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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:black">Call for proposals: 2017 RBMS Conference, seminar on “Today’s Rare Materials: A 90-minute Bootcamp on Description and Access"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:black">Abstract: 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 when faced with today’s rare materials? What are user needs and best practices for cataloging transient art materials, self-published music, artists’ books, zines, Web archives, digital
humanities projects, oral histories, and research datasets – and how might these differ from materials traditionally collected by rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries?
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:black">This lightning-round seminar will provide a bootcamp on description and access to today’s rare materials. Audience members will understand and be able
to articulate challenges in providing access to today’s rare materials, and will gain a toolkit of solutions for cataloging and discovery.</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The organizers invite proposals for 10-minute presentations on cataloging today’s rare materials (see examples above). We are particularly interested in hearing about creative solutions for providing high level access to new genres
of rare materials within a traditional cataloging environment. Please send your ideas (less than 200 words) and contact information to Honor Moody,
</span><a href="mailto:hmoody@radcliffe.harvard.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">hmoody@radcliffe.harvard.edu</span></a><span style="color:black"> by February 6th. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Honor Moody, Cataloger, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study/Harvard Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Ann K.D. Myers, Rare Books Cataloger, Stanford University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Allison Jai O’Dell, Backend Developer, Mercy for Animals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Aislinn Sotelo, Director of Metadata Services, The Library, University of California, San Diego<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Honor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Honor Moody<br>
Cataloger<br>
Schlesinger Library<br>
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study<br>
3 James Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
Tel.: (617) 495-4223<br>
Email: hmoody@radcliffe.harvard.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">
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