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From: Richenda Brim <RBrim(a)getty.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM
The due date approaches...
The 55th Annual ALA/ACRL/Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
Preconference
“Retrofit: Exploring Space, Place and the Artifact in Special Collections”
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday-Friday, June 24-27, 2014
We invite proposals for papers for the 2014 RBMS Preconference, “Retrofit:
Exploring Space, Place and the Artifact in Special Collections.” Please
submit written proposals as described below of no more than 200 words
by *December
16, 2013* to
rbrim@getty.edu<http://www.preconference14.rbms.info/mail%20to:rbrim@getty.edu.>
.
Today’s special collections librarians face persistent challenges in the
development, sharing and care of our collections, the creation and use of
space, and the definitions of our roles within the biome of intellectual
life. As a profession we continue to grow into new spaces and places
because of what we know and were taught by our predecessors spanning the
last fifty years. The preconference theme proposes to honor the past by
exploring from our 21st century perspective the topics that resonated with
our colleagues in the 1960s.
Conference organizers invite proposals for 20 minute talks on the following
subjects discussed at RBMS Preconferences from 1959-1963:
1. Bibliography
2. Preservation
3. Space planning for special collections
4. Book Arts
5. History of science
6. Automation/digitization
Paper proposals on 1960′s subject collections are also welcome.
This year the preconference also invites proposals from newer members with
less than five years in the profession for a special panel dedicated to
their work.
Please visit the preconference Web site for more information about the
program and scholarships for first-time attendees:
http://preconference.rbms.info
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Richenda Brim
Librarian for Administration
and Special Projects
Collections Management and Description
The Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Ste. 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Phone: (310) 440-7494
Fax: (310) 440-7779
email: rbrim(a)getty.edu