Keynote.

Alternately self-titled "The Rare Book Community, One Nun, Two Jakes, and the Reign of Terry."

Shifting financial landscapes are compelling libraries and their parent institutions to look more closely than ever at their “bottom line”: the unique value they contribute to scholarly research and teaching, student ...

Thursday’s plenary will examine the marketplace and its effect on the special collections ecosystem. Nina Musinsky will offer an overview of the market as a member of the rare book trade. Steve Enniss will follow with an ...

Our closing plenary will delve into the construction and use of space, both physical and digital. Jim Reilly will address planning and implementing preservation strategies that balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental ...

Perspective on the place of independent research libraries from the special collections landscape. Alternately self-titled "What's Passed is Prologue."

This session seeks to demonstrate the myriad ways special collections and archives can engage and interact with multiple constituencies. The communities and cultures in which institutions are situated strongly influence ...

Scholars rely on access to primary sources and other library materials to further their research. Our cultural resources can be obscured when they are described improperly, buried in silos, or otherwise constrained. Our ...

The second plenary will take an in-depth look at special collections as liberal arts laboratories, and special collections librarians as collaborators in humanistic scholarship. Speakers who have created wide-ranging digital ...