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RBSCG Annual Study Conference : The Library as Classroom
RBSCG Annual Study Conference : The Library as Classroom The RBSCG Annual Study Conference will be held at Downing College, the University of Cambridge, from 5th-7th September 2018. Delegates are invited to hear speakers from...
JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE” – 28 de noviembre de 2018
JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE” Organiza: Fundación Biblioteca Nacional del Brasil & IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section Está abierta la convocatoria de trabajos a ser...
Survey on rare materials cataloguing with RDA
In the last years an increasing number of libraries are adopting RDA as a cataloguing standard. Still, what happens to their rare materials? Is RDA fit for the description of their rare books, their...
Programme now available for IFLA RBSCS Mid-term conference!
The programme for the IFLA Rare Books & Special Collections section mid-term conference has now been published! You can view it below or download it here. Libraries in the sky large-scale collaboration strategies...
Call for Papers: Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections
Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway (Oslo) April 12th 2018 In many countries, libraries...
The Société bibliographique de France: A new organisation for promoting the history of the book in the French world
Over the past few decades book history has been something of an outsider in the French intellectual world. Whilst in Anglophone countries the discipline thrived, in France the subject was increasingly marginalised. Elsewhere in...
Towards the new RDA Toolkit: RSC meeting in Madrid
The RDA Steering Committee convened last week in Madrid, at the National Library of Spain, in the context of its 3R Project (RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project). Along with the closed business meetings,...
Call for Papers: William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture: A Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Visual Culture Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia
Call for Papers: William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture: A Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Visual Culture Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,...
Report from the CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group annual conference, 2017
The Rare Books and Special Collections Group Conference 2017, hosted at the picturesque University of Sussex, had ‘Collections at Risk’ as its theme. Over the course of the three-day conference we heard talks from...
WLIC 2017- Managing Digital Estates: Challenges for the National & University Library Strasbourg – Frédéric Blin
On July 5th, 2017, during the annual conference of LIBER, the European League of European Libraries, the Consortium for European Libraries (CERL) and the LIBER Digital Cultural Heritage Forum organised a workshop entitled: “Managing...
La librería secreta de Luis de Usoz (1805-1865): últimos días
En el año 1873, durante la Primera República Española, María Sandalia del Acebal y Arratia donaba a la Biblioteca Nacional la que había sido la biblioteca de su marido, Luis de Usoz y Río,...
IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section events at WLIC 2017
The Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to join our programme of events during the Congress. Full details of each session are posted on the Congress website but this post gives a...
Call for Papers: Data Stewardship and Data Curation – LIBER
Data Stewardship and Data Curation 4th Digital Curation Workshop – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen, 13-14 November 2017 Call for Papers – deadline 11 August 2017 This theme is on the agenda of both libraries...
“Collections and Books [A]cross Borders” – all day off-site session at WLIC 2017 (Wroclaw, Poland)
You are invited to attend a special all-day session (Session 088) at the forthcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2017: “Collections and Books [A]cross Borders” The session is open to all (no...
Jornada “El patrimonio bibliográfico en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos y perspectivas” (27 & 28 de septiembre, Buenos Aires)
Jornada “El patrimonio bibliográfico en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos y perspectivas” 27 y 28 de septiembre de 2017, Buenos Aires – Argentina Organiza Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno – IFLA Rare Books...
CALL FOR EXAMPLES – YOUR EXPERIENCE NEEDED AT THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO)
With the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) thirty-fourth session at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) approaching, we would be very grateful if we could draw on the Rare Books and Special...
2017 RBMS Conference: The Stories We Tell
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2017 RBMS Conference taking place this June in Iowa City, IA. Scholarships are also available, with an application deadline of March 31....
WLIC 2017 Call for Papers
The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites proposals for papers for an open 2-hour session and a special all-day session co-sponsored by the Indigenous Matters Section at the 83rd IFLA World Library and...
Call for Papers: The Information Landscape in Scotland: 1600-1900
Call for Papers: The Information Landscape in Scotland: 1600-1900 Saturday 1 July 2017, University of Dundee CILIP’s Library and Information History Group is delighted to announce that its 2017 conference will be held at...
RBSC seeking members for Standing Committee
The Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to serve on our standing committee! We are especially looking for members from Central and South America, Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa, to complement our...
“We don’t know” – a report from the beginning of the EMo Book Trade Project (ERC)
My personal teaching collection of early modern books counts one book printed in England, more specifically an ordinary duodecimo from Westminster. It is a 18th-century, corrected edition of George Ruggle’s Ignoramus. Comoedia. “Ignoramus” in...
Exhibition “Morocco in Pictures” – National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco
Exhibition “Morocco in Pictures” Within the Framework to make the Special Collections known to a wide audience, The National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco has organized an exhibition entitled “Morocco in Pictures” from...
Report from the IFLA Library of Congress Regional PAC Center
The Library of Congress (LOC) has been an IFLA/Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center for many years, and has changed its focus during that time. When the PAC produced the International Preservation News, (IPN) the...
