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Time/corr: Agenda, RBMS Mss & Other Formats



Sorry for the omission:

The time of the Mss & Other Formats Disc Group mtg is Sun, Jan 14, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

lrjm

Rebecca Johnson Melvin wrote:

> ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
> Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group
>
> Sunday, January 14, 2001
> JW Marriott Hotel, Salon J/K  Washington, D.C.
>
> As always, please check the printed program and addenda for room changes.
>
> AGENDA
>
> 1. Introductions and general announcements.
>
> 2. Reports on recent conferences and meetings.  Anyone who has attended a recent
> meeting of interest is invited to give a brief report.
>
> 3. News from individual repositories.  Members are invited to describe new
> collections, projects in which they are involved, exhibitions, grants,
> exhibitions, or other news.
>
> 4. Individual member issues or queries.  Individuals who wish to bring up
> particular issues of relevance to the group or who have specific archival
> questions they would like to put to the collective wisdom of the group will have
> an opportunity to do so.
>
> 5. Practitioner?s Corner.  The topic of online reference forms will be
> explored.  The increase of online finding aids to archival collections and other
> detailed online descriptions of special collections, not to mention the basic
> ?home page? presence of libraries and repositories on the Internet, has
> dramatically increased electronic communication regarding reference assistance
> with collection holdings.  Several repositories have developed online reference
> forms to manage the correspondence.  What are the benefits of these forms?  What
> are desirable features?  What considerations have been made in deciding not to
> use online forms?  Members are encouraged to bring printouts of exemplary online
> reference forms (especially those from their own repositories).
>
> 6. Primary Discussion Topic.  After threatening legal action, a New Jersey
> historical society settled an acquisition deal for an early state document with
> an individual who had advertised its sale on the Internet auction site, eBay.
> Amazon.com has affiliated with Sotheby?s and eBay has acquired San
> Francisco-based Butterfield & Butterfield, both traditional auction houses that
> have offered books, manuscripts, autographs, and other ?collectibles.?  Scholar
> of American diaries Molly McCarthy describes her direct acquisition of primary
> sources in ?Consuming History,? in the January issue of Common-Place
> www.comon-place.org.  As noted in professional newsletters and reports from
> researchers, the e-market is an important emerging source for acquisition of
> primary source material.  The primary topic for discussion will be the effect of
> online sources (catalogs, auctions, emails, listservs) for collection
> development, especially of manuscripts and other formats.  Issues include new
> lines of communication (direct contact from potential donors, individual
> sellers, changing role for dealers), immediacy of the market, authenticity of
> items and integrity of collections, expanding competition between private
> collectors and institutional collectors, the effect on established library
> acquisition operations, etc.  Other observations and comments on problems and
> trends in collection development are welcome.
>
> 7. The future of the discussion group.  Business includes proposal of future
> discussion topics as well as future leadership.
>
> As always, our chief concern is to ensure that the Manuscripts and Other Formats
> Discussion Group reflects the interests of its members.  We welcome suggestions
> relating to the above topic or concerning any other issue members might like to
> see addressed at our meetings.  Please don?t hesitate to get in touch:
>
> L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin (lrjm@udel.edu, 302-831-6089)
> or  Timothy D. Murray (tdm@udel.edu, 302-831-6952)
> Special Collections
> University of Delaware Library
>
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