Program
Friday, June 23
Thursday, June 22
Tuesday, June 20
Wednesday, June 21
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Vetro Lehman
Q&A with RBMS Leaders
Join RBMS Members-at-Large, as well as current and future Section Chairs for a casual conversation about leadership in RBMS. Each panelist will share his or her RBMS story, leaving plenty... Read More
Poster Viewing
During this time slot, posters will be available for viewing. From 10:00 – 10:45, poster presenters will be available to discuss their work with attendees. Posters to be exhibited: Diversity Stories:... Read More
Participatory Session: Making Your Case: Advocacy through Instruction & Outreach at Your Institution and Beyond
Sponsored by Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare
Teaching practitioners on the front lines see that instructional collaborations and encounters with our materials have a lasting, positive impact on students -- but how do we effectively tell the stories of this engagement? How can these stories help
Teaching practitioners on the front lines see that instructional collaborations and encounters with our materials have a lasting, positive impact on students -- but how do we effectively tell the stories of this engagement? How can these stories help
Panel: The Stories Institutions Tell*
Sponsored by White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
"Take due notice of us for the future": Archives and cultural representation at Williams College
In the Fall of 2015, the Log, a Williams College campus gathering space, reopened after renovations. With the opening came renewed attention to a mural prominently featured on its walls. The mural depicts founder of the college Colonel Ephraim Williams and Mohawk leader Theyanoguin on the day they...
"Take due notice of us for the future": Archives and cultural representation at Williams College
In the Fall of 2015, the Log, a Williams College campus gathering space, reopened after renovations. With the opening came renewed attention to a mural prominently featured on its walls. The mural depicts founder of the college Colonel Ephraim Williams and Mohawk leader Theyanoguin on the day they...
Panel: Stories We Tell With Students: Pedagogy and Process*
Sponsored by Pazzo Books
Extending the Narrative of Primary Source Research as a Process: Subject Specialists As Beneficial Interlopers in Special Collections Research Instruction There are several narratives we tell in our research instruction, depending on what kind of librarian does the teaching. Subject specialist librarians teach the story of searching strategies, the library’s online discovery tools, paid databases, evaluation of sources...
Extending the Narrative of Primary Source Research as a Process: Subject Specialists As Beneficial Interlopers in Special Collections Research Instruction There are several narratives we tell in our research instruction, depending on what kind of librarian does the teaching. Subject specialist librarians teach the story of searching strategies, the library’s online discovery tools, paid databases, evaluation of sources...
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Sheraton Amos Dean prefunction
Plenary III: Memory*
Sponsored by Houghton Library
The act of remembering at both the individual and collective level can have far-reaching implications. Remembering -- and forgetting -- comes to signify the relative importance of any particular combination of information and experience. In this closing plenary, we build on programming from throughout the conference to further explore the ways that memories and narratives interact, shaping what we as individuals and communities choose to remember. We will also examine the role of cultural heritage institutions in providing and interpreting primary sources for exploring our collective past. Moderator: Daniel J. Slive, Head of Special Collections, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology
The act of remembering at both the individual and collective level can have far-reaching implications. Remembering -- and forgetting -- comes to signify the relative importance of any particular combination of information and experience. In this closing plenary, we build on programming from throughout the conference to further explore the ways that memories and narratives interact, shaping what we as individuals and communities choose to remember. We will also examine the role of cultural heritage institutions in providing and interpreting primary sources for exploring our collective past. Moderator: Daniel J. Slive, Head of Special Collections, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology
Frank Salomon
Safiya Umoja Noble
1:30 pm
Sheraton, front entrance on Dubuque
Ticketed Bus to Chicago
BUS TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. This bus offers transportation from Iowa City to Chicago for the ALA Annual Meeting. It will leave from the hotel area at 1:30pm on Friday,... Read More
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean prefunction
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Pappajohn Business Building W10
Seminar G: Today’s Rare Materials: A 90-minute Bootcamp on Description and Access*
Sponsored by Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare
The Bibliographic Standards Committee produces rules for descriptive cataloging of rare materials (DCRM). Many instructions and accompanying examples focus on early print and manuscript materials, but what do we do
The Bibliographic Standards Committee produces rules for descriptive cataloging of rare materials (DCRM). Many instructions and accompanying examples focus on early print and manuscript materials, but what do we do
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Seminar H: Getting What You Want: Advocacy for Financial Resources*
Sponsored by Triolet Rare Books
What stories do we tell to get the financial resources we want or need? Storytelling is a key component of advocacy, especially when articulating fundraising and resource goals both within and outside an organization. In this seminar, heads of special collections...
