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"
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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.
REMINDER: "History of Librarianship" Satellite Conference, 25-26 August 2014, at ENSSIB in Lyon.
1 August 2014Sponsored by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and the Library History Special Interest Group. Please register online.
Does your library have an active rare book or special collections department? What kind of training is available for librarians working in these areas?
31 July 2014Attend an all-day workshop in Lyon to learn about how this area of librarianship is changing.
Join us! Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Midterm Meeting: 1-2 April 2014
18 January 2014At the Library of Congress in Washington DC and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS "History of Librarianship" Satellite Conference, DEADLINE: 30 November 2013
15 November 2013Satellite congress in Lyon, 25-26 August 2014
What competences are needed by heritage librarians of the future? A new publication from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section has the answers.
11 August 2013Papers from the 2012 mid-year conference in Antwerp.
July 2013 RBMS Newsletter now available, including details about conference sessions in Singapore
19 July 2013The newsletter is published in electronic format (PDF file, 2.1 MB)
The January 2013 issue of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Newseltter is now available.
14 February 2013The newsletter is published in electronic format (PDF file, 3.3 MB)
Call For Papers: Rare Book and Manuscript and Asia & Oceania Sections Joint Session at WLIC 2013, Singapore
16 January 2013Theme: Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context
Just published! Ambassadors of the book: competences and training for heritage librarians, edited by Raphaële Mouren
3 December 2012Papers from the 2012 mid-year conference in Antwerp
Just published! Ambassadors of the book: competences and training for heritage librarians, edited by Raphaële Mouren
3 December 2012Papers from the 2012 mid-year conference in Antwerp