Past RBMS Preconference Seminars

The RBMS Seminars Committee has developed a database of historical information pertaining specifically to seminars presented at past Preconferences. The database has also expanded to include information about the Preconferences as a whole.

Further development is underway to make the information in the database more broadly accessible and searchable. In the meantime, the following list provides information about seminars offered at the RBMS Preconferences, including the titles of the seminars, the names of presenters, and topical headings.

For most of the seminars, information pertaining to presenters has been extracted from past Preconference programs and topics have been assigned on the basis of seminar titles or descriptions, when available. Occasionally presenters change after programs have been printed.

If you have information that can correct any errors in the database and this list, please contact Seminars Committee co-chairs Lynne M. Thomas and Shannon K. Supple, at seminars@rbms.info.

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• 1978, 1979
• 1980 - 1989
• 1990 - 1999
• 2000 - 2009
• 2010

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1978, 19th Annual Preconference:
The Study of Books as Physical Objects: State of the Art. Yale University. New Haven, CT

Proto-seminars called "workshops" (unlike the present workshops) begin this year.

Disaster Planning

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Peter M. Van Wingen
Thomas Wright

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

The Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Terry Belanger
Ian Willison

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Publications for Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Greer Allen
Sidney F. Huttner

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Restrictions on the Use of Manuscript Collections

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Vesta Lee Gordon
Evert Volkersz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

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1979, 20th Annual Preconference:
Bibliographic Miscellany: A Collection of Papers by Divers Hands. San Antonio, TX

"Workshops"

Mechanical, optical, and electronic aids for studying books and manuscripts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Warner Barnes
William Spawn

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

Theft-reporting systems, and marking for security

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John H. Jenkins
Laurence Witten
Thomas D. Burney
David S. Zeidberg

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

The eighteenth-century short-title catalogue (ESTC).

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Henry L. Snyder
Robin C. Alston
Donald D. Eddy

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Closing the card catalogue and AACRII

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Charles B. McNamara
John F. Knapp

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

The preparation of guides for special collections.

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
William J. Sittig
Carolyn A. Wallace

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids

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• 1987
• 1988
• 1989

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1980, 21st Annual Preconference:
Books and Society in History. Boston, MA

"Workshops"

Computers & Rare Books: Introductory Session

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Stephen Paul Davis

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Creation & Maintenance of Special Files

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Alexandra Mason
Charles B. McNamara

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

ESTC/NAIP Progress Report

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Judith C. Singleton
Christine Ferdinand
John B. Hench
Earl R. Taylor

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Reading Room Services: Manuscripts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Peter Drummey
Ellen S. Dunlap
Alice D. Schreyer
Daniel Traister
Peter M. Van Wingen

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Instruction and Reference

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1981, 22nd Annual Preconference:
The Collection Builders: Booksellers, Book Collectors, Librarians. San Francisco, CA

"Seminars" begin this year.

The Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalog, North American Imprints Project

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Henry L. Snyder
Judith C. Singleton

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Private-Press Collections in Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
D. Steven Corey
Johanna Goldschmid
Sandra Kirshenbaum

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

AACR2 for Rare Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Lorraine Moore
Stephen Young

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

The Problem of Missing Books and Manuscripts -- And a Solution

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Katherine Kyes Leab

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Automated Control of Manuscript Collections

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Ellen S. Dunlap
Charles Palm

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Use of Volunteer, Student, and Contact Staff in Special Collections Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David S. Zeidberg
Anne-Marie Bouche
Bruce Johnson

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Administration: Library Staff and Human Resources

The Value of Old Books in an Electronic Age: Appraisal and Valuation

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Katherine Kyes Leab

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resource Cost and Value

Reviewing General Collections for Special Collections Materials

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Sidney F. Huttner
Florian Shasky

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resources

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1982, 23rd Annual Preconference:
Growth in the Face of Adversity: The Business of Special Collections in the 1980's. Philadelphia, PA

Sampling Collections for Conservation Needs

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Carolyn Harris
Pat Gladis
David S. Zeidberg

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Marking Special Collections Materials for Security

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Katherine Kyes Leab
Terry Belanger

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Formats for Automated Manuscripts Cataloging

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
David Bearman

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Deaccessioning: Sic et non

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Samuel Streit
Desmond Neill

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Conservation: What You Can Do For Yourself

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Glen Ruzicka

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Teaching the History of Books and Printing

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Nora J. Quinlan
Ruth Mortimer
Howell Heaney
Robert Rosenthal

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Public Services: Instruction and Reference

Exhibitions for Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Marie E. Korey
Irene M. Moran

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Grant Application Procedures

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Margaret Child
Marcella Grendler

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding

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1983, 24th Annual Preconference:
Enemies of Books: Revisited. Los Angeles, CA

Library Publications as Public Relations

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David Farmer
Carol Urness
Nancy Shea

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing

Librarian-Support Group Relations

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Susan Abernethy
Lynda Corey Claassen

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Transfer of Material from General to Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
John B. Thomas
Anthony Bliss

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resources

Legal Aspects of Librarian-Book Collector Relations

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Beverly Lynch
William P. Barlow
Boyd Black

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Ethics and Values
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Administration: Legal Issues

Thieves and Vandals as Enemies of Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Daniel J. Leab
Peter Hanff

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Exhibitions as Enemies of Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Anna Lou Ashby
Johanna Goldschmid
Alice D. Schreyer

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

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1984, 25th Annual Preconference:
Collecting the 20th Century. Austin, TX

Access Policies and Procedures

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ellen S. Dunlap
William L. Joyce
Sandra Taylor

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

Appraising 20th-Century Collections for Gift and Bequest

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
W. Thomas Taylor
John H. Jenkins

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resource Cost and Value

Library Publishing

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Hugh Cobbe

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Collecting Fugitive Literary and Political Printed Material

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Pat Case
Luba Hussel
Sarah Sherman

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Legal Issues Relating to Collecting and Donating Rare Books and Manuscripts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Linda Sorber

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Library Resources: Collection Development
Administration: Legal Issues

Microcomputers in Rare Book Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John Bidwell
David S. Zeidberg

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resources

Processing Non-Book Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jackie M. Dooley
Roy Flukinger
Elizabeth L. Johnson

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Security/Theft

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Katherine Kyes Leab
Peter Hanff

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

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1985, 26th Annual Preconference:
Changing Concepts of Rarity and Value. Chicago, IL

