---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mary Manning <MANNING(a)adelphi.edu> Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:12 AM I apologize in advance for any duplication of this notice. You are Invited to Attend the Initial Meeting of the ACRL/NY Archives and Special Collections Discussion Group ACRL/NY is forming a discussion group for archivists and special collection librarians in the New York Metropolitan area (including Long Island and Westchester County). The Archives and Special Collections Discussion Group brings together archivists and special collections librarians who work in academic and research settings, so we may discover our commonalities, discuss our mutual challenges, and seek solutions through information sharing and collaboration. Our first meeting will consist of a round table discussion to explore possible directions. Join us; as a new member, you can help shape the future of the Archives and Special Collections Group. Monday, November 17, 2008 3:00 * 5:00 pm ColumbiaUniversity ButlerLibrary, Room 523 114th Streetbetween Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Light refreshments will be served Please RSVP to sgh2105(a)columbia.edu Please include "RSVP" in your subject line. After our meeting, Jennifer B. Lee, Librarian for Public Services and Programs, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and curator of the exhibit "The Tools of Learning: George Arthur Plimpton's Legacy to Columbia University," will share with us her reflections on Plimpton and her experience creating this fascinating exhibit. Following the talk, everyone is invited to view the exhibit in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. **** George Arthur Plimpton (1855-1935) was a publisher, author, and book collector, born in Walpole, Massachusetts. He assembled a remarkable collection of manuscripts and books illuminating the history of education. Describing his sixty years of collecting in the preface to his first book, The Education of Shakespeare, Plimpton wrote: "It has been my privilege to get together the manuscripts and books which are more or less responsible for our present civilization, because they are the books from which the youth of many centuries have received their education." The collection was given to Columbia in 1936. Drawn exclusively from the Plimpton Collection, the exhibition includes manuscripts and books from medieval times through the early 20th century, including many of the manuscripts and books that were used to illustrate Plimpton's The Education of Shakespeare and The Education of Chaucer, and David Eugene Smith's Rara Arithmetica. Additional sections of the exhibition deal with handwriting and education for women, two of Plimpton's particular interests. Mary Manning, MA, MLIS Assistant Professor Assistant University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Swirbul Library Adelphi University 1 South Ave. Garden City, NY 11530 phone: 516-877-3818 fax: 516-877-3675 email: manning(a)adelphi.edu