[DCRM-L] FW: Call for Proposals: RBMS 2019

Fri Jun 29 12:12:11 MDT 2018

Dear cataloging and metadata enthusiasts,

See below the call for proposals for the 2019 RBMS Conference, in Baltimore, Maryland. As we do every year, the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC) would like to sponsor programming that overlaps with our activities or contributes to the development of our profession.

This year we are a little bit behind. A couple of ideas (both with promise) were discussed in the meeting of BSC last week in New Orleans, but we’d really like to hear more. Ideas for all types of programming are welcome, but we are especially keen to hear ideas for seminars and workshops. The requirements for each category are described below.

Have ideas? Please share them (well-formed and sketchy alike) on this list, or email me directly (francis.lapka at yale.edu<mailto:francis.lapka at yale.edu>). I also welcome ideas for programming that may not be feasible until later years (2020 and beyond).

Best,
Francis

Francis Lapka  ·  Catalog Librarian
Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Yale Center for British Art
203.432.9672  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu<mailto:francis.lapka at yale.edu>

From: rbms-request at lists.ala.org [mailto:rbms-request at lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Ben Goldman
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 3:04 PM
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Subject: [RBMS] Call for Proposals: RBMS 2019

The Association for College and Research Libraries’ Rare Books and Manuscripts Section presents their 2019 annual conference, to be held June 18-21 in Baltimore, Maryland.

RBMS 2019: Response and Responsibility: Special Collections and Climate Change

The archives and special collections library communities - as part of the global community - face prospective major shifts in our energy systems, economic models, and literal landscapes. Current and predicted impacts associated with climate change offer highly varied and unpredictable effects on our collections, collecting, facilities, services, funding, users, communities, and professional lives.

This conference invites attendees and the broader archives and special collections communities to a candid and forward-looking conversation about our work in the era of climate change.  We seek proposals for sessions that will connect these issues across our proven professional capacities for committed cultivation of inclusivity, technical excellence, strong collaboration, cultural and historical scholarship, educational expertise, and resource stewardship. We encourage session proposals that explore new prospects of value and alternative lenses of assessment that center on the present and future flourishing of the humanistic efforts we serve.

Priorities for acceptance

While the program committee welcomes all proposals of interest to the RBMS community, with the exception of Seminars, preference will be given to proposals that explore and help expand our profession’s engagement with this year’s program theme. Following are potential topics to consider:

  *   The energy consumption of our professional activities (e.g. storage facilities, digital collections, travel)
  *   The capacity of our existing collections to illuminate “hidden” histories relevant to climate change
  *   The intersection of information literacy and ecoliteracy
  *   The possibility of new services or outreach initiatives to support public awareness related to climate change and the environment
  *   The role of special collections in communities responding to climate change, including relative to issues of environmental justice
  *   The implications of climate change for preservation practices (both analog and digital), collection security, or disaster preparedness
  *   The responsibility of special collections libraries to document climate change through collection development and appraisal activities
  *   General provocations on the future of special collections and archives in a time of possible climate insecurity

The program committee welcomes the opportunity to help interested parties shape proposals that connect the program’s theme to our core professional activities. Please do not hesitate to contact the program chairs (Ben Goldman, bmg17 at psu.edu<mailto:bmg17 at psu.edu>, and Kate Hutchens, khutch at umich.edu<mailto:khutch at umich.edu>) with questions or ideas. Proposals involving diverse speakers and experiences will be looked on favorably by the committees.

Description of session types are provided below. Seminars and Workshops proposals are evaluated, selected, and coordinated by members of the RBMS Seminars Committee and the RBMS Workshops Committee, respectively.  All other sessions are coordinated and selected by members of the RBMS 2019 Conference Program Planning Committee.

RBMS will make every effort to accommodate equipment requests, within reason.

Deadlines for Submissions and Notifications

Deadline for all submissions (with the exception of Posters and Pop-Ups) is August 3, 2018. Deadline for Poster submissions is October 5, 2018. Notifications of accepted proposals for seminars and workshops will be sent in October, 2018, and other session types in the January, 2019. A subsequent call for Pop-Up sessions will be announced in March, 2019.