Choosing Security Systems

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Robert Combs

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Manuscript Valuations

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Lisa Browar
Mary Jo Kline
Ralph Newman

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resource Cost and Value

Rare Book Reading Rooms

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Barbara Paulson
Alison Scott

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Using Volunteers as Docents in Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Sally Leach
Leslie Morris

Classification and Topics:
Public Services
Instruction and Reference

Design & Renovation of Special Collections Facilities

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Bonnie Jo Cullison
Paul Koda
Russell Maylone

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Special Collections in the General Collection Environment

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Donald Farren
William L. Joyce
Samuel Streit

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Administration
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Collection Development
Professional Issues: Professional Issues
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing

The Tax Reform Act of 1984 and Charitable Deductions

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David L. Crabb

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Administration: Grants and Funding

Historical Society Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Barbara Benson
Leigh Darbee
William Keller

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Preservation: Evaluating and Options

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ann Russell

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

The RLIN Implementation of the MARC Archives and Manuscript Control Format

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Barbara Brown

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Rare Book Librarians as Collectors Dealers and Appraisers: Ethical Considerations

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Terry Belanger
Richard Landon
William Moffett
Robert Patterson

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Ethics and Values
Library Resources: Library Resource Cost and Value

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1986, 27th Annual Preconference:
Fine & Lively: The Arts in Special Collections. New York, NY

Microcomputer Applications for Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jackie M. Dooley
Joan M. Friedman
Clifton Jones

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Technical Services

Film Archives

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Daniel J. Leab
Jon Gartenberg
William Murphy
Paul Spehr

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Exhibiting the Fine and Performing Arts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Carol Briggs
Laura Linard

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Sheet Music Collections: Access, Service, Scholarship

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Rosemary Cullen
David Warrington

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Access
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Fundraising: The Grantor's Perspective

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ellen S. Dunlap
Ella King Torrey
Carol A. Parssinen

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

Non-Print Resources for Teaching the History of the Book

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Terry Belanger

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Public Services: Instruction and Reference
Library Resources: Library Resources

Special Problems in Theater Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David V. Koch
Alex Gildzen

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Conservation: The Curator's Perspective

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Donald Farren
Cathy Henderson
Pat Bozeman
Donald Etherington

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Developing a Library Development Program

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Lynda Corey Claassen
Samuel Streit
Jess Gersky

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

Government Documents as Rare Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Nora J. Quinlan
Marcus McCorison
David Heisser
Peter Drummey

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Architectural Drawings: Conservation, Processing, and Cataloging

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Robert E. Blesse
Angela Giral

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

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1987, 28th Annual Preconference:
Reconsidering Libraries and Scholarship: Special Collections and New Directions in Humanities Research. Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA

Archives as special collections

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Thomas Connors
Sarah Cooper
Lawrence E. Dowler

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Legal, medical, and other specialized special collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Barbara Paulson
David Warrington
Ruth R. Rogers
Nancy Zinn

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Strategies for the on-line catalog

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Rosemary Cullen
Elizabeth L. Johnson

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Physical bibliography and the Cyclotron

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Daniel L. Wick

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Transfer of materials from general stacks to special collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Sidney F. Huttner
Peter M. Van Wingen
Alice N. Loranth

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Issues in publishing literary manuscripts

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Cathy Henderson
Ralph Carlson
Robert H. Hirst

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Retrospective conversion for special collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Virginia L. Bartow
Mark Dimunation
Peter Hanff

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

RLG RLIN demonstration

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Alan Tucker
La Vonne Gallo

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Promoting the use of special collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Nancy H. Burkett
Irene M. Moran
Alice D. Schreyer

Classification and Topics:
Public Services
Outreach and Collection Marketing

A forum on the guidelines: professional practices in the borrowing of special collections materials for exhibition purposes

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Laura Linard
Kathleen Reed

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

The ESTC: new developments and service to scholars

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Henry L. Snyder

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

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1988, 29th Annual Preconference:
Libraries & Museums: Leaves from Each Other's Books. New Orleans, LA

Short Title Catalogues

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Stephen Ferguson
Gwen Averley
John P. Feather
John Morrison
Henry L. Snyder

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Locating Literary Manuscripts and Letters: An Update on National Projects

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Timothy Murray
Cathy Henderson
Margaret Kimball
Margaret M. Smith
David C. Sutton

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Lasting Impressions: The Planning, Funding, and Publishing of Exhibition Catalogues

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Sally Leach
John Neal Hoover
Richard W. Oram
Roger Stoddard

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

The Making of Fine Books by Hand: A Slide Presentation of Hand Papermaking, Wood Engraving, Letterpress Printing, Paper Marbling and Handbinding

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Benjamin Alterman
Deborah Alterman

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Generous but Responsible: The Unique, the Rare, and Interlibrary Loan

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
H. Thomas Hickerson
Thomas V. Lange
James Woolley

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing

Conservation in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Charlotte B. Brown
Evelyn Frangakis
Karen Motylewski
Sandra Nyquist

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Collecting Fine Press Printing: Library and Museum Perspectives

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Mark Flynn
Mary Ellen Brooks
May Castleberry
Richard-Gabriel Rummonds
W. Thomas Taylor

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Getting Control of Museum Artifacts in Special Collections (Before They Get Control of You)

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Ellen S. Dunlap

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Risk Management in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Nora J. Quinlan
Tom Campbell
Robert Seal

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Science, Medicine, and Technology Collections: Practical Approaches to "Alien" Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David W. Corson
Alexandra Mason
Christine Ruggere
Ellen Wells

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

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1989, 30th Annual Preconference:
Local History, Global Village: Regional Collecting, Regional Collections. Dallas, TX

No seminars this year. The 2-day conference featured 23 "discussion groups" during lunch on the second day.