What stories do we tell to get the financial resources we want or need? Storytelling is a key component of advocacy, especially when articulating fundraising and resource goals both within and outside an organization. In this seminar, heads of special collections...
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Panel: The Narrative of Exhibits and Exhibition Practices: Approaches to design and execution*
Sponsored by Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books.
A Survey of Exhibition Practices in North American Rare Book Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Francesca Marini; Telling the Story of Our Collections through Space and Permanent Exhibits, Beth M. Whittaker; Through Their Eyes: How Visitors View Exhibitions, Kris M. Markman
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
Participatory Session: Teaching the Teachers: Bringing Archival Materials and Methods to the K-12 Classroom
Sponsored by Bromer Booksellers
Increasingly, trends in K-12 reflect the growing interest in incorporating primary source literacy into the classroom. Some Special Collections and Archives respond to this instructional need by offering instructional sessions in primary source literacy...
Increasingly, trends in K-12 reflect the growing interest in incorporating primary source literacy into the classroom. Some Special Collections and Archives respond to this instructional need by offering instructional sessions in primary source literacy...
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Beverage Break & “The Tales Provenance Can Tell” with Booksellers
Coffee and snacks sponsored by Henry Sotheran Ltd.
Specialty drinks sponsored by Preservation Technologies, L.P.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Vetro, Lehman Lobby
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
UI Library Room 3052
RBMS 2017 InstaMeetUI
Join us for the second annual RBMS InstaMeet! Generously hosted by @UISpecColl, attendees will take a behind-the-scenes tour of University of Iowa Special Collections, and get the opportunity to talk... Read More
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Booksellers’ Showcase
The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) is presenting a Booksellers’ Showcase on Wednesday evening and all day Thursday. The showcase will feature approximately 40 ABAA member exhibitors. It will... Read More
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Mill Restaurant
Topical Lunch: Sharing Perspectives about Diversity Recruitment and Representation in Special Collections
Sponsored by Northeast Document Conservation Center
Recent calls to diversify the field have been answered with scholarships and recruitment initiatives. But are these effective tools for attracting—and retaining—new perspectives that will strengthen and evolve the profession? What unexpected challenges and successes...
Recent calls to diversify the field have been answered with scholarships and recruitment initiatives. But are these effective tools for attracting—and retaining—new perspectives that will strengthen and evolve the profession? What unexpected challenges and successes...
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Pappajohn Business Building W10
Seminar I: Radical Collaboration: Outreach, In-Reach, and Moving Past the notion of ‘The Crown Jewel’*
Sponsored by Bartleby's Books
What’s so special about special collections? In a 2009 report, the Association of Research Libraries wrote that special collections “define the uniqueness and character of individual research libraries.” Positioning special collections as the “crown jewel” ..
What’s so special about special collections? In a 2009 report, the Association of Research Libraries wrote that special collections “define the uniqueness and character of individual research libraries.” Positioning special collections as the “crown jewel” ..
Seminar J: Collecting in the Heartland: Regional Book Arts*
Sponsored by Boreas Fine Art
From Salt Lake City to Kansas City, the book arts are flourishing across America’s heartland – providing ample opportunity for libraries in the region to build unique collections. This seminar will gather curators from institutions from the Southwest, Mountain West, and Midwest to talk about the opportunities and challenges of working with local artists and printers in their areas. The group will discuss such topics as collection development trends, outreach to local or regional book arts communities, and strategies for incorporating the work of local artists into the classroom and in other library programming.
From Salt Lake City to Kansas City, the book arts are flourishing across America’s heartland – providing ample opportunity for libraries in the region to build unique collections. This seminar will gather curators from institutions from the Southwest, Mountain West, and Midwest to talk about the opportunities and challenges of working with local artists and printers in their areas. The group will discuss such topics as collection development trends, outreach to local or regional book arts communities, and strategies for incorporating the work of local artists into the classroom and in other library programming.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Panel: Documents Abroad: Latin American Materials and Special Collections in the United States
Sponsored by California Rare Book School
Cross-Pollinating the Collections: Building Latin American Studies Collections with the Combined Strengths of Special and Circulating Collections While the University of Iowa has never been a powerhouse of Latin American studies, it presents unique opportunities, particularly in literature, for building distinctive collections, and especially when considered holistically, across general circulating collections...
