The second day of the colloquium began with a panel discussing how collectors, dealers, faculty and special collections librarians can and perhaps, should be working together to collaboratively build collections. Speakers addressed issues related to ideas of creating complete collection, an activity perhaps best suited for collectors, as opposed to special collections librarians. The importance […]

This afternoon kicked off the first day of a two day Special Collections Colloquium, hosted at Case Western. Sarah Thomas the Vice President, Harvard Library and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences began our sessions and shared with us her thoughts about the past and future of our profession. She […]

I ended the fall conference with a session on collection development. This session offered a wide range of experiences through lightening talks by university archivists at various sized institutions, as well as experiences from those in special collections. The moderator of the session began her remarks by encouraging us to think about donors “as intelligent […]

My MARAC Saturday began with a really thought provoking session on the evolving partnership between our users and us, as archivists. Two PhD candidates in History from Harvard University and one historical re-enactor spoke about their experiences using collections at different repositories. Zachary Novack mentioned an Intro to Archives type class that he took during […]

Together with four other panelists, I presented my experience starting the Rochester Early-Career Information Professionals (for more information about the group, you can refer to this previous post here) The groups discussed during this session include: A division of ACRL, SNAP a roundtable in SAA and REPS as part of the new England Archivists and […]

I started my fall MARAC meeting with the session “It’s all about change”. Elizabeth Surles shared with us her use of the business framework, knowledge management, to consider change and issues related to institutional memory. Her central goal has been to create full, intellectual and legal control of collections for the purpose of sustainability. Adriana […]

The Rochester-Early-Career Information Professionals, a group I co-founded in 2013 put on a Leadership Summit to offer those in the greater Rochester area an opportunity to continue their professional development. In order for early-career information professionals to develop into innovative library leaders, they need opportunities to develop strong professional networks, to share ideas and find […]

For my last session at SAA I went to this morning’s session about two different mentoring program models. One from the Society of Georgia Archivists focused on a formal match program that began in 2009, and moved into its second phase in 2011. Luciana Spracher and Lynette Staudt. Shared their experiences organizing this program. Their […]