• An inexpensive way to begin is with materials in hand
• Prospects for exhibition may be enhanced by focusing on materials related to your institution’s mission or other local interests
• Visiting librarians, subject specialists, or others passing through may be useful sources of information about your materials
• As specific questions are formulated, don’t hesitate to pose them to external specialists; your problem may be their research opportunity
• Rather than detracting from the value of your item, indications of provenance may help you tell its story and connect with constituencies
• Even if a binding is not contemporary with the date of publication, it may contribute to the story of the social location and geographical movements of former owners
• Look to other works in your collection or elsewhere, executed by the same printer, to explore commonalities in exemplars, relations with authors, and other webs of connection
• Look for allies in your faculty, professional colleagues, religious bodies, and local collectors
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