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1990, 31st Annual Preconference:
The Next Decade: Issues, Strategies, and Opportunities for Special Collections in the 1990s. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

A National Agenda for the Preservation of Books and Documents in Original Form

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Donald Farren
Cathy Henderson
Donald Kelsey
James Stroud

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Developing (Potentially) Controversial Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
H. Thomas Hickerson
Lisa Browar
Jennifer B. Lee

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

The Librarian's Role in Designing Exhibition Cases and Spaces

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Marvin J. Taylor
Mark Dimunation
Gary Menges
Mary Pound
Christine Ruggere

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Selling Off: The Mechanics of Deaccessioning

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Samuel Streit
Philip N. Cronenwett
Mary Jo Kline
Peter Drummey

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Building Special Collections in Western European Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Diana Chlebek
Gretchen Lagana
John Jenson
Mariann Tiblin

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Roundtable Discussion of Bibliographic Description of Rare Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Laura Stalker
Belinda Urquiza
Jackie M. Dooley

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Evolving Collections/Collection Development: Some Practical Applications and Models for the 1990s

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Michael Vinson
John Neal Hoover
Frank Immler

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Children's Books Collections in Academia

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Elizabeth L. Johnson
James Davis
Karen Nelson Hoyle
Anne Lundin

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

MARC Format for Medieval Manuscripts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Hope Mayo
Thomas L. Amos
Sara Shatford Layne
Alexandra Mason

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Renovation Do's and Don'ts, from a Practical Standpoint

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John Neal Hoover
Philip A. Metzger
Robert S. Martin

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Developing a Reference Collection to Support Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
James D. Fox
Gretchen Lagana
Yvonne Schofer
Samuel Streit
Carol Urness

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

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1991, 32nd Annual Preconference:
Keeping the Facts in Artifacts: Conserving the Physical Evidence of Special Collections Materials and Its Impact on Research University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC

You've Got to Have Friends: The Changing Nature of Friends Groups

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Joline Ezzell
John Neal Hoover
Peter Hanff
Hugh Wilburn

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

Ethical Standards Review: A Report by the Committee

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Susan M. Allen
Alexandra Mason
Sidney F. Huttner
Ellen S. Dunlap
Daniel Traister
Beverly Lynch

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Ethics and Values
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

Introducing "Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books: A Workshop"

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jackie M. Dooley
Suzy Taraba
Belinda Urquiza
Laura Stalker

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

North Carolina Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Thomas Haupert
Barbara Cain
Carole Treadway
Benjamin Speller
Janie Morris

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Provenance Files and In-House Guides to Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Robin Overmier
Alexandra Mason
Gretchen Lagana
Rita Bottoms
Yvonne Schofer

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids

Collecting Popular Culture Materials: Problems and Strategies

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Lucy Caswell
Dennis East
Terry Belanger
Bradley D. Westbrook

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Security and Stephen Blumberg: Case Studies of Theft and What Libraries Have Learned

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Susan M. Allen
Fraser Cocks
Gary Menges
Jennifer B. Lee

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Undergraduate Use of Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ginny Daley
Jean Rainwater
Daryl Morrison

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Perfect When It Arrives: News Along the Electronic STC Front

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Henry L. Snyder
Martin Davies
Jan Bos
Terry Belanger

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Government Documents as Rare Materials: The Map Librarian and Documents Librarian Perspective

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Donna Koepp
James Walsh

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Resources for Teaching the History of the Book

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
James N. Green
Sidney E. Berger
Philip A. Metzger
Alice D. Schreyer

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Public Services: Instruction and Reference

Remote Possibilities

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David S. Zeidberg
Gretchen Lagana
Claire Bellanti
Kathryn Morgan

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

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1992, 33rd Annual Preconference:
Scholarly Communication and the Future of Special Collections. University of California, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA

Using the RBMS Thesauri: Theory and Practice

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Laura Stalker
Jane Rodgers Siegel
John B. Thomas
William Benemann

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

The Plains and the Rockies: Contemporary Scholarly Use of Special Collections of Western Americana

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John Neal Hoover
Peter Blodgett
George Miles
Jeffrey E. Smith
Daryl Morrison

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Administering Grants

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Patricia McClung
Stephen J. Zietz
David V. Koch

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding

Exhibition Catalog Awards: Criteria for Judging

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Mark Dimunation
Daniel J. Leab
Elaine B. Smyth
Sidney E. Berger

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: RBMS Business
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Graphic Materials in History of Science Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ellen Wells
Sara Shatford Lane
Frank Roach

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Preservation on the Home Front: What to Do until the Fund Ship Arrives

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
John Ingram

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Administration: Grants and Funding

Recent Changes in Scholarly Methods and Their Impact on Special Collections Librarianship

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Bradley D. Westbrook
Sidney F. Huttner
Richard W. Oram
Bett Miller

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Conservation for Exhibitions

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Sidney E. Berger
Cathy Henderson
Nancy Harris
Mary Reinsch
Kathleen Orlenko

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Federal Funding for Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Janie Morris
Barbara Paulson
Nancy A. Sahli
Louise Sutherland

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding

In the Matter of Broadsides: Printing, Cataloging, and Scholarly Use

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Rita Warnock
Gary Young

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

The Incunable Short-Title Catalog: Retrospect and Prospects

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Martin Davies

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Library Resources: Digital Resources

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1993, 34th Annual Preconference:
Mainstream or Margin? How Others View Special Collections. New Orleans, LA

Cataloging Latin Materials I and II

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Hope Mayo
Eric Holzenberg
Stephen Tabor

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Interlibrary Loan: Expanding Access to Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
H. Thomas Hickerson
Lori Curtis
Scott Duvall
Connell B. Gallagher
Cathy Henderson
Richard Lindemann

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

Sunrise or Sunset? Collecting Book Arts Today

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Judy Harvey Sahak
Sandra Kroupa

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Special Collections and the Undergraduate: Pest or Plum?

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Judy Harvey Sahak
Susan M. Allen
Jain Fletcher
Ruth Hamilton

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Downsize or Die? Deaccessioning, Reformatting, and Off-site Storage

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Terry Belanger
Mark Dimunation
Richard W. Oram
Peggy Daub

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Career Tracks in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Daryl Morrison
Sidney E. Berger
Peter Hanff
Cathy Henderson
Clifton Jones
Robert S. Martin

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Development and Education

Collection-Level Access to Rare Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Lois Fischer Black
Laura Stalker
William Benemann
Paula Jeannet
Susan Morris

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Library Resources: Access

Electronic Text/OCR Scanning: New Initiatives

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Elaine B. Smyth
Faye Phillips

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Slavic and Eastern European Rare Books in American Libraries: Acquisitions, Cataloging and Reference

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Ellen Scaruffi
Julia Bock
Tatiana Goerner Barr
Edward Kasinec
Eugenia Zazowska

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Collection Development
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Public Services: Public Services

Marketing Our Collections and Ourselves

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Ruth Hamilton
Milan R. Hughston
Katherine Martinez
Christine Ruggere

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing

Querying/Queering Our Collections: Lesbian and Gay Studies and Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Marvin J. Taylor
Dan Luckenbill
Deborah Shelby
Suzy Taraba
Lisa Michelle Walker

