Dan Traister, keynote speaker at the FABS Rare Book Symposium, is quoted as saying that, "the best collections are formed by people who explore new areas and who know more than their dealers and competitors. He cited as an example the archive on 'concrete' and 'visual poetry' formed by, I believe, a Florida couple." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Werner Gundersheimer contributed an essay, "Against the Grain," in which he discussed the changing role of the research library. He indicated that electronic surrogates should serve "students not as the end source but, rather, as first exposure....the new media also provide efficient means for introducing students to different formats - maps, manuscripts, painting and sculpture, letters, diaries, account books." Daniel Traister contributed a polemic essay, "Is There a Future for Special Collections? And should there Be?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.