{"id":1108,"date":"2014-05-30T19:43:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T00:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:03:27","slug":"rbms-2015-oakland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.preconference14.rbms.info\/?page_id=1108","title":{"rendered":"RBMS 2015 | Oakland, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Preserve the Humanities! Special Collections as Liberal Arts Laboratory<br \/>\nTuesday, June 23, 2015 \u2013 Friday, June 26, 2015<br \/>\nOakland Marriott City Center, Oakland CA<\/h4>\n<div class=\"h-bg\"><b><b>Want to be involved next year? Here\u2019s how!<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<p>We intend for the preconference to look at the role of special collections libraries in the context of larger trends in the humanities and higher education. Speakers will focus on collaborative partnerships forged amongst archivists, librarians, researchers, and teaching faculty and position libraries as laboratories for the humanities. Despite claims of the so-called crisis in the humanities, higher education in the liberal arts and sciences remains as sought after as ever, embracing and fostering technological innovation. As stewards of cultural heritage and guardians of the historical artifacts that lie at the center of humanistic research, special collections librarians can and should play an important role in shaping humanities teaching and research.<\/p>\n<p>Preconference\u00a0 component committees will accept proposals for a variety of session formats. Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the conference theme, except in the case of Seminars which can, but do not need to, conform to the theme. Special attention will be given to proposals that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>demonstrate innovative thinking, originality, and timeliness.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>generate ideas or report research that contribute to ongoing discussion about the future of academic and research libraries within the evolution of the liberal arts and sciences<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>present strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology; and<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>encourage active learning among conference attendees.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have an idea that doesn&#8217;t exactly apply to one of the formats below? We&#8217;d love your input!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Preconference Co-chairs, Danielle Culpepper (<a href=\"mailto:dculpepper@virginia.edu\">dculpepper@virginia.edu<\/a>) and Laura Micham (<a href=\"mailto:laura.m@duke.edu\">laura.m@duke.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>Seminars<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong> Seminars teach and present a variety of topics to round-out the preconference content and are not necessarily tied to the theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit:<\/strong> Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbms.info\/committees\/seminars\/seminar_proposal_form.shtml \">submit your proposal online<\/a>\u00a0or email it to <a href=\"mailto:seminars@rbms.info\">seminars@rbms.info<\/a> with a brief description (500 words or less) of the purpose, content, and format of your proposed seminar and list the names and affiliations of any presenters you\u2019ve contacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0Proposals submitted by <strong>June 6, 2014<\/strong> will be considered by the Seminars Committee for selection at its meeting during the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notification:<\/strong> Late summer, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong>\u00a0Contact Jennifer Borderud (<a href=\"mailto:Jennifer_Borderud@baylor.edu\">Jennifer_Borderud@baylor.edu<\/a>) or Heather Smedberg (<a href=\"mailto:hsmedberg@ucsd.edu\">hsmedberg@ucsd.edu<\/a>), Seminars Committee co-chairs<\/p>\n<h4>Workshops<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Formal half-day sessions requiring pre-registration that teach particular topics in depth<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit:<\/strong>\u00a0The Workshops Committee invites proposals for hands-on, off-site, half-day printing or book arts workshops, to be given on June 23, 2015, the Tuesday at the beginning of the 2015 RBMS Preconference in Oakland.\u00a0 Workshops should be about 3 hours.\u00a0 Proposals should include the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name(s) and titles (if appropriate) of organizers and\/or instructors;<\/li>\n<li>Address, phone, and email;<\/li>\n<li>A 150-250 word summary of your workshop, including a timetable, what sort of physical artifacts participants might expect to bring away with them, and an idea of what sorts of materials would need to be provided.\u00a0 If possible, please include an idea of the transportation options between the conference site and the workshop site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> For full consideration, submit proposals by <strong>June 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notification: <\/strong>By the end of July 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong> Jennifer MacDonald (<a href=\"mailto:jsmacdon@udel.edu\">jsmacdon@udel.edu<\/a>), chair<\/p>\n<h4>Short Papers and Posters<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong> Brief presentations, either in the context of a panel of speakers or on a poster, in which presenters share their experience, ideas, or research. We are seeking submissions that address the conference theme for any of the following content types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scholarly, research papers about materials, OR high-level work about libraries<\/li>\n<li>Case studies: studies of how things are done well at a library<\/li>\n<li>Reports, information exchange about collections and\/or libraries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Submissions may also vary in length:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 people, 20 minutes each, followed by 30 minutes for discussion and questions<\/li>\n<li>8 people (or 9), 7 minutes each, followed by 30 minutes for discussion and questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please indicate the content type and projected length of your talk. Feel free to submit proposals for medium and lightning talks as a group or part of a group (following the seminars proposal model). If you are submitting an individual talk, we will group successful submissions as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit:<\/strong> Please submit proposals of 250 words by <strong>Friday, October 24, 2014<\/strong>, to: <a title=\"rbmstalks@rbms.info\" href=\"mailto:rbmstalks@rbms.info\">rbmstalks@rbms.info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday, October 24, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notification:<\/strong> Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposals by Friday, January 16, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong>\u00a0Lois Fischer Black (<a href=\"mailto:lob206@lehigh.edu\">lob206@lehigh.edu<\/a>), chair<\/p>\n<h4>Less Formal Participatory Sessions<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0 Topics addressed in\u00a0a variety of structures such as dork shorts (5-minute description\/elevator pitch for a tool\/project\/etc.), lightening rounds, pecha kucha (presentation format in which speaker shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds),\u00a0lunch meet-ups,\u00a0reading group, curated pop-up exhibit,\u00a0etc. for interaction and practical application<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit:<\/strong> Please contact Jennifer Schaffner, <a href=\"mailto:schaffnj@oclc.org\">schaffnj@oclc.org<\/a> with ideas for\u00a0novel formats and timely topics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline: March, 28, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong>\u00a0Jennifer Schaffner, <a href=\"mailto:schaffnj@oclc.org\">schaffnj@oclc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preserve the Humanities! 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