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49th Annual RBMS
Preconference
June 24-27, 2008 in Los Angeles.
The Preconference will explore the role of
special collections in an increasingly digital world, focusing
on questions that both excite and vex special collections
librarians and archivists.
Five plenary sessions will address aspects
of special collections in the digital environment, including
intellectual property issues, the use of digitized holdings in
the classroom, and mass digitization of rare book collections.
The final plenary session will be a wrap-up of the entire
conference.
In addition to the plenary sessions, there
will be eight seminars on topics such as cataloging rare books,
digitizing photographs, collecting materials documenting
under-represented groups, and blogs.
Two full-day workshops on the newest trends
in cataloging rare books and cultural works found in libraries,
archives, and museums, will be held on Tuesday, June 24th. In
addition, on the same day, the Southern California chapter of
the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) will
host a booksellers' showcase from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
registration area.
BSA will be sponsoring the opening plenary
session, a presentation by Alice Prochaska, University Librarian
at Yale University, entitled “Digital Special Collections: The
Big Picture.” For more information, see the preconference
website at:
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/RBMS/index.htm |
