[SOA] Fwd: REMINDER: Special Collections Colloquium October 21-22

Mon Aug 25 11:29:42 EDT 2014

Please note registrations are filling up and early bird registration closes
9/1/14

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*From: *Melissa Hubbard <mxh597 at case.edu>
*Subject: **REMINDER: Special Collections Colloquium October 21-22*

Hello all,

I’m writing to remind you about the upcoming colloquium on Special
Collections, “Acknowledging the Past, Forging the Future,” which will be
held in Cleveland, OH on October 21 and 22. We have a very exciting program
planned and we look forward to stimulating conversation. More about the
colloquium and a link to the registration page can be found here:
http://library.case.edu/ksl/collections/special/colloquium/

Our early bird registration runs through September 1, and we only have a
few seats left, so if you plan to attend, please register soon.

This colloquium is hosted by Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve
University, in collaboration with the libraries of the University of
Rochester, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in St. Louis. A
fuller description of the colloquium, and a list of our generous sponsors,
is below.

Best regards,

Melissa Hubbard

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*Organized by: Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve
University Presented in collaboration with: River Campus Libraries at
University of Rochester <http://www.library.rochester.edu/>,  Vanderbilt
University <http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/> and Washington University
in St. Louis Libraries <http://wustl.edu/libraries/> For more information,
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For most of their history, academic library special collections
concentrated on the cultivation, acquisition and preservation of gifts.
Particularly because of the advent of digitization, over the last
ten-to-fifteen years there has been an increased emphasis on increasing
local and international exposure and access to special collections. While
many libraries have been focusing efforts to increase significantly the
exposure of their collections to a wider audience, there are still many
special collections that are not yet fully discovered.
This national colloquium will explore some of the factors that governed the
growth and use of special collections of the past, as well as current and
emerging challenges for special collections in the future. How can
libraries and university faculty work together to educate students to
become more aware of the hidden treasures that are available on their own
campuses, and to gain a lifelong appreciation for them? How can collections
from individual institutions work together to create a robust whole from
the parts?  How can scholars, libraries, potential donors, and collectors
come together to forge new partnerships to employ these valued collections
to advance knowledge and scholarship—particularly in a digital age? This
colloquium will be a seminal event in acknowledging the historic strengths
of special collections of the past, and for speakers and participants to
chart a course for the next decade and beyond.
The program will begin mid-day on *Tuesday, October 21*, and conclude at
the end of the day on *Wednesday, October 22*. Throughout the colloquium,
attendees will be encouraged to enrich the dialog through a variety of
means, including question-and-answer and talk-back sessions during the
moderated discussions, placing post-it notes with comments on a designated
board, and electronically expanding the dialog via Twitter feeds and a
conference blog. The thoughts of the attendees will be compiled and
summarized during the colloquium.
This program should be of great interest to senior library administrators,
special collections librarians, serious book collectors, scholars
(including faculty and students), and rare book and manuscript booksellers
and auctioneers.

*Click here for registration details!
<http://library.case.edu/ksl/collections/special/colloquium/register.php> *

*Featured speakers will include:*
*Note:* *All speakers listed are confirmed, but presentation titles and
abstracts are subject to modification.*

   - *Opening Keynote: "From Siberia to Shangri-La, Changing Perspectives
   on Special Collections"*  *Sarah Thomas* (*Vice President, Harvard
   Library and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences*)
   will set the context for the Colloquium by providing a high-level overview
   of the major issues that faced special collections, rare books and
   manuscript librarians in the past, significant concerns today, and some
   possible directions for the future.

   - *"Exploring the Past: Everything Old is New Again." * *Alice
Schreyer* *(Interim
   Library Director and Associate University Librarian for Area Studies and
   Special Collections, University of Chicago Library)* will discuss the
   enduring value of special collections and the book and explore how they
   influence collectors, librarians, and researchers today.

   - *"Considering the Present: Special Collections are the Meal, Not the
   Dessert."  **Jay Satterfield* (*Special Collections Librarian, Dartmouth
   College*) will consider issues such as preserving and revealing the
   artifact, understanding the role and limitations of digital surrogates,
   elevating the importance for collecting rare books and manuscripts,
   revealing physical collections through digital scholarship, and collecting
   issues in a time of transition, including collection scope and means to
   determine the optimal collections to meet institutional academic needs.

   - *"Objects of Study: Special Collections in an Age of Digital
   Scholarship*."  *Stephen Enniss* (*Director, Harry Ransom Center,
   University of Texas at Austin*) will explore the future of the book as
   object: how will it look,  how will it be collected, and what should we
   begin to collect and preserve today to ensure its longevity? He will also
   examine the emerging role and value of special collections in a world of
   digital scholarship, and how digital scholarship techniques can complement
   and advance the use of manuscripts, rare books, and other archival
   materials in all formats, including images, art work, and audio and video
   files.

   - *Closing Keynote: "The Once and Future Special Collections."  **Mark
   Dimunation* (*Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division,
   Library of Congress*) will take a look at what have we learned from the
   past, what we need to change to advance the value of special collections
   materials (including how we can expand access as the library begins to
   acquire materials in new formats), the most significant obstacles in our
   path, and the most promising solutions for the next few years and decades.

*Panels will include:*

   - *"Acknowledging the Past"*
   *Moderator:* *Joel Silver* (Director and Curator of Books at the Lilly
   Library, Indiana University)
   *Bookseller:*
*Ken Lopez **Collector:*
*Paul Ruxin **Librarian:* *Dan DeSimone *(Eric Weinmann Librarian, Folger
   Shakespeare Library)
*Librarian:* *Elizabeth Haven Hawley *(Chair, Special and Area Studies
   Collections Department, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

   - *"Where are We Today?"*
   *Moderator:* *Geoffrey Smith* (Head of the Rare Books and Manuscripts
   Library, The Ohio State University)
   *Auction House:* *Selby Kiffer *(Senior Vice President, Sotheby's)
*Collector:*
*Jon Lindseth **Librarian:** Jim Kuhn *(Joseph N. Lambert and Harold B.
   Schleifer Director, Rare Books & Special Collections, University of
   Rochester)
   *Scholar:* *Christoph Irmscher *(Provost Professor, George F. Getz Jr.
   Professor in the Wells Scholars Program, Wells Scholars Program Director,
   Indiana University)

   - *"Special Collections in an Age of Digital Scholarship"*
  *Moderator:* *Dan Cohen* (Associate Professor, Department of History and
   Art, Case Western Reserve University)
   *Bookseller:* *Tom Congalton *(Owner, Between the Covers Rare Books Inc.)
  *Librarian:* *Athena Jackson *(Associate Director, Special Collections
   Library, University of Michigan)
   *Librarian:* *Melissa Hubbard* (Team Leader, Special Collections and
   Archives, Case Western Reserve University)
   *Scholar:* *Gerald Early* (Merle King Professor of Modern Letters,
   Washington University, St. Louis)

*Thank You to our Sponsors!*
*Interested in becoming a sponsor? Click here for detailed information.
<http://library.case.edu/ksl/collections/special/colloquium/sponsorship/>*
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-- 
Eleanor Blackman <exo2 at case.edu>, M.A., C.A.
Archivist
Scholarly Resources & Special Collections
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
216.368.6504
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