From: raphaƫle mouren <mourenr(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:52:30 +0100
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE PUBLIC FACE OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
An off-site meeting of the IFLA Standing Committee for Rare Books and
Special Collections of Documentary Heritage to be held in the National
Library of Finland in Helsinki, on August 13th 2012.
Organizing committee: Sirkka Havu (National Library of Finland), Eric
Holzenberg (Grolier Club, New York), Garrelt Verhoeven (Special Collections
of Amsterdam University)
Summary
The special meeting of the SC is devoted to the changing role in society of
libraries and institutions with ?documentary heritage? collections. These
have developed from research centers focusing on Rare Books and Manuscripts
for scholarly use, to ?special collections? with a far wider audience. The
treasures of these libraries are promoted by means of both physical and
virtual exhibitions, and through multimedia presentations. Some libraries
now maintain permanent displays of their treasures, and are developing a
museum-like context for their holdings (including museum restaurants,
shops, etc), in combination with the more traditional, scholarly use of the
collections. Special Collections are used more and more to represent a
parent institution (university, nation, city, company, private owner), and
contribute to a positive image of that governing body. These collections
may also act as magnets for further gifts of collections, or of funds.
Curators are the ?ambassadors? of these collections, the essential mediator
among various constituencies, balancing the expectations of administrators,
donors, and funding agencies on the one hand, and the needs of researchers,
scholars, and the general public on the other.
How should these new developments be viewed? How do we weigh the benefits
of this new role for documentary heritage libraries against the risks? What
consequences do these changes have for library staffing? What new
competences are necessary if curators are to act as ?ambassadors of the
book? and how should they be trained in these competencies? Finally, how
can we make best promote these collections of documentary heritage so that
they reach the broadest possible audience?
This special session on the IFLA-conference will focus on these dynamic new
outreach initiatives in special collections and the changing roles of their
caretakers. Keynote speakers will be invited to present their thoughts on
this topic, while others will be asked to submit proposals for 20 minute
papers, that will be thematically clustered. The session will be closed
with a panel discussion on the topic with the keynote speakers.
* Themes*
* Changing views on Special Collections and society
* Reaching a wider audience for Special Collections
* Best practices for exhibitions on documentary heritage
* Heritage as representation
* Special Collections materials as Education, Information &
Entertainment
* The curator as an ambassador of the book
* The education of ?new curators? ? Is the knowledge of the history
of
printing still needed? What about that of analytical bibliography?
* The library as museum
* Submissions*
Submissions are invited for 20 minutes presentations on the subject as
described above. The deadline for submissions is 29 February 2012.
Submissions received after this date will not be considered for acceptance.
The definitive program will be made in the beginning of March.
Send the submissions to Sirkka Havu
E-mail: sirkka.havu(a)helsinki.fi
Fax : +358 9 191 24089
Postal address : National Library of Finland, Box 15 (Unioninkatu 36),
00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee of the session.
Please note
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel,
accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No
financial support can be provided by IFLA, nor by the National Library of
Finland.
--
June Samaras
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