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

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1994, 35th Annual Preconference:
From Collector to Donor: Building Special Collections with Private Passions. Miami Beach, FL

Quality by Design: a Practical Look at Exhibition Catalogue Production

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Elaine B. Smyth
John Neal Hoover
Sidney E. Berger
John Kelly

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Natural Disasters: How Libraries Coped

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Lois Fischer Black
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
Charlotte B. Brown
John Maseman

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Forum on Local Automated Systems and Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Deborah J. Leslie
Henry Raine

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Technical Services: Technical Services

Copyright, ethics, and special collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Rita Warnock
Cathy Henderson
Carol Roehrenbeck

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Copyright
Professional Issues: Professional Ethics and Values

Evolution of rare book description

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Isaac Gewirtz
Mary Kay Duggan
William Baker

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

The secret library: public access to private collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Julia Blakely
James A. Findlay
Robert E. Parks

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

Archival cataloging: introduction to its contents and structure

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
Marion Matters

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Devils in the chapel: student presses and special collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Judy Harvey Sahak
Sidney E. Berger
Ruth R. Rogers

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Coping with thefts in libraries: reversed guidelines

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Susan M. Allen
Virginia L. Bartow
Lois Fischer Black
Daren Callahan
Melissa Conway
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Navigating the internet in the humanities

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Nora J. Quinlan
Diane Kovacs

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Digital Resources

South of the border: Latin American materials in special collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Donald Gibbs
Esperanze de Verona
Theresa Salazar
Richard Phillips
Daniel V. Pitti
Jackie M. Dooley

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Emerging archival technologies: the Berkeley Finding Aid Project and the RLG Image Access Project

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Daniel V. Pitti
Jackie M. Dooley

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Library Resources: Digital Resources

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1995, 36th Annual Preconference:
The Politics and Practice of Building Special Collections. Indiana University. Bloomington, IN

Introduction to SGML and the Berkeley Finding Aid Project

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Daniel V. Pitti

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development
Library Resources: Finding Aids

Collecting Children's Literature

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jeff Garrett
Karen Nelson Hoyle
Dee Jones
Michael Joseph

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Mentoring in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Terry Belanger
Pat Bozeman
Alice D. Schreyer
Joel Silver
Daryl Morrison

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Development and Education

Digital Initiatives in Special Collections and Archives

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Peggy Daub
Peggy Regvardt
Diana Shank
James D. Fox

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Rare Serials Cataloging: Issues and Nightmares

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jane Gillis
Michael Gago
Maryvonne Mavroukakis
Juliet McLaren

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Too Hot to Handle: Stolen Books and Manuscripts in the Antiquarian Market

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Selby Kiefer
Ron Lieberman
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
Michael Ginsberg

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Video and Multimedia Introductions to Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Daren Callahan
Anne Marie Lane
Marilyn Wurzburger
Mary Lacy

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing
Public Services: Instruction and Reference

Notes from the Underground: How We Collect, Describe, and Interpret Underground Literature

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Alison Scott
Andrew Lee
Margaret Harter
Isaac Gewirtz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Public Services: Public Services

Provenance and Rare Materials Cataloging

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Alexandra Mason
Leslie Morris
Kevin Berland
Deborah J. Leslie

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Collections We are Not Ashamed of

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Michael Joseph
Bernard McTigue
Jean Ashton

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Celebrating America's Diversity in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John H. Whaley, Jr.
Joseph Springer
Fred J. Hay
Phyllis Payne

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Locating Literary Manuscripts: Prospects in the 1990s (and Beyond)

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Leslie Morris
Kris Kiesling
David C. Sutton
Timothy Murray

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Library Resources: Finding Aids

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1996, 37th Annual Preconference:
Getting There from Here: Setting the Agenda for Special Collections in the 21st Century. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY

Special Collections Materials in the Stacks: Developing Institutional Guidelines for Identification and Transfer

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Charlotte B. Brown
Janet Gertz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Mastering the new ESTC

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Donald Farren
John Bloomberg-Rissman
Deborah J. Leslie

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Library Resources: Digital Resources

From the Ground Up (or Down!): Planning Your Library Construction Project

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Lois Fischer Black
David W. Corson
Gary Menges

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Working with Guest Curators of Exhibitions: Pleasures and Pitfalls

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Elaine B. Smyth
Wayne Somers
Daniel J. Slive
Suzy Taraba

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

The Care and Feeding of Special Collections Friends Groups

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Isaac Gewirtz
William L. Joyce
Bernard McTigue
Kathryn Morgan

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

Easy Come, Easy Go: The Why's and Wherefore's of Deaccessioning Materials from Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
Richard W. Oram
Samuel Streit
David M. Szewczyk

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

MARC Format Integration: Its Impact on Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ed Glazier
Melinda Hayes

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Locating Copyright Holders: a New Solution to an Old Problem

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
David C. Sutton
Cathy Henderson

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Copyright

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1997, 38th Annual Preconference:
Rereading the Past: New Methodologies and Approaches to the History of the Book. Claremont Colleges. Claremont, CA

Supporting Teaching and Research in The History of the Book

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Daniel J. Slive
Richard W. Oram
John Bloomberg-Rissman
Alain Veylit

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Instruction and Reference
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

History of Science, Technology and Medicine Collections: Development, Promotion, and Building Constituencies

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Margaret R. O'Brien
Bruce Cammack
Lois Fischer Black
William E. Baxter

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Public Services
Outreach and Collection Marketing

Exhibition loans

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Theresa Salazar
Renee Montgomery
Cathy Henderson
Nancy Turner
Mary Ellen Conway

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Library Resources: Access

A review of history-of-the-book projects in the English-speaking world

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Bruce Whiteman
Michel Brisebois
Robert Gross

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Collecting and interpreting publisher's archives

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Timothy D. Pyatt
Elizabeth Chenault

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Technical Services: Archives Processing
Public Services: Instruction and Reference

Preserving the Nation's Past: The United States Newspaper Program

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Henry L. Snyder
Lynne Hayman
Steve Stappenback
Marilyn P. Fletcher

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Internet Resources for the Rare Book Cataloger

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Eric Holzenberg

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Cancellantia in the 90s: Three Bibliographic Works in Progress

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
Donald Farren
Kenneth E. Carpenter
Brett Charbeneau

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Medieval Manuscripts in a Digital Age

