• Seminar: Do Your Metrics Measure Up? Assessment & Implementing the New Standards for Public Services Statistics 

  Katz, Robin; Fitzgerald, Moira; Bravent, Jay-Marie; Myc, Malgosia; Hawk, Amanda; Call, Elizabeth (2019-06-21)

  This seminar will be led by a diverse group of librarians and archivists (including a mix of three first-time RBMS presenters and seasoned members) who are early adopters of the newly-approved Standardized Statistical ...
• Plenary 3: What a Living World Demands 

  Mallipeddi, Ramesh; Streeby, Shelley (2019-06-21)

  In Parable of the Sower, a 1993 dystopian science fiction novel set in the wake of major climate change, Octavia E. Butler writes, “There is no end | To what a living world | Will demand of you.” Our collections, institutions, ...
• Seminar: Beyond Commerce: Encounters and Exchanges Between Academic Institutions and the Rare Book Trade 

  Seppi, Greg; Murphy, John; Nesler, Miranda; Ott, Elizabeth; Rulon-Miller, Rob; Johnson, Kevin (2019-06-21)

  This seminar explores relationships between the academic world and the rare book trade from the perspectives of booksellers and university faculty, including librarians. The starting point for this seminar is Miranda ...
• Panel: Under the Weather: Strategies for Planning and Response to Climate Change for Heritage Organizations 

  Boyne, Elizabeth; Durant, Fletcher; Tansey, Eira; Waxman, Jennifer (2019-06-21)

  Climate change poses significant short and long term threats to the operations and stability of archival institutions and collections across space and time. In the short term, changing weather and disasters may mean more ...
• Panel: Papers on Storytelling and Longevity 

  Doskey, Adam V.; Cataldo, Ashley; Tribbett, Krystal; Quezada, Derek Christian (2019-06-21)

  "A Wider View of the Arctic: Indigenous-Language Materials on the Shelf and in the Classroom," by Adam V. Doskey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Abstract: Indigenous communities around the world are at the forefront ...
• Seminar: Expanding the Special Collections Diversity Ecosystem Through Post-Bac Programs 

  Conathan, Lisa; Bryant, Meghan; Sanchez, Aramis; Hopkins, Jacob; Fernandez, Maria Victoria (2019-06-20)

  Our seminar will discuss how a diversity ecosystem that has focused chiefly on MLS students would benefit from outreach to undergrads and recent graduates. Earlier outreach is a highly significant effort that has a positive ...
• Panel: The Folger Sustainable Preservation Environment Project 

  Linden, Jeremy; Bell, Adrienne; Humbert, Dustin (2019-06-20)

  The Folger Shakespeare Library began working on the Folger Sustainable Preservation Environment Project (FSPEP) in 2010. Funded largely through planning and implementation grants awarded by the National Endowment for the ...
• Panel: Papers on Fire and Earth 

  Kolosov, Joanna; McCormack, Allie; Elbrader, Alison; Chen, Anna; Marshall, Rebecca Fenning; Knipprath, Tanya (2019-06-20)

  "Fuel for Archival Advocacy--A public library responds to wildfires," by Joanna Kolosov, Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library. Abstract: In 2017 Californians, accustomed to battling drought, became intimately acquainted ...
• Seminar: Innovation and Inspiration from Outside the Academy: Learn About Operations at Diverse Collections to Inspire New Ideas 

  Silverman, Michele Lee; Chandler, Katharine; Crowley, Patrick; Ames, Alexander (2019-06-20)

  The majority of the RBMS community is affiliated with an academic institution. Thus, the workflows, tools, and goals of small, independent libraries may be foreign to many conference attendees. Can you imagine being ...
• Panel: Sounding the Depths: Documenting the Environment in Bicoastal Collections 

  Mann, Meredith; Pigza, Jessica; Triplett, Kyle R. (2019-06-20)

  As repositories of material culture, libraries and archives document environmental history both intentionally and serendipitously. By taking a closer look at special collections from the New York Public Library and the ...
• Panel: Environmentally Sustainable Preservation of Physical and Digital Materials 

  Cameron, Christopher; Tadic, Linda; Alagna, Laura; Pendergrass, Keith (2019-06-20)

  Preservation activities contribute to anthropogenic climate change through the use of physical and digital infrastructures that often are hidden from view. Panelists explore the energy consumption and resultant pollution ...
• Panel: Building Resilience: Disaster Preparedness Training for Special Collections 

  DeBold, Elizabeth; Merkel, Julia; Brade, Angela; Wagner, Katie C. (2019-06-20)

  Climate change has greatly increased the force and frequency of weather events. Many special collections and other cultural heritage institutions now find themselves directly threatened on a daily basis by these events ...
• Seminar: Sustainable Approaches to Collections Stewardship in Uncertain Times 

  Kiesling, Kris; Bell, Adrienne; Burriesci, Matt (2019-06-20)

  Wondering how to create a stable environment for your special collections without wrecking ours? Come hear the experiences of recent NEH awardees as they discuss sustainable approaches to collections care. They will cover ...
• Panel: "Come Hell and High Water": The Role of Archivists, Historical Myths, and Activism in Communities Facing Repeated Extreme Flooding Events 

  Greenwalt, Kari A.; Gladden, Shawn; Coutu, Peter; Bravent, Jay-Marie (2019-06-20)

  With the names Harvey, Sandy, and Katrina ringing loudly in our ears – can we still learn valuable lessons from the archives of Diane, Camille, and Agnes? In many cases, we thought we had, but climate change is increasingly ...
• Panel: Climate Change Changes Us: Collections Security in the Context of Natural Disasters 

  Prickman, Greg; Jones, Ashley; Sciarini, Natalia (2019-06-20)

  Climate change increases the probability of natural disasters even in areas previously deemed safe for special collections storage. As library staff, we need to be prepared not only to adequately respond to a disaster, but ...
• Plenary 2: Documentation of Climate Change Paradigms 

  Banerjee, Neela; Degroot, Dagomar (2019-06-20)

  Pursuing the evidence of climate change, and human communities’ relationships to this phenomenon, requires research within and outside archives and libraries. Our second plenary explores climate change narratives built on ...
• Seminar: We have Guidelines, Now What? Putting Primary Source Literacy into Practice in the Special Collections Classroom 

  Maryanski, Maureen; Kader, Emily; Coren, Ashleigh; Hardenberg, Wendy (2019-06-19)

  This seminar will continue the conversation begun last year at the RBMS 2018 session “Primary Source Literacy as a Tool for Student Engagement and Faculty Partnerships.” This iteration will provide further ideas on how the ...
• Seminar: New Spaces for Old Things: The Realities of Renovation, Before, During, and After 

  Johnson, Tim J.; Horowitz, Sarah; Priddle, Charlotte; Fox, Frances (2019-06-19)

  Renovations of special collections repositories seem to be an ongoing reality for many of us in the profession – many colleagues are either planning for, in the midst of, or recovering from a recent renovation. While ...
• Panel: The Limits to Growth 

  Callahan, Maureen; Supple, Shannon K.; Stingone, William; Weber, Chela Scott (2019-06-19)

  In 1972, researchers from MIT published The Limits to Growth, sharing results of computer simulations predicting outcomes for the earth’s resources related to population and economic growth. If growth continued unchecked, ...
• Seminar: Radical Making: Creative Engagement and Special Collections 

  Hardman, Emilie; Kugelberg, Johan; McAleer-Keeler, Kerry (2019-06-19)

  This seminar will consider the creative, and specifically the radical, making process as part of the research, teaching, learning and collection building work in special collections. Taking two tracks, we will first examine ...

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