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“My ultimate goal, though, is to spark a dialogue about how we can best educate and foster new professionals who want to work in special collections.” —\u00a0Alison Clemens , Yale University\u00a0 – <\/em>Showcasing New Members and a Sneak-Peek @ their RBMS LV Presentations<\/a><\/div>
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Retrofit: Exploring Space, Place, and the Artifact in Special Collections<\/h3>\n

Join your colleagues at the 2014 RBMS Preconference where we will consider the broad metaphorical themes of space, place, and the artifact in the special collections milieu inspired by the RBMS preconferences and meetings of the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

While special collections practices may have changed over the last 50 years, our core issues echo the challenges faced by our predecessors. Financial problems? Cataloguing and classifying? Acquainting the public with rare materials? Do these topics ring a bell with you? Special collections professionals today regularly confront challenges in the development of collections, the creation and use of space, and the definition of our roles within the larger contexts of institutional administration and intellectual life. Focusing on the artifact, the library\/archive, and the marketplace, we aim to honor the past by addressing ways to \u201cretrofit\u201d ideas concerning these spaces and places fifty years ago and how pertinent these concepts are today.<\/p>\n

We will meet in Las Vegas – a land of magic, entertainment, neon, and atomic testing – from June 24-27 for conversation and inspiration. Board our thematic spaceship and let\u2019s revisit the lessons of the past to build for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Book\/Artifact as Place:\u00a0<\/b> Our opening plenary will focus on the artifact (i.e., the book, manuscript, and archive) as the fundamental unit central to our mission and to scholarship. Brian E. C. Schottlaender will address the topic from the perspective of a university library administrator and collector exploring the growing demands for innovation and collaboration. Andrew Stauffer will provide his view as a scholar researching the ‘book as archive’ and the impact of his discoveries on our work.<\/div><\/p>\n

Marketplace:<\/strong> Thursday’s plenary will examine the marketplace and its effect on the special collections ecosystem. Nina Musinsky will offer an overview of the market as a member of the rare book trade. Steve Enniss will follow with an upper-level administrator\u2019s perspective on the marketplace. Michelle Light will consider the evolving roles and opportunities for Special Collections in the marketplace, particularly with the advent of digitization and users’ enhanced expectations. <\/div><\/p>\n

Library\/Archive as Place:<\/strong> Our closing plenary will delve into the construction and use of space, both physical and digital. Jim Reilly will address planning and implementing preservation strategies that balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Emily Gore will focus on the increasing opportunities for special collections libraries outreach via the development of new digital spaces. Shannon Mattern will share her research on the relationships between materialities of media and spaces by exploring the library\/archive as a physical and metaphorical place.<\/div>
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