Cross-Pollinating the Collections: Building Latin American Studies Collections with the Combined Strengths of Special and Circulating Collections While the University of Iowa has never been a powerhouse of Latin American studies, it presents unique opportunities, particularly in literature, for building distinctive collections, and especially when considered holistically, across general circulating collections...
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Sheraton Dean A
Participatory Session: The Work of Finding Work: Strategies for Success, Self-Care, and Professional Sustainability
Sponsored by Bookandpaperfairs.com
Finding and maintaining a career in the world of archives and special collections can be notoriously difficult, often demanding a significant amount of time and energy, while creating a great deal of stress, uncertainty, and risk for employment seekers. This participatory session will address...
Finding and maintaining a career in the world of archives and special collections can be notoriously difficult, often demanding a significant amount of time and energy, while creating a great deal of stress, uncertainty, and risk for employment seekers. This participatory session will address...
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro, Lehman Lobby
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Beverage Break with Booksellers
Sponsored by Henry Sotheran Ltd.
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro Plaza 1 & 2
Tour of the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase
This informal introduction to the showcase will allow attendees to meet with various dealers, examine items, and consider how materials on the market can be utilized for instruction and research... Read More
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Sheraton, front entrance on Dubuque
Plenary II: Representation*
Sponsored by Bonham's
Archives and special collections preserve cultural artifacts that illuminate the lives and societies of those who created them. However, our ability to understand and interpret these materials is inherently limited by our own knowledge and experience, as well as the fragmented and biased documentary record, often de-contextualized by the removal of cultural heritage from its place of origin. In this plenary, we examine evidence and absence in the historical record, and interrogate the limits of representation. We will also explore strategies to better represent historical and cultural perspectives that have been lost, silenced, or misrepresented. Moderator: Agnieszka Czeblakow, PhD, Rare Books Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries
Archives and special collections preserve cultural artifacts that illuminate the lives and societies of those who created them. However, our ability to understand and interpret these materials is inherently limited by our own knowledge and experience, as well as the fragmented and biased documentary record, often de-contextualized by the removal of cultural heritage from its place of origin. In this plenary, we examine evidence and absence in the historical record, and interrogate the limits of representation. We will also explore strategies to better represent historical and cultural perspectives that have been lost, silenced, or misrepresented. Moderator: Agnieszka Czeblakow, PhD, Rare Books Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries
Janet Weaver
Angela J. Aguayo
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hancher Second Floor Mezzanine
The University of Iowa Libraries and Iowa State University Library Reception
Sponsored by The University of Iowa Libraries and Iowa State University Library Join your colleagues for drinks and appetizers at Hancher Auditorium, one of the most beautiful performing arts venues in... Read More
7:30 pm-8:15 pm
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
Workshop: Every Stamp Tells a Story: How Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery, Postcards, and Other Postal Ephemera from the 18th Century to Today are Historically Important to Special Collections
Sponsored by Read'Em Again BooksTHIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
Often dismissed because of their ubiquity, ephemera such as postage stamps instead need to be treasured as important historical documents. We’ll examine their development, and...
Robert Alexander Cagna
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean A
Workshop: Applying Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts)
Sponsored by Voyager Press Rare Books and Manuscripts THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
This workshop will provide an introduction to DCRM(MSS), the new RBMS standard for cataloging individual manuscripts. The workshop will include a brief introduction to the manual's guiding principles, discussion of...
12:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby
Service Project: Habitat Restoration & Maintenance with Bur Oak Land Trust
Sponsored by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Join other RBMS members in giving back to the Iowa City community by assisting the Bur Oak Land Trust – a land trust organization that “provides places where everyone has the opportunity to learn about and enjoy native habitats and where diverse flora...
Join other RBMS members in giving back to the Iowa City community by assisting the Bur Oak Land Trust – a land trust organization that “provides places where everyone has the opportunity to learn about and enjoy native habitats and where diverse flora...
