Abstract:
The final plenary will explore the ways we can develop and leverage collections to support and shape humanistic inquiry. Speakers who are creating special collections outside the traditional bounds of the academic library will engage in fruitful discussion about new and emerging partnerships and ways of building, maintaining, and providing access to special collections as a means of creating and supporting communities. With this foundation, participants will map practical, meaningful connections amongst our collections, constituencies, and service missions.
Description:
Sponsored by Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers; Speakers: Rick Prelinger, Co-Founder, Prelinger Library and Prelinger Archives, and Associate Professor, Film & Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz; Gordon H. Chang, Professor of History and Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities, Stanford University; Discussant: Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Discussant's remarks at https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/discussing-rbms-2015/ and Prelinger's slides at http://www.slideshare.net/footage/workshops-workflows-wooden-trains
