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2018 Conference
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Presentations and materials from “Convergence,” the 59th Annual RBMS Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19-22, 2018.
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(2018-06-21)What’s happening, how did we get here, and where are we going? Join representatives of RBMS Executive Committee, current, and future Section Chairs for a casual conversation about leadership in RBMS. Each panelist will ...
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(2018-06-22)The alarming number of recent, deadly natural disasters, including flooding and monsoons in South Asia, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires in North America, and landslides and drought in Africa is a constant reminder ...
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(2018-06-22)University of New Orleans Special Collections Librarian Connie Phelps moderates a panel discussion by local archivists of important as well as unusual collections found in university, municipal, and private repositories ...
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(2018-06-22)This seminar will introduce attendees to evolving data on the vulnerabilities faced by special collections due to climate change. It will cover implications for our profession and address the importance of long-term planning ...
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(2018-06-21)In 2016, the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill partnered with InHerit, a cultural heritage research and action organization rooted in the Research Labs of Archaeology at the ...
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(2018-06-21)Paper 1: Hybrid is Here: Providing Access to Hybrid Archival Collections, by Julie Judkins, Assistant Head, Special Collections, University of North Texas. Archives and Special Collections are increasingly receiving ...
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(2018-06-21)Paper 1: Engaging the Offbeat: A Case Study in Creating a Local Music Archive as a Cultural Space, by Christie Lutz – New Jersey Regional Studies Librarian and Head of Public Services, Rutgers University. Special ...
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(2018-06-21)Over the last 15 years, libraries have increasingly entered into consortial agreements to undertake collaborative collection development and management. Library administrators look to shared print collections housed in ...
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(2018-06-20)For generations, writers, book collectors, scholars, and philanthropists have assembled personal libraries, each with a unique focus and a variety of materials, and sought “suitable institutions” to house those treasures ...
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(2018-06-21)With systematic and strategic digitization efforts, digital humanities initiatives, and digital aggregations reshaping how libraries and archives make special collections and archival materials discoverable, the impact of ...
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(2018-06-21)As archives and special collections grow increasingly central to libraries’ operational, development, and strategic goals, an increased demand for acquiring rare and unique materials has gained a visibility and urgency not ...
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(2018-06-21)The Western “canon” is a meeting place, a place of convergence. The “great books” of European and North American history impart to students a common knowledge that allows, in theory, for a shared sense of heritage. The ...
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(2018-06-20)Many in our profession are aware of the trend to bring special and area studies collections together in large, research libraries, sometimes under the umbrella of “distinctive collections,” because of their administrative ...
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(2018-06-20)In a world where technology is ever-changing, social media platforms appear and evolve rapidly, often in ways we can’t predict. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and many others have come and gone, but one in particular was created ...
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(2018-06-20)Many scholars have written about Storyville, but no thorough contemporary study of the blue books has been available until now. These directories of the neighborhood’s prostitutes featured advertisements for liquor, brothels, ...
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(2018-06-20)This panel addresses the intersection between ethnic studies theory and community archives practice through primary source instruction. A three-year, IMLS-funded research project, “Transforming Knowledge, Transforming ...
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(2018-06-20)In 2013, a group of material culture professionals – librarians, archivists, and curators from seven different research collections at the University of Missouri – came together for a common purpose: to educate the campus ...
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(2018-06-20)Panelists will discuss their experiences as department heads covering topics such as personnel management, management styles that work, and considerations for recruitment and retention of staff. The goal of the discussion ...
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Papers Panel: The Value of Diverse Collections: Changing Collections, Institutions and Researchers (2018-06-20)Paper 1: Coming to the Plains: Latino/A Stories in Central Nebraska - Laurinda Weisse, University Archivist, University of Nebraska-Kearney - Like many archives, the University of Nebraska Kearney Archives has ...
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(2018-06-20)As a special collections community, we are moving from show and tell towards active learning as our focus in the classroom. We have worked to create learning outcomes for classes, assessed student learning, and revised our ...