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby at 12:45
Center for the Book Paper Facility UI Oakdale Campus 2280 Crosspark Road Coralville, IA
Center for the Book Paper Facility UI Oakdale Campus 2280 Crosspark Road Coralville, IA
Workshop: Research and Production Papermaking at the UI Center for the Book
Sponsored by Archival ProductsTHIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
Join Tim Barrett for a tour and demonstration of key assets at the UICB Research and Production Paper Facility where Western and Japanese-style papers are made for rare book and art conservation and book arts applications.
Timothy Barrett
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1
Conference Orientation and Introduction to RBMS
Sponsored by Martayan Lan
This session is highly recommended for first-time attendees and is also a nice refresher for past participants. You will learn about the history and structure of RBMS, hear pointers about how to navigate the conference, and find out how to get involved in the organization.
This session is highly recommended for first-time attendees and is also a nice refresher for past participants. You will learn about the history and structure of RBMS, hear pointers about how to navigate the conference, and find out how to get involved in the organization.
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Vetro Roof Terrace or Plaza 1 & 2 (rain)
New Members’ Mixer (Ticketed Event)
Sponsored by Atlas Systems
A New Members’ Mixer will be held celebrating new attendees. All are welcome to get to know new members and enjoy each other's company. Make sure to include this event in your registration! The ticket price includes appetizers and wine/beer.
A New Members’ Mixer will be held celebrating new attendees. All are welcome to get to know new members and enjoy each other's company. Make sure to include this event in your registration! The ticket price includes appetizers and wine/beer.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: Restaurant Night
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.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
Choose Your Own Adventure: Famous Moving Pictures
See some of the earliest films in existence with Michael Zahs, collector and focus of the new documentary Saving Brinton. Stop in for a unique experience with historic films, and learn... Read More
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
UI Library Special Collections Reading Room
Choose Your Own Adventure: University of Iowa Special Collections Science Fiction Openhouse
Visit the University of Iowa Special Collections Reading Room to view a pop-up display featuring a selection of highlights from our science fiction and media fandom collections. Early Star Trek... Read More
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
UI Library Maps Collection
Choose Your Own Adventure: Diversity Stories: A StoryCorps Project
At this Choose Your Own Adventure session, RBMS Diversity Committee members will promote a diversity-oriented oral history project, for which individuals (or pairs of individuals) can record their stories at... Read More
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby
Choose Your Own Adventure: RBMS Bar Crawl
THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT. Want a taste of the Iowa City night life before starting your full conference experience? Join us for an RBMS-style Bar Crawl. We’ll depart on... Read More
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
North Hall | KK Merker Gallery
Choose Your Own Adventure: Book Studies at Iowa [Exhibition]
Participants of the Rare Book and Manuscripts Conference are invited to an exhibition at Merker Galley in North Hall – home of the University of Iowa Center for the Book.... Read More
Choose Your Own Adventure: Codex Conquest [Card Game]
Play Codex Conquest to learn the contemporary value of historical printed books and how these books changed history by contributing to technological advancements, scientific breakthroughs, artistic triumphs, and political shifts... Read More
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Sheraton Amos Dean B
Scholarship Breakfast (by invitation)
Sponsored by Atlas Systems
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Englert Theatre Lobby
Welcome Coffee
Sponsored by: David Lang & Julia Gelfand
Plenary I: Narrative
Sponsored by Sotheby’s
Narrative allows us to structure our experience of the world, developing connections between often disparate pieces of information to create coherent and meaningful stories. Narrative also shapes our relationships with the past, with each other, and with our environment. In this opening plenary, we explore the value and power of narrative in a variety of contexts and consider ways in which stories have the potential to both construct and preserve cultural behavior and identity. Moderator: Petrina Jackson, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University
Narrative allows us to structure our experience of the world, developing connections between often disparate pieces of information to create coherent and meaningful stories. Narrative also shapes our relationships with the past, with each other, and with our environment. In this opening plenary, we explore the value and power of narrative in a variety of contexts and consider ways in which stories have the potential to both construct and preserve cultural behavior and identity. Moderator: Petrina Jackson, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University
Valerie Hotchkiss
Micaela Blei
10:15 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Seminar A: Leadership & Management in Special Collections: Becoming the Boss, the First Three Years and Beyond*
Sponsored by Liber Antiquus, Early Printed Books & Manuscripts
This seminar will provide a learning opportunity for professionals in special collections and archives who are interested in moving into administrative roles or those who have recently moved into these roles and are looking for...
