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Presentations and materials from “Join or Die: Collaboration in Special Collections,” the 51st Annual RBMS Preconference, Philadelphia, PA, June 22-25, 2010.
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(2010-06-27)How can libraries fulfill the need to provide access to their collections while simultaneously protecting them? Can full catalog records deter theft? How have they been instrumental in identifying and reclaiming stolen ...
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(2010)Miscellaneous files relating to the 2010 RBMS Preconference, including registration forms and schedules.
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(2010-06)Topics include technologies of writing and histories of filing systems.
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(2010-06)Photo 1 - Photograph of John Overholt posted with permission. Photo 2 - Photograph of Erika Dowell and Ellen Ellickson posted with permission. Photo 3 - Photograph of Doug Denne, Barbara Heritage, Jennifer Lee, Gerald ...
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(2010-06)OCLC Research has just completed a survey of special collections and archives in academic and research libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Five library consortia participated: RLG, ARL, IRLA, Oberlin, and CARL (Canada). The ...
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(2010-06)Two curators show how collaboration can help exhibitions programs to meet rising expectations from administrators and visitors alike. Discussion of successes, failures, and wisdom gained from projects with collaborative ...
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(2010-06)Don’t be frightened! “Hybrid collections” are a relatively new thing. What are the four or five simple things that everyone – librarian, archivist, administrator – needs to know? The authorities in this seminar will demystify ...
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(2010-06)In support of RBMS’ efforts to encourage greater diversity in the Special Collection Library profession, members of the Diversity Committee have conducted recruitment events targeting local students and paraprofessionals ...
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(2010-06)How can catalogers and archivists better work together for the benefit of their users, public services staff, conservators, and the collection in general? More and more people self-identify as “special collections catalogers” ...
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(2010-06)digress.it is a tool for collaborative editing which evolved out of experiments at the Institute for the Future of the Book in New York. It allows long documents to be openly discussed paragraph-by-paragraph through chains ...
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(2010-06)To address backlogs of unprocessed materials, more special collections libraries are involving students in their workflows. This practice not only expedites the processing of collections by talented young scholars, it also ...
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(2010-06)As special collections pursue novel ways to promote and support the use of their materials, they often turn to artists whose work can highlight and interpret a collection in fresh and unexpected ways. This seminar will ...
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(2010-06)As pedagogical methods for using special collections materials continue to evolve, exciting innovations are beginning to emerge from our classrooms. In this seminar, three librarians present tools, projects, class models, ...
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(2010-06)In an era of limited and decreasing resources and seemingly limitless new expectations, special collections must go beyond merely streamlining workflows. This seminar will focus on the question, “what can we stop doing?” ...
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(2010-06)“Laying the Building Blocks for Our Collaborative Digital Future: Outreach at the University of Vermont Libraries’ Center for Digital Initiatives” by Robin M. Katz; “Among Friends: Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges’ ...
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(2010-06)“1771: The Benefits of a Semester Long Collaboration with a Faculty Member” by Julie Grob; “‘That Title Makes Me Think of Underwear’: One Academic, One Librarian, and 15 College Kids Create an Exhibition” by Marianne Hansen; ...