15
Jun

Meet the Conference Organizers

  Each year the RBMS Conference is put together by a group of volunteers, serving on multiple RBMS committees, and a fantastic ACRL liaison.  The many parts of the RBMS Conference come down to a few key individuals, who pull together the work of the various committees to ensure that RBMS is a wonderful conference...
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15
Jun

New Members’ Lunch

Two years ago, I got on a plane in New York, headed for my very first RBMS conference, and I thought, “what on Earth am I doing?!” I didn’t know anyone. My friend had canceled at the last minute. I was headed to California, by myself, with more than a soupçon of doubt. At Registration,...
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13
Jun

RBMS Conference Mascot

“Prodigious!” It may seem as though he is everywhere, once you arrive at RBMS. A mysterious figure, hands in the air, occasionally surrounded by books. What exactly is going on here? Welcome to Iowa, where sometimes a joke that could, and perhaps should, fade into the obscurity it came from instead grows and grows like...
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13
Jun

Put a Hashtag on It: the Second Annual RBMS InstaMeet!

On behalf of my co-organizers and our host institution, The University of Iowa Special Collections Library, it is with pleasure that I invite you all to #InstaMeetUI, happening on Thursday, June 22nd during RBMS. Come to photograph amazing collections, connect with other Instagrammers, and celebrate this wonderfully creative community! Here’s the scoop: What’s an InstaMeet?...
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8
Jun

Iowa City Outdoors

Iowa City has many exercise facilities and outdoor amenities to take care of your fitness needs. I am a walker and a swimmer (reflected in the notes below) though I try to do justice to other forms of exercise too. Walking & Local Parks Near Sheraton Inn and Hotel Vetro Those staying in the Sheraton...
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6
Jun

Join us: RBMS Twitter Chat on June 13th!

  UPDATE: If you missed the Twitter chat on June 13th, please see the archived discussion via Storify: https://storify.com/mazarines/rbms-2017-pack-prep-twitter-chat    Can’t decide what to bring? Looking for travel reading recommendations? Please join us on Twitter June 13th from 5:00-6:00PM EDT (4-5:00 CT, 3-4:00 MT, 2-3:00 PT) to chat about what you’re packing for RBMS 2017! We...
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1
Jun

Plenary 3: Memory

In exploring possible plenary themes for the RBMS 2017 Conference devoted to “The Stories We Tell,” the Conference Program Planning Committee determined that the three interconnected elements of narrative, representation, and memory would be both descriptive and evocative for speakers and attendees. In addition to highlighting the flow of the conference, these themes have also...
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25
May

City of Literature

In the fall of 2008, just a few months after the massive flood that devastated our arts campus, Iowa City received a singular honor and a great boost to morale: we were named a UNESCO City of Literature—only the third metropolis (after Edinburgh and Melbourne) to receive that coveted designation, and now one of twenty...
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