This seminar will provide a learning opportunity for professionals in special collections and archives who are interested in moving into administrative roles or those who have recently moved into these roles and are looking for...
Seminar B: Future of bibliographic data*
Sponsored by Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
This seminar will examine the use of data in the study of incunabula, a field where ground-breaking work is being conducted utilizing centuries of bibliographic information. Seminar participants will learn about some of the newest incunabula projects, as well as some of the oldest, in a presentation led...
This seminar will examine the use of data in the study of incunabula, a field where ground-breaking work is being conducted utilizing centuries of bibliographic information. Seminar participants will learn about some of the newest incunabula projects, as well as some of the oldest, in a presentation led...
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
Participatory Session: Secrets of the Library: Spooky Books, Urban Legends, and Unquiet Ghosts
Sponsored by Zoe Abrams Rare Books
Ghost stories are the medium of the marginalized, a place where characters, authors, and readers explore the forbidden and the unspoken. This session will discuss the ways in which all libraries, bookshops, and books are haunted—by their collectors and caretakers of the past...
Ghost stories are the medium of the marginalized, a place where characters, authors, and readers explore the forbidden and the unspoken. This session will discuss the ways in which all libraries, bookshops, and books are haunted—by their collectors and caretakers of the past...
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Pappajohn Business Building W10
Panel: Capturing Voices in the Heat of the Moment: Election Reflections 2016*
Sponsored by Brian Cassidy, Bookseller
How will we tell the story of the 2016 presidential election to future generations? How will our children’s children understand the popular political uprising we witnessed last fall? On the morning of November 9th, curators and librarians...
How will we tell the story of the 2016 presidential election to future generations? How will our children’s children understand the popular political uprising we witnessed last fall? On the morning of November 9th, curators and librarians...
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
The Mill Restaurant
New Member Lunch
New to the Section? Been away from the conference for a while? Get to know fellow RBMS members over a lunch. Join members from our Executive Board, committees, and other... Read More
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
UICB Experience Session: Printing on the Vandercook Proof Press
Sponsored by Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC. THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
Join Center for the Book 2014 MFA graduate Kim Maher and learn the basics of letterpress printing with movable type. Working together, participants will hand set their own names and add them to text and image celebrating the RBMS conference. After proofing and checking for errors...
Join Center for the Book 2014 MFA graduate Kim Maher and learn the basics of letterpress printing with movable type. Working together, participants will hand set their own names and add them to text and image celebrating the RBMS conference. After proofing and checking for errors...
Kimberly Maher
UICB Experience Session: How Were These Letters Made? [Calligraphy]
Sponsored by Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC. THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
What can the manuscript you are holding tell you about the methods of the scribe that created it? Cheryl Jacobsen will guide you through a basic system of analyzing historic letterforms from a scribe’s point of view. We will look at various writing tools...
What can the manuscript you are holding tell you about the methods of the scribe that created it? Cheryl Jacobsen will guide you through a basic system of analyzing historic letterforms from a scribe’s point of view. We will look at various writing tools...
Cheryl Jacobsen
Seminar D: Every Space is Special: The Art and Science of Pop-Up Special Collections Exhibits*
Sponsored by the University of Michigan Library
Most libraries collect or have acquired material referred to as special collections, and many institutions have permanent, secure and collection-friendly exhibition space to display those treasures. Whether your institution already has exhibition space, is working towards the establishment of permanent secure display areas, or is looking to expand outreach efforts...
Most libraries collect or have acquired material referred to as special collections, and many institutions have permanent, secure and collection-friendly exhibition space to display those treasures. Whether your institution already has exhibition space, is working towards the establishment of permanent secure display areas, or is looking to expand outreach efforts...
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Seminar C: Put a Hashtag On It: #LibrariesofInstagram*
Sponsored by B and L Rootenberg Rare Books
Instagram has over 440 million users, and was named "one of the most influential social networks in the world." Libraries and special collections have transformed the app from a "fun way to share your life" into a hub for collaborative exhibitions and conversations...
