All sessions take place at Bally’s unless otherwise listed.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Registration<\/p><\/div> <\/a>Discussion Group: Inner Space, Outer Space, and Virtual Space: Renovating and Building for Special Collections<\/p>\n -Sponsored by <\/em>Brigham Young University<\/em><\/p>\n Thinking about your next big renovation? Already in the midst of your own? Just finished and willing to share? Join your colleagues to discuss planning a special collections space for the 21st century – in the reading room, on campus, in the community, and online.<\/p>\n Moderators: Jennifer Meehan, Associate Director, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), Emory University; Naomi L. Nelson,\u00a0Director, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library,\u00a0Duke University<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/a>Papers panel 10: Joker’s Wild<\/p>\n Moderator: Nina Schneider, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA<\/p>\n \u201cManuscripts from Print: The Pennsylvania Schwenkfelders and their Dangerous Books\u201d<\/em>, Katharine C. Chandler, Free Library of Philadephia As one of the Catholic Church\u2019s first measures of the Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent prohibited writings by four men in particular: Luther, Calvin, Balthasar Hubmaier, and Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig. Schwenckfeld\u2019s writings in his own time often circulated in manuscript for years before printing, and printers were frequently afraid to reveal their names in Schwenckfeld\u2019s published works, especially as he became better-known and considered heretical by both Catholics and Lutherans. The Silesian Schwenkfelders, people of the book, were forced to eventually immigrate to Pennsylvania from Silesia, and they did so in six migrations\u2014the largest in 1734. Their sea chests were filled with books: print and manuscript copies of Schwenckfeld\u2019s writings and the writings of men in his circle. This paper will investigate the Schwenkfelders\u2019 unusual manuscript traditions: copies of printed books; learning by copying; hymnals; postila\u2014both the traditions in Silesia from the Reformation period and those that followed after the migration to Pennsylvania. \u00a0The manuscripts discussed are in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia\u2019s Rare Book Department and the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n \u201cRetrofitting Underused Special Collections: Visual Literacy and the Yale Bookplate Collection\u201d<\/em>, Molly E. Dotson, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University Developments over the past three-plus years with the Yale Bookplate Collection make for a useful case study of \u201cretrofitting\u201d a historical archive to a modern-day instruction program in special collections. This paper describes how a visual literacy exercise designed for bookplate materials has become an indispensable tool for orientation and instruction sessions in the Special Collections department of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library. Encouraged to approach bookplates as traditional research materials as well as sources for creative inspiration, students engaged in this exercise confront the improvisational aspects of analysis and arrive at a more reflective understanding of not only the artifact but also the agents involved in its production and use. This exercise provides a space for multiple approaches to research and education in the book arts.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying the Hand You\u2019re Dealt: What can we learn from Historic Playing Cards?\u201d<\/em>, Timothy Young, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Playing cards are ubiquitous in the broad history of book arts and printing, but they are rarely covered in discussions of book history and bibliography. This may be because there are very few guidelines for cataloging playing cards. The Cary Collection at the Beinecke Library is one of the richest resources for playing card history. It was one of the first significant collections that came to Beinecke in the 1960s \u2013 over 2600 packs of cards, 460 sheets and 150 wood printing blocks \u2013 and a custom cataloging scheme was created to describe the collection \u2013 focusing on a number of aspects unique to playing cards. I propose to discuss this cataloging process and to show examples of the roles that playing cards play in illuminating social, political, bibliographic, and ludic history.