Conferences
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2017 Midterm Conference, Buenos Aires
"Cultural Heritage in Latin American and Caribbean Libraries: challenges and perspectives" sponsored by the Biblioteca Nacional “Mariano Moreno” and IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section. 27-28 September 2017.
- Call for Papers in Spanish and English
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2016 Columbus
Business Meetings
- Agenda (Supporting documents will be distributed at the meeting)
Saturday 13 August
Session 010 Standing Committee I — Rare Books and Special Collections
09:45 - 12:15 / Room C220-221
Thursday 18 August
Session 217 Standing Committee II — Rare Books and Special Collections
11:30 - 13:00 / Room C224
Conference Sessions
Monday 15 August
Session 091 Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and Access
Rare books and Special collections with Art Libraries
09:00-17:30
Off-site Location: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210 (See link for map and directions)
Tuesday 16 August
Session 146 Data Across Borders: Discovering and Describing Rare Materials
Rare Books and Special Collections
13:45 – 15:45 / Room C112-115 Session 154 Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth
Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) with Rare Books and Special Collections
16:00 – 18:00
Room C210-212
Wednesday 17 August
Session 164 Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing - Preservation and Conservation with Audiovisual and Multimedia and Rare Books and Special Collections
09:30 – 12:45 / Hall E
Other
Section Dinner: Wednesday 17 August at a local restaurant, with invitations extended to the panellists at our sessions and joint sessions, and other interested Congress attendees. Venue to be confirmed.
2016 Midterm Meeting, Lisbon
22-24 February 2016
2015 Cape Town
81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 15-21 August 2015
Satellite Conference
Managing and promoting special collections Africa: The Bleek-Lloyd collection and beyond. | Friday, 14 August 2015 | All day | University of Cape Town. Conference Website. Program and Papers.
Conference Session
Session 206 - Fostering collaboration to build and preserve African cultural heritage | Thursday, 20 August, 10:45 - 12:45 | Exhibition Hall 2.
Business Meetings
Session 008 - Standing Committee, Rare Books and Special Collections |Saturday, 15 August 2015 | 9:45 - 12:15 | Ballroom East
Session 172 - Standing Committee, Rare Books and Special Collections |Wednesday, 19 August 2015 | 9:45 - 11:15 | Room 2.41 - 2.43
Business meeting documents can be found here.
Tours
Tour of the Special Collections Department, National Library of South Africa. Wednesday, 19 August, 13:00.
Social Event
Group Dinner: Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 19:00. Anatoli’s Turkish Restaurant, 24 Napier Street, Greenpoint, Cape Town, 8001. Phone: (+27) 021 419 2501.
2015 Midyear meeting, London
11-13 March 2015.
Conference: A coordinated approach to recording and searching provenance records and images: moving forward. Organised by Raphaële Mouren (Warburg Institute) and Cristina Dondi (CERL Secretary and Lincoln College, Oxford). Sponsored by IFLA RBSC, The Warburg Institute, CERL, 15cBOOKTRADE, CILIP RBSCG.
2014 Lyon
80th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 16-22 August 2014
Business Meetings
Business Meeting -- Session 8 — Standing Committee I — Rare Books and Manuscripts | 16 August 2014 | 09:45 - 12:15 | Room: Salle Rhône 1
Business Meeting -- Session 179 — Standing Committee II — Rare Books and Manuscripts | 20 August 2014 | 11:30 - 13:00 | Room: Salle Tête d'Or 1
Business meeting documents can be found here.
Conference Sessions
Session 69 — Special Places for Special Collections — Library Buildings and Equipment with Rare Books and Manuscripts | 17 August 2014 | 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Amphithéâtre | SI
Session 84 — Brave New World: Teaching and Learning Special Collections Librarianship — 18 August 2014 | 09:00 - 17:30 | Off-site at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (Presentations and Handouts)
Special Events
Monday, August 18. Section dinner at Brasserie Georges. Details to be announced at the business meeting. http://www.brasseriegeorges.com/accueil.aspx
Wednesday, August 20. Afternoon visit to the printing museum in Lyon (Musée de l’imprimerie Lyon). http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr
Friday, August 22. All-day library tour to Bibliothèques municipales de Grenoble. This library hosts the library of the Grande chartreuse, the first monastery of the order created ad the end of the 11th century, together with a collection related to Stendhal, born in Grenoble, including some original manuscripts of his novels. Details will be announced at the business meeting. http://www.bm-grenoble.fr
Satellite Conference
History of Librarianship. Monday- Tuesday, 25-26 August | Ecole nationale supérieure des sciences de l'Information et des bibliothèques (enssib), just a short distance from the IFLA Congress Centre. The attendance is free but registration is mandatory on the website : http://histlibr2014.sciencesconf.org
2013 Singapore
79th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17-23 August 2013
Conference Session 95: Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context. 19 August 2013 08:30 - 18:00 | Off-site session at the National Library of Singapore. More information
Conference Session 132: Presentation of the Digitization Guidelines. 20 August 2013 11:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 324/325 More information
Conference Session 146: Preserving for the future: Integrating physical and digital preservation. 20 August 2013 13:45 - 18:00 | Room: Exhibition Hall 404-405 | SI More information
Conference Session 202: Images, lost and found: innovative approaches to discovery and use of visual material found in rare books, manuscripts, and special collections. 22 August 2013 08:30 - 11:30 | Room: Summit 2 More information
Poster Presentation Abstract (session 95): Preserving Sri Lanka's traditional manuscript culture: role of the Palm Leaf Digitization Project of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Piyadasa Ranasinghe and W.M. Tharanga Dilruk Ranasinghe. Abstract
2012 Helsinki
78th IFLA World Library and Information Congress: 11-17 August, Helsinki, Finland
Conference Session 87: Marketing of Rare and Special Collections in a Digital Age, Monday 13 August. Conference Session 87 Call for Papers
Conference Session 212: Cataloging Standards and Special Collections, Thursday, 16 August. Conference Session 212
2011 San Juan
World Library and Information Congress: 13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Rare and special collections depending on history: Latin America and the Caribbean
2010 Gothenburg
World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: Reconstructing libraries: physical evidence for the history of libraries and collections
2009 Milan
World Library and Information Congress: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: Dispersed cultural collections Preservation, reconstruction and access
IFLA-preconference, Munich, Germany 19-21 August 2009
Theme: Early printed books as material objects
2008 Quebec
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada
Theme: Expanding Frontiers of Knowledge: Documents of Exploration, Discovery, and Travel
2007 Durban
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Durban, South Africa
Theme: Preservation in African collections: perspectives and case studies
2006 Hangzhou
IFLA-preconference, Hangzhou, China, 14-16 August
Theme: Chinese Written and Printed Cultural Heritage and Library Work
Last update: 18 May 2017