Instagram has over 440 million users, and was named "one of the most influential social networks in the world." Libraries and special collections have transformed the app from a "fun way to share your life" into a hub for collaborative exhibitions and conversations...
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
Participatory Session: Let’s Be Honest: Speaking Openly about the Reality of Special Collections Security
Sponsored by Daniel J. Slive
While we know that one of our most important responsibilities is to ensure that our collections are secure, we live the reality of limited resources that do not include dedicated security staff; moreover, we have little time or institutional support to implement all of the recommendations...
While we know that one of our most important responsibilities is to ensure that our collections are secure, we live the reality of limited resources that do not include dedicated security staff; moreover, we have little time or institutional support to implement all of the recommendations...
Panel: Defining the Archive*
Sponsored by Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers
This session considers the inconstancy of the term “archive” and how ever-changing notions of what archives are, or should be, present both challenges and opportunities in the work that we do. From the French Revolutionary ideas of transparency and authority to contemporary ones informed by the technological utopianism of Silicon Valley...
This session considers the inconstancy of the term “archive” and how ever-changing notions of what archives are, or should be, present both challenges and opportunities in the work that we do. From the French Revolutionary ideas of transparency and authority to contemporary ones informed by the technological utopianism of Silicon Valley...
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
UICB Experience Session: Papermaking
Sponsored by Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC. THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
Many who care for rare books and manuscripts have a knowledge of papermaking but some have never had the opportunity to actually make a sheet. The experience can be informative and is sometimes revelatory. Join Tim Barrett in making your own sheet of Western and Japanese-style paper...
Many who care for rare books and manuscripts have a knowledge of papermaking but some have never had the opportunity to actually make a sheet. The experience can be informative and is sometimes revelatory. Join Tim Barrett in making your own sheet of Western and Japanese-style paper...
Timothy Barrett
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Seminar E: Data-driven practice*
Sponsored by Tavistock Books
Assessment work and other associated activities have emerged as increasingly important areas of action, framed particularly by the joint SAA/RBMS taskforces and locally by the growing trend of administrative interest in data-driven decision-making practices. In the course of this seminar, we will work...
Assessment work and other associated activities have emerged as increasingly important areas of action, framed particularly by the joint SAA/RBMS taskforces and locally by the growing trend of administrative interest in data-driven decision-making practices. In the course of this seminar, we will work...
Seminar F: 3D Printing Book History: Extending Bibliographical Pedagogy through Additive Manufacturing*
Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America
Part case study, part tech-talk, and part invitation to collaborate, this seminar focuses on work extending bibliographical pedagogy through additive manufacturing. 3Dhotbed is a groundbreaking project that seeks to make historical recreations of tools and implements...
Part case study, part tech-talk, and part invitation to collaborate, this seminar focuses on work extending bibliographical pedagogy through additive manufacturing. 3Dhotbed is a groundbreaking project that seeks to make historical recreations of tools and implements...
UICB Experience Session: The Magic of Flexagons [Binding]
Sponsored by Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC. THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT.
This will be a non-traditional binding session. Not all books are standard codices. Flexagons are mathematical models made of folded paper. Math phobics fear not, all will be revealed! Hidden inside each flexagon are concealed faces, which appear, disappear and reappear...
This will be a non-traditional binding session. Not all books are standard codices. Flexagons are mathematical models made of folded paper. Math phobics fear not, all will be revealed! Hidden inside each flexagon are concealed faces, which appear, disappear and reappear...
Emily Martin
Participatory Session: Instruction Junction
Sponsored by IGLibraries
Do your instruction sessions need a boost? Do you have an instruction activity that is really successful? Come share your ideas with your colleagues, and pick up some new ones to add to your instruction tool belt! Participants will engage in a speed-dating session, pairing off for 6-minute periods...
Do your instruction sessions need a boost? Do you have an instruction activity that is really successful? Come share your ideas with your colleagues, and pick up some new ones to add to your instruction tool belt! Participants will engage in a speed-dating session, pairing off for 6-minute periods...
Panel: Materialia lumina: The Contemporary Book in its Historical Context: Philosophical Musing of three Master Printers*
Sponsored by Lux Mentis, Booksellers
Moderator: Danelle Moon, University of California, Santa Barbara. This session will explore the book as a work of art, from the perspective of three master printers, Peter Rutledge Koch, Russell Maret, and Gaylord Schanilec. This program idea originated from the California Rare Book School course...
