[DCRM-L] CFP: 2017 RBMS Conference, seminar on “Today’s Rare Materials: A 90-minute Bootcamp on Description and Access"

[Moody, Honor M.]

Call for proposals: 2017 RBMS Conference, seminar on “Today’s Rare Materials: A 90-minute Bootcamp on Description and Access"



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?


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.

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, hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu<mailto:hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu> by February 6th.

Seminar organizers:
Honor Moody, Cataloger, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study/Harvard Library
Ann K.D. Myers, Rare Books Cataloger, Stanford University Libraries
Allison Jai O’Dell, Backend Developer, Mercy for Animals
Aislinn Sotelo, Director of Metadata Services, The Library, University of California, San Diego

Best,
Honor

Honor Moody
Cataloger
Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel.: (617) 495-4223
Email: hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu

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