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Hope Mayo
Melissa Conway

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

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1998, 39th Annual Preconference Getting Ready for the Nineteenth Century: Strategies and Solutions for Rare Book and Special Collections Librarians. Washington, DC

Cataloging Minor Nineteenth-Century Publications: The Problem of Undated Imprints

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Cornelia King
Jessy Randall
Holly A. Phelps
S. J. Wolfe

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Whither the Printed Bookseller's Catalog? Special Collections and Acquisitions Librarians Meet the Electronic Sales Catalog

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Ron Lieberman
Howard C. Bybee
Mike Harris
Allen Ahearn
Pat Ahearn

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Research Institution: Context, Collecting, and Scholarly Use

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer Watts
Michael Dawson
Joan Schwartz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Ideology and Practice in Building Research Library Collections in the Nineteenth Century

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer B. Lee
Kenneth E. Carpenter
Mark Dimunation
Stephen Ferguson

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Old Comic Elton and the Selling of Cinderella

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Michael Joseph
Laura Wasowicz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resources

Benefit Book Auctions: Examples and Options

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
J. Kevin Graffagnino
John C. Dann
Vincent C. Golden

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Administration

Descriptive Cataloging of Nineteenth-Century Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Manon Theroux
Russell Martin

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Collecting and Using Nineteenth-Century Western-Americana Ephemera

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Emily Bergman
David Farmer
Christina Stopka
Steve Finer
Faith Davis Ruffins

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Public Services: Public Services

Evaluating Exhibitions/Catalogs on the World Wide Web

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Stephen Tabor
Manon Theroux
Michael Joseph

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Overview of Nineteenth-Century American Publishers' Bindings

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
George M. Barringer

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Review of Proposed Revisions to 'ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Book, Manuscript, and Other Special Collections'

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

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1999, 40th Annual Preconference Border Crossing: Exploring New Territories for Special Collections. Montreal, Quebec

Private Press Publishing in the Late 20th Century: The Evolution of the Janus Press, 1955-1999

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Connell B. Gallagher

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Strategies for Promoting Scholarly Use of Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Cynthia A. Burgess
Rita S. Patteson
Norman Fiering
John Neal Hoover

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing

Special Collections and the Museum: Is there a Compromise?

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
William E. Baxter
Ronald S. Brashear
Leslie K. Overstreet
Janice S. Ellis

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Library Resources
Public Services: Public Services

Advertising the Field of Dreams: Outreach for Special Collections of Children's Literature

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Leslie McGrath
Bill Adair
Laura Wasowicz
Cornelia King

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

The Book as Artifact: Conservation Specification and Treatment of Rare Materials

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Anna Stenstrom
Marc Reeves
Virginia L. Bartow

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Documenting Mexico

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Roberto Trujillo
Austin Hoover
Theresa Salazar

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Making it Work: Collection Development Policies and Cooperative Efforts

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Elaine B. Smyth
Timothy D. Pyatt
Jackie M. Dooley

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

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2000, 41st Annual Preconference:
Beyond Words: Visual Information in Special Collections. Chicago, IL

Collecting the Web: Issues of Collection Development, Preservation and Access

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Stephen Ferguson
Rebecca Schulte
Jerome Niebaum
James Weinheimer

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Building Collections of Artists' Books in Research Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
James D. Fox
Marcia Reed
Sandra Kroupa

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Preliminary Analysis of the RBMS Membership Survey

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Suzy Taraba

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

On With the Show! Creating Effective Web Exhibitions Using Special Collections Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Diane Shaw
Matthew Cook
Russell Johnson
Martin Kalfatovic

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

From Rare to Well Done: Lessons Learned in Burnt Book Treatment and Institutional Politics

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Isaac Gewirtz
Deborah Wender

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

Educating Special Collections Professionals: From Programs to Practice

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Michele V. Cloonan
Louise S. Robbins
Roberta Shaffer
David B. Gracy, II
Helen R. Tibbo
H. Thomas Hickerson

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: Professional Development and Education

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2001, 42nd Annual Preconference:
The Twentieth Century. San Francisco, CA

Loaning Special Collections Materials -- A Discussion on Current Professional Practice and The RBMS Guidelines on the Loan of Rare and Unique Mater

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Connell B. Gallagher

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention

The Medieval Book and Its Study: Enhancing Subject Access

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Mura Ghosh

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Virtual Collections: Definitions and Foundations

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Bradley D. Westbrook

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Literary Archives in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
Nicole Bouche

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Outsourcing the OPAC: Getting on the 'Net without Going Broke

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Eric Pumroy

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Ethics and Manuscripts Collection Development: Authors, Curators, and Booksellers

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
Chatham Ewing

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Professional Issues: Professional Ethics and Values

Special Collections Materials in the General Stacks: Identification & Transfer Guidelines [An Update].

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Charlotte B. Brown
Janet Gertz

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development

Collecting Synergy: Oral History Programs and Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Elaine B. Smyth

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

Contemporary Challenges in Dealing with Donors

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Gerrianne Schaad

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

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2002, 43rd Annual Preconference:
New Occasions, New Duties: Changing Roles and Expectations in Special Collections. Atlanta, GA

The Future of Outreach in Special Collections: Reaching Out to Nontraditional Users

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Susan Szasz Palmer
Douglas P. McElrath

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

When Worlds Collide: Redefining Services for Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Rebecca Schulte

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Public Services

Offsite Storage and Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Barbara Paulson

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

It's Not Virtual: Teaching the Book

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Jeffrey Barr

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Instruction and Reference
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Changes Second-Generation Library Systems Have Made in Cataloging

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Jane Gillis

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Collecting Rare Afro-Americana

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Randall Burkett

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

On the Other Side of the Issue: K-12 Use of Digital Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Elizabeth L. Johnson

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use
Library Resources: Digital Resources

Building Emory's Poetry Portal: from Special Collections to Metadata

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Charles D. Spornick
Julia Holden Leon

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical

A Dialogue on Diversity: Issues Raised by the RBMS Nonmember Survey

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
Julie Grob

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

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2003, 44th Annual Preconference:
TRUE/FALSE: Facsimiles, Fakes, Forgeries and Issues of Authenticity in Special Collections. University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario

DCRM Conference Report

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Deborah J. Leslie

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

Authority Records in Special Collections Cataloging

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Deborah J. Leslie
Manon Theroux

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

On Beyond Transfers: Medium Rare, Offsite, and Other Issues

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenter:
Jennifer B. Lee

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Library Space: Construction and Allocation