5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Booksellers’ Showcase Reception
The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) is presenting a Booksellers’ Showcase on Wednesday evening and all day Thursday. The showcase will feature approximately 40 ABAA member exhibitors. It will... Read More
Day 1
20 Jun 2017
Day 2
21 Jun 2017
Day 3
22 Jun 2017
Day 4
23 Jun 2017
Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
Robert Alexander Cagna
Workshop: Applying Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts)
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean A
Service Project: Habitat Restoration & Maintenance with Bur Oak Land Trust
12:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby
Timothy Barrett
Workshop: Research and Production Papermaking at the UI Center for the Book
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby at 12:45
Center for the Book Paper Facility UI Oakdale Campus 2280 Crosspark Road Coralville, IA
Center for the Book Paper Facility UI Oakdale Campus 2280 Crosspark Road Coralville, IA
Conference Orientation and Introduction to RBMS
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1
New Members’ Mixer (Ticketed Event)
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Vetro Roof Terrace or Plaza 1 & 2 (rain)
Choose Your Own Adventure: Famous Moving Pictures
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
Choose Your Own Adventure: Restaurant Night
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: University of Iowa Special Collections Science Fiction Openhouse
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
UI Library Special Collections Reading Room
Choose Your Own Adventure: Diversity Stories: A StoryCorps Project
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
UI Library Maps Collection
Choose Your Own Adventure: RBMS Bar Crawl
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Meet in Sheraton Lobby
Scholarship Breakfast (by invitation)
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Sheraton Amos Dean B
Registration
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
Welcome Coffee
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Englert Theatre Lobby
Valerie Hotchkiss
Travel Break
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Seminar A: Leadership & Management in Special Collections: Becoming the Boss, the First Three Years and Beyond*
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Participatory Session: Secrets of the Library: Spooky Books, Urban Legends, and Unquiet Ghosts
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
Panel: Capturing Voices in the Heat of the Moment: Election Reflections 2016*
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Pappajohn Business Building W10
New Member Lunch
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
The Mill Restaurant
Lunch Break
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Participatory Session: Let’s Be Honest: Speaking Openly about the Reality of Special Collections Security
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
Seminar C: Put a Hashtag On It: #LibrariesofInstagram*
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Travel Break
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Seminar E: Data-driven practice*
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Timothy Barrett
Booksellers’ Showcase Reception
5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Choose Your Own Adventure: Book Studies at Iowa [Exhibition]
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
North Hall | KK Merker Gallery
Registration
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sheraton Amos Dean prefunction
Seminar H: Getting What You Want: Advocacy for Financial Resources*
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Mid West One Bank Meeting Room
Panel: The Narrative of Exhibits and Exhibition Practices: Approaches to design and execution*
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Participatory Session: Teaching the Teachers: Bringing Archival Materials and Methods to the K-12 Classroom
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Voxman Music Building, E. Carmen Moser Rehearsal Room
RBMS 2017 InstaMeetUI
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
UI Library Room 3052
Leab Catalog Display
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Vetro, Lehman Lobby
Beverage Break & “The Tales Provenance Can Tell” with Booksellers
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Booksellers’ Showcase
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Lunch Break
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Panel: Documents Abroad: Latin American Materials and Special Collections in the United States
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber
Seminar I: Radical Collaboration: Outreach, In-Reach, and Moving Past the notion of ‘The Crown Jewel’*
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Pappajohn Business Building W10
Leab Catalog Display
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro, Lehman Lobby
Beverage Break with Booksellers
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro Lehman 1 & 2
Tour of the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Vetro Plaza 1 & 2
Shuttle Buses to Hancher Auditorium
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Sheraton, front entrance on Dubuque
Janet Weaver
The University of Iowa Libraries and Iowa State University Library Reception
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hancher Second Floor Mezzanine
Shuttle Buses Back to the Sheraton Hotel
7:30 pm-8:15 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Sheraton Amos Dean Prefunction
Q&A with RBMS Leaders
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Vetro Lehman
Frank Salomon
Ticketed Bus to Chicago
1:30 pm
Sheraton, front entrance on Dubuque