Sponsored by: Archival Products

This seminar will educate attendees about recent updates to the RBMS Security Guidelines. Topics to be covered will include security measures at small institutions, security practices in classroom settings, and the use of security audit tools...

Sponsored by: Bonhams

Beyond professional knowledge and training (or “hard skills”), hiring managers look for “soft skills” in their employees – the “emotional intelligence quotient” factors such as communication skills, self-management skills, and interpersonal skills which contribute to a professional’s success but aren’t necessarily taught ...

Restaurant Night is an RBMS tradition. Small groups of conference participants can get to know one another while visiting some of the best restaurants in the area...

Sponsored by: Rare Book School at the University of Virginia

The relationship between special collections librarians and booksellers has evolved so much further than one of seller/buyer. Booksellers, formerly with an expertise narrowly focused in marketplace valuation, now must know the collections of their institutional customers, as well as have an idea...

Sponsored by: Bonhams

While juggling personal and professional obligations is not a new experience, it still requires a balancing act that can be challenging. For those in special collections, this challenge is compounded by the fact that career advancement is frequently contingent on extra professional obligations...

Sponsored by: FacsimileFinder.com

Moderator: Philip Palmer, University of California, Los Angeles

Gathering STEAM through Collaboration: Science Outreach from Special Collections
This presentation is a case study of an ongoing collaboration between Special Collections and the university’s scientific communities. Grounded in the STEAM approach...
Speaker: Jennifer Needham, University of Pittsburgh; Jeanann Haas, Special Collections and Preservation, University of Pittsburgh

Class-sourcing: The Promise and Challenges of Managing Student-generated Digital Content
This case study describes a pilot project that shifted the transcription and annotation of primary sources to students in a history class...
Speaker: Bill Ross, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library

Treasures in Our Backyard: Bringing Special Collections to K-12 Learning Environments
Special collections libraries have rich and widely diverse resources for K-12 teachers and students interested in moving beyond the constraints of their textbooks, formal curricula, and web browsing...
Speaker: Joshua Youngblood, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries

Sponsored by: The Bibliographical Society of America

The English Short Title Catalog (ESTC) and the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging (RBMS-CV) are now published as Linked Data. What does this mean? And how can Linked Data formats empower the RBMS community to improve workflows, bolster discovery, and enhance research? This educational seminar will provide an overview of each publication and the benefits of its new data format, followed by practical (and accessible!) instruction for working with these publications as Linked Data...

Sponsored by Arthur Fournier fine & rare

Librarians from a large public university, a large private university, and a small liberal arts college will ask how and why we turn to the "wonder factor" of rare books and archives. Who hasn't observed a visitor relishing the smell of old books...