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<font size=3>(I can't afford to go to LA but the program looks
fabulous!)<br><br>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:07:23 -0500<br>
From: "Victoria Ondrla" <tondrla@ala.org><br>
Subject: [RBMS] RBMS '08 Los Angeles - Registration opens Monday
2/25!<br><br>
Registration will open next Monday, February 25, for the 49th Annual RBMS
Preconference. <br>
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Plan to register and book your hotel room early, the last two RBMS
Preconferences have sold out!<br>
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49th Annual RBMS Preconference<br>
<b>Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the Digital Age<br>
</b>June 24-27, 2008 | Los Angeles, California<br>
Hosted by UCLA and the Getty Research Institute<br>
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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. <br>
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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 full-day workshops will be offered on Cataloging Cultural
Objects (CCO) and the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
(Books).<br><br>
The Preconference will be based at the Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard in Los
Angeles (discounted RBMS room rates available on Monday 2/25). A
highlight of the Preconference will be a full day at the Getty Center.
Plan to arrive on Tuesday for the booksellers' showcase hosted by the
Southern California chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
of America (ABAA).<br><br>
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles! <br>
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA),
representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and
interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership
organization in North America that develops programs, products and
services to meet the unique needs of academic and research
librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community
to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching,
learning and research environments. <br>
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Janet M. Carleton --- carleton@ohio.edu --- 740/597-2527
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Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's & Gender Studies
Bibliographer<br>
Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens,
Ohio<br>
<a href="http://www.library.ohiou.edu/" eudora="autourl">
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