Open Archives Initiative for Sheet Music

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenter:
Elizabeth Suddath

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Finding Aids

Research Uses of Children's Literature Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Barbara Paulson
Karen Nelson Hoyle
Dee Jones
Leslie McGrath

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

CUSTARD: The Canadian/US Task Force on Archival Description

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenter:
Jean Dryden
Kris Kiesling
Mary Lacy

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Finding Aids
Technical Services: Archives Processing

Members for the Future: the View from Newcomers to RBMS

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Henry Raine
Kathryn Beam
Teresa M. Burk
Danette Pachtner
Karen M. Rasmussen
Gerrianne Schaad

Classification and Topics:
Professional Issues: RBMS Business

Processing Manuscripts on a Shoestring and other Joys of Internships

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Elaine B. Smyth
Lois Fischer Black
Debora Shaw
Juliana Boucher

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Archives Processing

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2004, 45th Annual Preconference:
Ebb and Flow: The Migration of Collections to American Libraries. Yale University, New Haven, CT

The Diaspora of Music Special Collections: European Music in the United States and American Music in Europe

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Karen Spicher
Kendall L. Crilly
Stephen Hinton
John Wagstaff

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Library Resources: Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

The "Hidden Collections" Project: How You Can Get Involved

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Barbara Jones
Joan Swanekamp
Nicole Bouche
Thomas Hyry

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Administration: Administration

"If You Build It:": Usability Testing for Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer Schaffner
Merrilee Proffitt
Erika Dowell
Elizabeth Yakel

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access

Curating Exhibitions in Special Collections and on the Web

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Daniel J. Slive
Claudia Funke
Suzy Taraba
John Pull

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development
Library Resources: Exhibitions and Publication

Funding Opportunities for Special Collections Projects

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Barbara Paulson
Susan Malbin
Max Evans

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding

Teaching a New Generation of Researchers: The Instructional Needs of Undergraduates Using Primary Source Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Laura Clark Brown
Jill S. Stover
Elizabeth Dunn
Diane Kaplan
William R. Massa

Classification and Topics:
Public Services: Instruction and Reference
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Using TEI for Early Printed Books: an Encoding Guide and Reference

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Julia Flanders
Richard Noble
Terry Catapano

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Special Collections and Library Administrators: Building Successful Relationships

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Christian Dupont
Alice Prochaska
Merrily Taylor
Samuel Streit

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Administration

Computer-Assisted Cataloguing of Rare Books

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Helen Butz
Ann Ekstrom
Robert G. Wuetherick
Susan Goddin

Classification and Topics:
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

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2005, 46th Annual Preconference:
Bridging the Gap: Education and Special Collections. Washington University. St. Louis, MO

Digital Initiatives and the Impact on Cataloging Departments

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Ann Copeland
Genie Guerard
Rebekah Irwin

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Virtual St. Louis: a Digital Urban Archives

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
John Neal Hoover
Louis Gerteis
Dave Van Bakergem
Andrew Hurley
Laura Westhoff

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Access
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Public Services: Instruction and Reference
Technical Services: Digital Resource Development

Redefining Rare, or, What's so Special about that Collection

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Cristina Favretto
Lynn Thomas
Jenna Freedman
Roger Adams
Ruth Hughes

Classification and Topics:
Library Resources: Collection Development
Library Resources: Collections: Individual and Topical
Technical Services: Catalogs and Cataloging

Current Trends in Fellowships

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
E. C. Schroeder
Margaret Powell
Hjordis Halvorsson
Gregg Ames

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Grants and Funding
Public Services: Outreach and Collection Marketing
Public Services: Patron Communities and Library Use

Preservation Education for Special Collections Librarians

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Barbara Paulson
Mona Jimenez
Jennifer F. Paustenbaugh
Jennifer Hain Teper

Classification and Topics:
Administration: Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Library Resources: Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Library Resources: Digital Resources
Professional Issues
Professional Development and Education
Technical Services: Technical Services

Contemporary Issues and Initiatives Pertaining to Access in Special Collections

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
R. Arvid Nelsen
Susan M. Allen
Ellen Cordes
Beth M. Russell

Classification and Topics:
Access

Going Over to the Dark Side: Librarianship and the Book Trade

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Jennifer Schaffner
Cynthia Davis Buffington
Jessy Randall
Andy Armocast
Jessie Rossa
David Whitesell
David Brafman
Dan de Simone

Classification and Topics:
Professional Development and Education
Library Staff and Human Resources

Describing Archives: A Content Standard, or What do EAD, MARC, APPM, ISAD (G), EAC, and ISAAR (CPF) all have in Common?

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Mary Lacy
Kris Kiesling
Michael Fox

Classification and Topics:
Finding Aids
Archives Processing

Digitizing Cultural Heritage: Academic Special Collections in Partnership with Native American Communities

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Kathleen Burns
Anne Bingham
Kari R. Smith
Kate Cleland

Classification and Topics:
Digital Resource Development
Collections: Inidivdual and Topical
Patron Communities and Library Use

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2006, 47th Annual Preconference:
Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Twenty-First Century: Intersecting Missions, Converging Futures? Austin, TX

This year we have added the names of the institutions with which the presenters were affiliated at the time of the preconference. We hope to add this information for previous preconferences sometime soon.

What difference do we make? : Outcomes-Based Evaluations

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Elizabeth Johnson, Indiana University (Moderator)
Kristine Brancolini, Indiana University
Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Indiana University/Purdue University

Classification and Topics:
Grants and Funding

Acquisition and Ownership of Cultural Property: Legal and Ethical Considerations

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Moderator: Eileen Smith, Yale University
Michael Thompson, Atty, Chicago
George Miles, Yale University
Karen Underhill, Northern Arizona University

Classification and Topics:
Collection Development
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Professional Ethics and Values
Legal Issues
Patron Communities and Library Use
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations

Developing a Collaborative Model for Researching 19th-Century Books and Presenting Them to a Larger Audience: Issues and Prospects

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Elaine Smyth, Louisiana State University (Moderator)
Jessica Lacher-Feldman, University of Alabama
Sid Huttner, University of Iowa

Classification and Topics:
Collections: Individual and Topical
Digital Resources
Digital Resource Development
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Exhibitions and Publication
Grants and Funding

Cataloging Artists' Books: Challenges and Solutions

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Sarah S. Fisher, University of Delaware (Moderator)
Johanna Drucker, University of Virginia
Nina Schneider, New York Public Library
Daniel Starr, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Classification and Topics:
Catalogs and Cataloging
Access
Digital Resource Development