How to Submit

Brief session proposals of 300 words or less can be submitted, along with accompanying session and contact information, using this form: https://goo.gl/forms/Rlp32s098pDAYVUF3<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_Rlp32s098pDAYVUF3&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=jrWJXl6NwKnAswBXMUyz4gwgwml2Fnao_95lEQ2zkjY&m=vuV_VovyenZ_-Xz2B1KIVApZFDj8uI854o4LAgj_m_g&s=ifS_uSZXLlxDFhLm81vIAmsYaCfL16n-46fC7Wh-B7Q&e=>

Types of Session Proposals We Seek
Seminars

The RBMS 2019 Seminars Committee invites proposals for 90-minute sessions with a strong educational component on all topics of professional concern, and need not be connected to the conference theme. Seminars typically offer two to four presenters the opportunity to bring together ideas, case studies, critical perspectives, and reflections with the goal of educating attendees and fostering a wider discussion. A successful seminar inspires audience members to consider multiple, diverse perspectives on a particular topic and take actionable ideas back to their home institutions. We welcome experimentation and reimagination of the RBMS Seminar and encourage non-traditional formats and approaches. The Seminars Committee is available to work with proposers to help develop ideas for potential seminars.

Proposals should include a description of the purpose and content, learning objectives, planned number of speakers/presentations, and format.

Workshops

A workshop is instructional and should have a hands-on component to make full use of the live, face-to-face format it provides. Workshops contribute to the development of special collections professionals by training participants in new and evolving procedures, technologies, approaches, or standards. Workshops can be full or half day (6 or 3 hours). A full day runs 9:00-4:00 with 75 minutes for lunch and 15 minutes at the end for certificates and evaluation. Workshops are typically limited to 30 or fewer participants and take place on the Tuesday before the conference. They are subject to an additional fee for participants. Presenters are given a small honorarium for the course.

Participant-Driven Sessions

In participant-driven sessions, the audience contributes the majority of dialogue to the topic at hand, and that discussion is facilitated by the proposer(s). You (or you and a cohort) have an idea for a session that would require the majority of the time be devoted to audience participation. Participant-driven sessions feature flexible seating arrangements such as pair-and-share or small group discussion, and are held in rooms without audio/visual equipment. Sessions are not recorded.

Proposals should offer a session timeline, include proposed equipment requirements* (i.e., notepads, flip charts, easels, etc.), provide at least one learning objective for their session (i.e., "Attendees will ___") and also include at least one, but no more than three, takeaways for post-conference development. Please indicate in your proposal if your session will include a social media blackout (and why that would be necessary).

*Please note: RBMS makes every effort to accommodate equipment requests, within reason.

Panels/Papers

These sessions are a way to connect participation across a wider range of voices, and we encourage submissions from newer members of the profession, as well as those who have a longer history in RBMS and the greater special collections community. In these brief presentations, delivered in the context of a panel of speakers, presenters share their experience, ideas, or research addressing the conference theme through any of the following content types:

  *   Scholarly research papers about materials, OR high-level work about libraries
  *   Case studies
  *   Reports, information exchange about collections and/or libraries.

Session proposals may vary in structure from traditional panels (3 people x 20 minutes each + 30 minutes discussion) to lightning talks (8-9 people x 7 minutes each + 30 minutes discussion). Please indicate the content type and projected length of your talk. Proposals may be submitted as a group or individually. For talks submitted individually, we will group successful submissions as appropriate.

Posters

We invite poster proposals that share innovative approaches to issues facing the special collections profession, and especially encourage topics related to the theme (see above and below). Each submission will be evaluated on the strength of its 300-word abstract and relationship to the conference's theme. We are especially interested in posters clearly stating a problem and offering practical solutions. Posters are showcased during scheduled times throughout the conference.

Pop-ups

To provide more flexibility and immediacy to the proceedings, the Program Committee looks forward to soliciting Pop-Up session proposals (similar to the above session types, but expecting less advance planning/formality, echoing those found at the Society of American Archivists annual conference). Additional details will be forthcoming closer to the time of the RBMS 2019 conference.

This CFP can be accessed and bookmarked online at: https://rbms.info/blog/news-events/call-for-proposals-rbms-2019/

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