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/a>Seminar: Making the Private Public: Acquisition, Description, and Access for Sexually Explicit Collections<\/p>\n – Sponsored by the Getty Research Institute <\/em><\/p>\n This panel will examine the processes through which special collections staff working in technical and public services make available collections with sexually explicit content (such as pulp sex novels, pornographic comics, stag films, artwork, etc.). These collections present unique challenges for numerous aspects of special collections libraries, including means and methods of acquisition, description, public outreach, and unorthodox research uses. Our panelists will present case studies with practical tips and lessons learned from their experiences with cataloging, reference\/instruction, and exhibition of materials with strong sexual content. This seminar should appeal to both print and manuscript catalogers, archivists, and curators and should spark interesting discussions on the opportunities that accompany these often-overlooked (and sometimes purposefully ignored) collections. Images with sexual content will be shown.<\/p>\n Speakers: Jessica Janecki, Original Cataloger\/Database Manager, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University; Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Curator of Art, Artifacts and Photographs, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; Moderator: Meghan Lyon, Technical Services Archivist, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/a>Seminar: Conducting Programmatic Assessment in Special Collections<\/p>\n – Sponsored by Bonhams <\/em><\/p>\n Bewildered by assessment? Learn from experts about practical steps you can take to conceive and carry out meaningful assessment initiatives at your institution. Hear how Columbia University conducted a large-scale study of its special collections users with the Archival Metrics Toolkit. Find out about the latest revisions to the annual ARL and ACRL statistical surveys and how they impact your library. See what RBMS has been doing in partnership with SAA to develop new collections, user, and use metrics to support local data gathering and inter-institutional comparisons. Get the latest on the development of primary source information literacy competency standards and how they can enhance instructional outreach. Come away equipped and energized to improve your library operations and services through programmatic assessment activities.<\/p>\n Speakers: Nisa Bakkalbasi, Assessment Coordinator, Columbia University; Martha O’Hara Conway, Director, Special Collections Library, University of Michigan; Christian Dupont, Aeon Program Director, Atlas Systems; Martha Kyrillidou, Senior Director, ARL Statistics and Service Quality Programs<\/p>\n Moderator: Christian Dupont, Aeon Program Director, Atlas Systems<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/a>Posters Encore &\u00a0Beverage Break<\/p>\n \u201cSpace planning for Special Collections primary source instruction\u201d<\/em>, Chris Caldwell, University of Tennessee Libraries and Alesha Shumar, University of Tennessee Libraries \u201cScanning Key Content during Cataloging & Accessioning\u201d<\/em>, Amy Benson, Schlesinger Library, Nell Carlson, Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Deborah Funkhouser, Schlesinger Library, Karen Nipps, Houghton Library \u201cPaper Towels and Rubber Bands: How Not to Store Magic Lantern Slides\u201d<\/em>, Amanda Lanthorne, San Diego State University \u201cThe Egg: 50 Years in the 1964 Fine and Rare Book Room\u201d<\/em>, Mary Catharine Johnsen, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries \u201cDistinctive Space for the World\u2019s Largest Cartoon Research Library\u201d<\/i>, Jenny Robb, The Ohio State University Libraries, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum \u201cEarth to the Moon and the Sky in Between: Embry-Riddle\u2019s Aviation Safety and Security Archives\u201d<\/em>, Melissa Gottwald, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University \u201cViva Las Minis: Retrofitting the Mighty Mini for Today\u2019s Special Collection Library\u201d<\/em> Lori Lynn Dekydtspotter, The Lilly Library, Indiana University and Cherry Dunham Williams, The Lilly Library, Indiana University \u201cHistory of Science Rare Book Collecting at the University of Arizona\u201d<\/em>, Roger Myers, University of Arizona Library Special Collections \u201cGoing ATOMic: Completing the Victoria R.I. Catalogue in the Digital Age\u201d<\/em>, Valerie Buck, Brigham Young University, and Maggie Kopp, Brigham Young University \u201c\u201cFreedom is Everybody\u2019s Business\u201d: Using Multi-Faceted Outreach to Draw Student Attention to Local Archival Collections on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s\u201d<\/em>, Joshua Youngblood, University of Arkansas Libraries<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/a>Closing Plenary: Library\/Archive as Place<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Moderator: Jessica Holada, Director of Special Collections and Archives,\u00a0California Polytechnic State University<\/p>\n Plenary Speaker descriptions can be found at the 2014 Preconference homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>
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