The WATCH File (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders): Past, Present, and Future

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Cathy Henderson, The University of Texas at Austin (Moderator)
David Sutton, University of Reading
Tara Wenger, formerly The University of Texas at Austin
Richard Workman, The University of Texas at Austin

Classification and Topics:
Copyright

The Past, Present, and Future of the Sale and Purchase of Cultural Materials

Target Audience: Librarians and Booksellers

Presenters:
Daniel J. Slive, William Reese Company (Moderator)
Michael R. Thompson, Michael R. Thompson, Bookseller
Peter Howard, Serendipity Books
George Glazer, George Glazer Gallery

Classification and Topics:
Collection Development

Getting It Together on Stolen Materials: Old Problems, New Plans

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Everett Wilkie, Chair, RBMS Security Committee (Moderator)
Susan M. Allen, Getty Research Center
David Szewczyk, PRMB Co. and Co-Chair, ABAA Security Committee
Chris LaPlante, Texas State Archives
Alvan Bregman, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Classification and Topics:
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Legal Issues
Professional Ethics and Values
Access

The Leab Awards: 20 Years of Special Collections Exhibitions

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Marcia C. Reed, The Getty Research Institute (Moderator and Presenter)
Richard C. Noble, Brown University
William La Moy, Syracuse University
Sarah Goodwin Thiel, University of Kansas

Classification and Topics:
Exhibitions and Publication
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Digital Resources

Authors' Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Richard Oram, The University of Texas at Austin (Moderator and Presenter)
Kevin MacDonnell, MacDonnell rare Books
Ted Bishop, University of Alberta

Classification and Topics:
Collections: Individual and Topical
Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

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2007, 48th Annual Preconference
From Here to Ephemerality: Fugitive Sources in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Baltimore, Maryland

Inherent Vice: Preserving Collections’ Deadly Sins

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jennifer Hain Teper
Julie Biggs
Elissa O'Loughlin

Moderator:
Tara Kennedy

Classification and Topics:
Access
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Public Services
Archives Processing
Catalogs and Cataloging

Curators and Catalogers Revisit Decisions about Description: The Greene/Meissner Proposal

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Dennis Meissner
Helena Zinkham
Tom Hyry

Moderator:
Jackie Dooley

Classification and Topics:
Access
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Finding Aids
Archives Processing

Culinary Arts Ephemera Seminar

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Rebecca Federman
Nina Nazionale
Jessy Randall

Moderator:
Erika Dowell

Classification and Topics:
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Access
Collection Development
Collections: Individual and Topical
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Digital Resources
Finding Aids
Catalogs and Cataloging

Where Does Special Collections Cataloging Belong? The Pros and Cons of Alternative Reporting Structures in Academic and Research Libraries

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Beth Whittaker
Margaret Nichols
William Gosling

Moderator:
Beth Whittaker

Classification and Topics:
Library Space: Construction and Allocation
Library Staff and Human Resources
Professional Issues
Catalogs and Cataloging
Technical Services

Rare Books and Manuscripts Through the Literary Looking Glass

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Margaret Sherry Rich
Caryn Radick
Richard Macksey

Moderator:
Margaret Sherry Rich

Classification and Topics:
None

Collaborative Digitization Projects with Diverse Partnerships - Advantages, Challenges, Rewards.

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Katherine Kott
Nancy Milnor
Matthew Beacom

Moderator:
Kenneth Giese

Classification and Topics:
Digital Resources
Digital Resource Development

Collecting Contemporary Events

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Alison Scott
Peter Hanff
Brent K. Jesiek
Jeremy Hunsinger

Moderator:
Caroline Duroselle-Melish

Classification and Topics:
Collection Development
Collections: Individual and Topical
Digital Resources

Context or Lost Code: Reading Scrapbooks for Research

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Susan Tucker
Patricia P. Buckler

Moderator:
L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin

Classification and Topics:
Collections: Individual and Topical
Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship

Bibliographic Databases for Special Collections: an update

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Marian Lefferts
Henry Snyder
John Tuck

Moderator:
E.C. Schroeder

Classification and Topics:
Access
Digital Resources
Library Resources
Catalogs and Cataloging
Digital Resource Development
Technical Services

 

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2008, 49th Annual Preconference
Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the Digital Age
Los Angeles, California

[Selected presentations and documents]

Rare Book Cataloging: Making Decisions, Setting Priorities

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Deborah J. Leslie
E.C. Schroeder
Alvan Bregman

Moderator:
Randal S. Brandt

Classification and Topics:
Administration
Access
Library Resource Cost and Value
Professional Issues
Catalogs and Cataloging

Developing and Sustaining Collecting Relationships with Cultural Communities

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Jean-Nikolaus Tretter
Joan Krizack
Liza Posas

Introduction and Moderator:
R. Arvid Nelsen

Classification and Topics:
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Grants and Funding
Legal Issues
Access
Collection Development
Collections: Individual and Topical
Professional Ethics and Values
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Patron Communities and Library Use
Archives Processing

Teaching and Outreach in Special Collections: From K-12 to Undergraduates and Beyond

Target Audience: Librarians

Presenters:
Lisa Berglund
Yolanda Theunissen
Pablo Alvarez

Moderator:
Jennifer MacDonald

Classification and Topics:
Exhibitions and Publication
Library, Book, and Publishing History Scholarship
Instruction and Reference
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Patron Communities and Library Use

An Overview of and Introduction to Archives Management Systems: Archivists' Toolkit and Archon

Target Audience: Archivists

Presenters:
Bradley D. Westbrook
Christopher J. Prom

Moderator:
Lynne M. Thomas

Classification and Topics:
Access
Collection Development
Digital Resources
Finding Aids
Library Resource Cost and Value
Library Resources
Public Services
Archives Processing

Collecting Strategies: Working with Private Owners

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Leslie A. Morris
Joan Winterkorn

Moderator:
Mike Kelly

Classification and Topics:
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Legal Issues
Access
Collection Development
Professional Ethics and Values
Professional Issues

Digital Photography on a Budget

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
James Stimpert
Mattie Taormina

Moderator and Presenter:
Erika Dowell

Classification and Topics:
Access
Library Resource Cost and Value
Library Resources
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Patron Communities and Library Use
Digital Resource Development

Preservation Decision-making and Priority Setting

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Beth Doyle
Kristen St. John

Moderator and Presenter:
Donia Conn

Classification and Topics:
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Library Resource Cost and Value

