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RBMS 2021 Virtual Conference Schedule

Unknown author (2021-06)

This conference will critically examine the existing power structures that have shaped and continue to impact special collections and archives. The program will explore the power dynamics within our profession and the ways ...
RBMS Conference Orientation

De Fazio, Diane Dias; Jackson, Petrina; Johnson, Brad; Malenfant, Kara; Call, Liz; Katz, Robin M.; Jenns, Erika; Ondrla, Tory (2021-06-07)

This session is highly recommended for first-time attendees and is also a nice refresher for past participants. You will learn about the history and structure of RBMS, hear pointers about how to navigate the conference, ...
Panel: Stories from the Margins: Inspiring Social Justice Activism and Empowerment within Marginalized Communities through Exhibits and Programming

Hilles, Stefanie; Meneses, Derek Christian Quezada; Ollis, Chase; Conley, James; Jackson, Petrina; De Fazio, Diane Dias (2021-06-08)
Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards

Sarconi, Emma (2021-06-08)

These awards are given annually in recognition of excellence in the publication of catalogues and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival materials, as well as for electronic exhibitions of such ...
Raising Access by Lowering Barriers: the Power of ILL and Special Collections Working Together

Fitzgerald, Moira; Massie, Dennis; Warren, Brad; Scott Weber, Chela (2021-06-08)

Resource sharing has long been an accepted means of request fulfillment from libraries’ circulating collections, but providing digital surrogates and physical loans of special collections materials through interlibrary ...
Making the Invisible Visible: The Operational Impacts of Collection Building

Hintz, Carrie; Stevens, Gioia; Eagle Yun, Audra; Conway, Martha (2021-06-08)

In 2018, the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) convened a Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group (CBOIWG) and charged it with developing resources for helping repositories make better-informed ...
Diversifying the Narrative in Special Collections: From Inventories to Metadata (and Everything In-between)

Alexander, Phoenix; BrodeFrank, Jessica; McColl, Ron; Shoemaker, Beth (2021-06-08)

Libraries were always created to serve the public, but if we are being honest, we have left out much of the public from our narratives. Like most cultural heritage institutions, libraries have excluded much of the population ...
Live QA: Implementing Programmatic Anti-Racist (Re)Description at Predominately White Institutions

Bolding, Kelly; Daniels-Young, Shelby; Tai, Jessica; Charlton, Faith (2021-06-08)

Live Q & A session for session of archivists representing three large, predominantly-white academic institutions and a regional, grassroots volunteer organization will discuss efforts they are spearheading to address issues ...
Active Learning for Paleography Instruction in Special Collections and Beyond

Carter, Matthew; Fisher, Julie; Wolfe, Heather; Powell, Sarah (2021-06-08)

Whether needed to decipher a 16th-century letter, marginalia in an early printed book, or the address on a 20th-century envelope, the ability to read handwriting is a vital tool for special collections professionals and ...
Opening Plenary: Power, Resistance, and Leadership in our Profession

Erickson, Jesse; Jackson, Athena; Baxter, Terry; Berry, Dorothy; Call, Liz; Katz, Robin (2021-06-08)

Join leading practitioners in the rare books and archives field for part one of this two part plenary series. Drawing from their own careers, research, and life experiences, the speakers will share key insights on power, ...
Extending the Library into DWNTWN: University Libraries and Book Arts Collaborative

Bradley, James; Humphrey, Walter E.; Teague, Emma; Guffey, Wes; Edwards, Kennedy; Peterson, Rai; Planton, Isabel (2021-06-08)

This presentation addresses community engagement through the history of the book and printing. It represents a collaboration between University faculty, librarians, community business people, and students from all academic ...
Implementing Programmatic Anti-Racist (Re)Description at Predominantly White Institutions

Bolding, Kelly; Tai, Jessica; Daniels-Young, Shelby; Charlton, Faith (2021-06-08)

In this session, archivists representing three large, predominantly-white academic institutions and a regional, grassroots volunteer organization will discuss efforts they are spearheading to address issues relating to ...
Power, Resistance, and Donor Relations

Schmidt, Greg; Green, Patrice; Hubbard, Melissa; Jackson, Petrina; Jacobson, Christine (2021-06-08)

The purpose of this panel session is to generate ideas about how changing the relationships between special collections practitioners, donors, and users can generate new possibilities for both collections and services. ...
Organizing for Power

Silverman, Michele; Richardson, Leah; Drabinski, Emily; Williams, Stacie (2021-06-08)

Making change in an organization requires building the power necessary to get a seat at the table. The first step is understanding the power we have and the power we don’t, the power we need and how to build it. Labor ...
Arsenic and Old Bookcloth: the Safe Handling, Storage, and Treatment of Potentially Toxic Victorian-Era Cloth-Case Publisher’s Bindings

Guthrie, Emily (2021-06-09)

Analysis of decorated cloth-case publisher’s bindings at the Winterthur Library revealed bookcloth colored with “emerald green,” or copper acetoarsenite, a pigment known to be extremely toxic. This pigment’s popularity in ...
Happily Rarer After: The Radical Act of Taking Popular Romance Fiction Seriously

Baumann, Rebecca; Ammidown, Stephen; Romney, Rebecca; Dickerson, Ava (2021-06-09)

Romance fiction represents a large part of the market share of fiction sold today and is a genre that is arguably as old as “fiction” itself. While detective fiction, science fiction, and other genres have, since the ...
Beyond the Vault: Building Communities and Collections through Innovative Outreach

Eveland Cron, Bran; Salrin, Melissa; Trotta, Sara; Murphy, Ben (2021-06-09)

As stewards of archives and special collections, we strongly believe in creating welcoming and inclusive spaces within our institutions for scholars, institutional users, students, and the public. Part of this work involves ...
Fight the Power: Amplifying Student Histories and Decentering the Archivist

Berdini, Annalise; Ferrara, Amanda; Johnson, Valencia (2021-06-09)

This participant-driven session will explore methods for decentering the archivist in pursuit of empowering students to manage and preserve their own histories, within or without a traditional university archives. Three ...
LD4P2 and Rare Materials: Reports from the Field

DeZelar-Tiedman, Christine; Graciani, Paloma; Isaac, Linda; Washington, Brittney (2021-06-09)

The Linked Data for Production projects aim to move library cataloging from a MARC-based system to a linked data environment. The first phase focused largely on developing specialized ontology extensions to BIBFRAME, the ...
Power of New Voices

Watson, Bri; Handley, Henry; Webster, Kiana; Romero, Ursula; Castillo, Stella; Worrell-Johnson, Bernadette; Nortonsmith, Gina (2021-06-09)

Lightning round talks by students, recent graduates, new professionals, and/or past RBMS scholarship recipients.

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