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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>** This message is being cross-posted**<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), with co-sponsorship by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), invite you to the 2011 Conference Program at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Sunday, June 26, 2011<br>1:30 - 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (NOMCC) -- Room 356-357<br>900 Convention Center Blvd.<br>New Orleans, LA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>How have rare book and special collections libraries weathered the global financial crisis of 2008? Presented at the end of the second full fiscal year in which libraries have absorbed budget cuts, layoffs, and job and wage freezes, a panel of special collections library administrators will compare notes on their experiences during this period and will discuss whether the economic downturn might have resulted in positive, as well as negative, developments for their institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Panelists:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Ellen S. Dunlap, President, American Antiquarian Society<br>Kris Kiesling, Elmer L. Andersen Director of Archives and Special Collections, University of Minnesota<br>Richard W. Oram, Associate Director and Hobby Foundation Librarian, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Moderator:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Jennifer Schaffner, Program Officer, OCLC Research <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information, please visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://rbms.info/conferences/conf-docs/2011/index.shtml">http://rbms.info/conferences/conf-docs/2011/index.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>--------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ellen Ellickson<br>Catalog Librarian<br>Rare Book Team<br>Yale University Library<br>New Haven CT 06520<br>203-432-4850<br>Chair, 2011 Conference Program Planning Committee</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>