Bringing It All Back Home: Recovering from a Theft

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
Michael Inman
Detective Don Hrycyk
Stephanie Lazarus

Moderator and Presenter:
Richard W. Oram

Classification and Topics:
Donors, Friends, and Public Relations
Legal Issues
Conservation, Preservation, and Loss Prevention
Library Resource Cost and Value
Professional Ethics and Values
Catalogs and Cataloging

Blog Boot Camp: An Introduction to Blogging for Special Collections Staff

Target Audience: Librarians and Archivists

Presenters:
John Overholt
Nancy Kuhl
Stephanie Horowitz

Moderator and Presenter:
Kathleen Burns

Classification and Topics:
Access
Collections: Individual and Topical
Digital Resources
Exhibitions and Publication
Instruction and Reference
Outreach and Collection Marketing
Patron Communities and Library Use
Archives Processing
Catalogs and Cataloging

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2009, 50th Annual Preconference
Seas of Change: Navigating the Cultural and Institutional Contexts of Special Collections
Charlottesville, Virginia

[Selected presentations and documents]

Taking the Shifting Gears Challenge

Presenters:
Karen B. Weiss, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Laura Clark Brown, Southern Historical Collection, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Helena Zinkham, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Moderator:
Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Research

Can an Effective Transfer Policy be Achieved? Guidelines on the Selection and Transfer of Materials from General Collections to Special Collections (Third Edition, July 2008)

Presenters:
Emily Epstein, University of Colorado Denver
Phyllis Payne, Boston University
Daryl Morrison, University of California Davis

Moderator:
Charlotte B. Brown, UCLA University Archives

Partners in Processing: Students, Volunteers, and Paraprofessionals in the Library

Presenters:
Kelley Wolfe Bachli, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
Jack Robertson, Jefferson Library, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Moderator and Presenter:
Sarah S. Fisher, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Mold Outbreak! Dealing with Disaster

Presenters:
Alvan Bregman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chris Gage, BMS Catastrophe
Jennifer Hain Teper, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Islands in the Bitstream: Special Collections at the Confluence of Information, Authentication, and Technology

Presenters:
Bethany Nowviskie, University of Virginia Library, Scholars Lab
Matthew Knutzen, New York Public Library, Map Division
Henry Raine, New-York Historical Society, member of the RLG Partners Social Metadata Working Group

Moderator:
Virginia Bartow, New York Public Library

Finding Common Ground: CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows on Scholarly Engagement with Hidden Special Collections and Archives

Presenters:
Gabrielle Dean, The Johns Hopkins University
Patricia Hswe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Christa Williford, Council on Library and Information Resources

Moderator:
Kelly Miller, Harrison Institute/University of Virginia Library

Public Services and 'Un-Hidden' Collections: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Presenters:
Jennifer Schaffner, OCLC Research
Shannon E. Bowen, University of Wyoming
Victoria Steele, New York Public Library

Moderator:
Alice Schreyer, University of Chicago

Citing Bibliographies in Rare Book Cataloging

Presenters:
Deborah J. Leslie, Folger Shakespeare Library
Eva Guggemos, Yale University

Moderator and Presenter:
Randal S. Brandt, University of California Berkeley

The Library and Its Friends: Negotiating Change for the 21st Century

Presenters:
Marguerite Ragnow, University of Minnesota
Ed Vermue, Oberlin College

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2010, 51st Annual Preconference
Join or Die: Collaboration in Special Collections
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cutting to the Core: Letting Go of Functions and Services

Presenters:
Michael Fox, Minnesota Historical Society
Mark Greene, University of Wyoming
Eleanor Brown, Cornell University

Moderator:
Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC RLG Programs

Running (Meetings) with Laptops: Digital Tools for Collaboration I

Presenters:
Deborah J. Leslie, Folger Shakespeare Library
Katie Coombes, Association for College & Research Libraries
Mary Ellen K. Davis, Association for College & Research Libraries

Quick Innovations for Teaching with Special Collections

Presenters:
Anne Bahde, San Diego State University
Jeffrey Makala, University of South Carolina
Mattie Taormina, Stanford University

Inspired by the Library: Artists in Collaboration with Special Collections

Presenters:
Farrar Fitzgerald, Rosenbach Museum & Library
Jessica Pigza, New York Public Library
Susan Shifrin, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College

Moderator:
Richenda Brim, Getty Research Institute

Collections Processing: Innovations in Student Involvement

Presenters:
Cassie Brand, Goucher College
Kenneth Giese, Goucher College
Christopher Harter, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University
Allison Jai O’Dell, Goucher College
Laura J. Thomson, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University

Moderator:
Tara Olivero, Goucher College

Collaborating and Digressing in the Margins: Digital Tools for Collaboration II

Presenters:
Ben Vershbow, New York Public Library
Eddie A. Tejeda, Independent Technologist

Bridging the Gap: Communication Between Catalogers and Archivists

Presenters:
Kathy Wisser, Simmons Graduate School of Library & Information Science
Margaret Nichols, Cornell University
David De Lorenzo, University of California, Berkeley

Moderator:
Megan Lewis, Duke University

Recruiting Members -- of Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups-- to the Special Collections Library Profession

Presenters:
Sara S. Fisher, Yale University
Athena Jackson, Louisiana State University
Fernando Peña, Grolier Club

Born-Digital Manuscripts: A Primer

Presenters:
Laura Carroll, Emory University
Erika Farr, Emory University
Michael Olson, Stanford University
Ben Goldman, University of Wyoming

Moderator:
Jennifer Schaffner, OCLC RLG Programs

Collaborative Exhibitions

Presenters:
Lynne Farrington, University of Pennsylvania
Molly Schwartzburg, The University of Texas at Austin
Declan Kiely, The Morgan Library & Museum

Moderator:
Richard Noble, Brown University

Taking Our Oulse: the OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives

Presenters:
William L. Joyce, The Pennsylvania State University
Stephen Enniss, Folger Shakespeare Library
Suzy Taraba, Wesleyan University
Tom Hickerson, University of Calgary

Moderator:
Jackie Dooley, OCLC RLG Programs

Autographs and Manuscripts: History, Current Trends, and Replevin

Presenters:
Edward Bomsey, Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Inc.
Stuart Lutz, Historic Documents, Inc.
Barton L. Smith, MD, President, The Manuscript Society

Moderator:
William LaMoy, Syracuse University Library