IFLA RBSCS Midterm Meeting Schedule and Conference Programme
21 January 2016Lisbon, National Library of Portugal, 22-24 February 2016
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for midyear conference in Lisbon: "A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?
19 January 2016Monday, 22 February: A one-day conference at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon) organized by the IRLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section. Followed by Business Meetings on 23 February and a library visit on 24 February.
CALL FOR PAPERS: "Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing"
16 December 2015This joint session at the 2016 IFLA World Congress is presented by the Preservation and Conservation Section, Rare Books and Special Collections Section, and Audiovisual and Multimedia Section
CALL FOR PAPERS: “A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?”
5 December 201522nd February 2016, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon)
Rare Books and Special Collections section Midterm Meeting | Lisbon | 22-24 February 2016
5 December 2015One-day conference on developing a common international standard for rare materials cataloging; Section business meetings; Official library visits.
Pictures from the Rare Books and Special Collections section events in Cape Town.
29 August 2015Meetings, sessions, events.
Register now for Satellite Conference "Managing and Promoting Special Collections in Africa: The Bleek-Lloyd Collection and Beyond" at the University of Cape Town
15 July 2015Friday, 14 August 2015 / Sponsored by the Rare Books and Special Collections section
Just published: A Korean translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
22 May 2015The guidelines have been translated into Korean by Dr. Hye-Eun LEE (Curator, National Library of Korea) / 이혜은 역 / and are made freely available as a PDF file under a Creative Commons license.
Just published: An Italian translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
20 February 2015Prepared by Chiara Cauzzi, Chiara Consonni, Valeria De Francesca, Danilo Deana, Lisa Longhi, and Federica Viazzi and freely available as a PDF file under a Creative Commons license.
Just published: A Turkish translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
1 February 2015Translated by Dr. Nevzat Özel (Ankara University, Department of Information and Record Management, Turkey) and available as a free PDF file under a Creative Commons "by" license.
Just published: A Spanish translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Books and Manuscript Collections
5 January 2015Prepared by Adelaida Caro Martín and Pilar Egoscozábal Carrasco of the National Library of Spain and available as a free PDF file.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Cape Town Conference Session and Satellite Meeting. Deadline: 15 February 2015
5 January 2015Consider presenting a paper at the Rare Books and Special Collections sessions at the IFLA World Congress in Cape Town. The deadline for paper proposals is extended to 15 February 2015. Read more ...
Rare Books and Special Collections midterm meeting in London, 11-13 March 2015
23 December 2014A coordinated approach to recording and searching provenance records and images: moving forward
A New Name for the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
11 December 2014The new name is Rare Books and Special Collections
Hold the Date! RBMS Midterm Meeting in London, 11-13 March 2015
9 November 2014Watch this space for more details.
Call for Papers: Cape Town Satellite Conference
6 November 2014This one-day conference takes place Friday, 14 August 2014 at the University of Cape Town.
Presentations and handouts from the RBMS all-day session in Lyon are now available.
27 October 2014"Brave New World: Teaching and Learning Special Collections Librarianship"
JUST PUBLISHED. Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
21 September 2014Written by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Available in English as a downloadable PDF file.