains both old and rare works on the topic of trout and salmonids as well as important seminal works on all aspects of the topic.
The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections is open to the public. Archivists and student workers assist researchers in finding materials and using them in this reading room. The Trout and Salmonid collection is in closed stacks and is not accessible via regular or inter-library loans. The collection is searchable via the Montana State University Library online catalog system, [32] as well as Archives West. [33]
Trout and Salmonid Collection | |
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45°40′0.1302″N 111°2′54.5756″W / 45.666702833°N 111.048493222°W | |
Location | Montana State University Library, Bozeman, Montana, United States |
Type | Special Collection |
Established | 1999 |
Collection | |
Items collected | Works encompassing biology, ecology, angling, politics, economics, and the culinary arts; spiritual, literary and philosophical works; books, periodicals, government publications, and scientific reports; diaries, theses and dissertations. |
Size | ~11,000 |
Criteria for collection | Related to study of trout and salmonids |
Other information | |
Website |
www |
The Trout and Salmonid Collection [1] is a special collection of literature and archives in the Montana State University Library's Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Library. The collection is also known as The Bud Lilly Trout and Salmonid Collection, named after Bud Lilly [2] who was instrumental in starting the collection. The approximately 20,000-volume collection, [3] established in 2000, is devoted to preserving literary (fiction and non-fiction), scientific, government and media resources related to all aspects of trout and other salmonids. The collection contains materials in many languages and is not restricted by geography. It is considered a world-class collection of international significance relative to the study of trout and salmonids. [4] [5]
In 1999, then Dean of the Montana State University Library, Bruce Morton, and local angling legend Bud Lilly [6] conceived the idea of forming a world-class collection of literature on trout and salmonids. [7] Bud Lilly, a 1949 alumnus of the university, stated he "would like to see students and others broaden their perspective of trout beyond the 'how-to' and 'where-to-go' angling books that publishing houses started spawning in the 1960s". [8] Montana State University, because of its historic fisheries science program and proximity to hundreds of miles of blue ribbon fisheries, is often referred to as "Trout U." [9] [10] Lilly, through his connections with the angling industry, organized an initial donation of over 10,000 volumes from an anonymous collector in Montana. From this donation, an initial collection of over 4,000 titles was established. Through the work of special collections librarian James Thull and Montana State University Library Scholar in Residence Paul Schullery, the collection grew to over 10,000 volumes by 2011. [11] As of 2023 the collection holds over 20,000 volumes and more than thirty archival collections. [12]
The collection is organized and cataloged according to the Library of Congress Classification system. The collection holds a broad array of works encompassing biology, ecology, angling, politics, economics, music scores, and the culinary arts; spiritual, literary and philosophical works; books, periodicals, government publications, and scientific reports; diaries, theses and dissertations. The collection is not considered a "rare book" collection but rather a focused research collection. Although the collection does contain originals of rare titles, it also contains many reprints. The collection has been built through donations and purchases from a variety of book sources as desirable titles become available. Government documents related to trout and salmonids are often purchased as well as requested from government agencies when they will benefit the collection. [11]
The collection also comprises the personal papers of many luminaries and influential authors, artists, scientists and angling industry insiders associated with trout and salmonids. These archives include:
The collection contains both old and rare works on the topic of trout and salmonids as well as important seminal works on all aspects of the topic.
The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections is open to the public. Archivists and student workers assist researchers in finding materials and using them in this reading room. The Trout and Salmonid collection is in closed stacks and is not accessible via regular or inter-library loans. The collection is searchable via the Montana State University Library online catalog system, [32] as well as Archives West. [33]