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Taking Risks in Hands-On Outreach

This article discusses how Brigham Young University’s L. Tom Perry Special Collections made the decision to put a roughly $60,000 book into the hands of thousands of students. It discusses the risks of allowing public access on a large scale to a book that many students and members of the local community would have an interest in, and how those risks were mitigated. Finally, the benefits of going against the grain of traditional librarianship, such as enhancing the library’s role as a community hub, are evaluated.