Training on preserving photographs at the National Library of Kingkdom of Morocco
A second round of advanced Environment and exhibition of photographs workshop is taking place from 10th to 21st october 2016 at the Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc in Rabat, as part of MEPPI program (Middle...
Helping the profession to define new standards for preservation
In August 2016, IFLA launched the survey on standards, guidelines, and best practises for the preservation and conservation of library materials. Why are we doing this? In the IFLA Strategic Plan, it states that...
Conference round-up: ‘A rich tapestry: diverse collections and audiences’ (CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group, 7-9 September 2016, Liverpool)
How can the special collections sector champion diversity? This question lay at the heart of this year’s CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group (RBSCG) Conference: ‘A rich tapestry: diverse collections and audiences’. Held...
Autumn courses at Rare Books School (Virginia, USA)
This fall, Rare Book School will offer three courses that may be of interest to members of the IFLA Rare & Special community. — Special Collections Librarianship aims to teach the current issues, best...
Disaster Management Conference (Library of Alexandria) / (تخطيط إدارة الكوارث (مكتبة الإسكندرية
تستضيف مكتبة الإسكندرية مؤتمرًا عن تخطيط إدارة الكوارث في 23 و24 أكتوبر 2016م في المسرح الصغير بمركز مؤتمرات، مكتبة الإسكندرية. يُعقد هذا المؤتمر تحت شعار «تراثنا المعرض للخطر: التحديات وكيفية التعامل معها» مع التركيز...
Draft standard available for public comment / Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries
The SAA–ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries has posted for public comment an initial draft standard. The task force,...
IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section events at WLIC 2016
The 2016 WLIC in Columbus, Ohio, is almost upon us and the Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to join our programme of events during the Congress. Full details of each session...
Report from the IFLA Brazil PAC Centre – A view on the conservation and restoration of the National Library collection
A report from the Center of Technical Processes and Preservation Coordination of Preservation, Biblioteca Nacional The Coordination of Preservation is made up by the Conservation and Binding Center and the Restoration Laboratory, each respectively carrying...
Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, 3rd edition, now available!
Facet Publishing have announced the release of the 3rd edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The Directory is the only publication...
Final Program for WLIC 2016 Off-site Session in Columbus- Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and Access
The final program is now available for a one-day, off-site workshop during the World Library and Information Congress in Columbus: Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and Access. The...
Report from the IFLA Sri Lanka PAC Centre – Testing Aqua Fumigator (Cyphenothrin 72%) against insect pests of library books in Sri Lanka
The IFLA PAC Center of Sri Lanka conducted recent research on pest control. The members of the advisory committee of Sri Lanka IFLA PAC Center provided their support and expert assistance in this study....
Manuscriptos Novohispanos en Lenguas Indígenas, en linea
Patrimonio Cultural del Tecnológico de Monterrey ha publicado en el recientemente estrenado Repositorio Institucional (RI) 32 documentos originalmente escritos en lenguas indígenas básicamente mesoamericanas. Estos documentos, provenientes del Fondo Reservado de la Biblioteca Cervantina...
Report from the IFLA Asia PAC Centre – Conservation activities using washi
This is the first of an ongoing series of reports from the IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres regarding their activities and future work in their regions. The National Diet Library of Japan (NDL) was...
Conference round-up: “A common international standard for rare materials? Why? And how?” (22 February 2016, Lisbon)
On the 22nd of February 2016, the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section delivered a one-day conference, hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, on the topic of changing trends in international descriptive standards...
Call for Papers: Rare Books Collections in Brazil: the founding collections and collection development policies
The National Library of Brazil and the National Rare Books Program Identification (Plano Nacional de Recuperação de Obras Raras), has announced the call for papers to the 12th National Meeting of Rare Books to...
نشاط متحف المخطوطات بمكتبة الإسكندرية في منتصف العام الدراسي 2016
“اكتشف الماضي لتبني حاضرك” نشاط متحف المخطوطات بمكتبة الإسكندرية في منتصف العام الدراسي 2016 تحت شعار “اكتشف الماضي لتبني حاضرك”، نظَّمت إدارة متحف المخطوطات بالتعاون مع مكتبة الطفل ومكتبة النشء في مكتبة الإسكندرية ورشة...
Bilketa, a new online resource for Basque collections / Bilketa, une nouvelle ressource en ligne sur les fonds basques
BILKETA est le nom d’un portail (www.bilketa.eus) qui se veut le portail d’entrée vers les fonds basques recensés en France, ces fonds basques étant compris comme l’ensemble des livres, périodiques, manuscrits, archives, photographies et...
Final programme for ““A common international standard for rare materials? Why? And how?” one-day conference in Lisbon now available
The final programme for the one-day conference “A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?” at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon) has been released. You can download the programme here, or...
L’omaggio della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana ad Aldo Manuzio per i 500 anni dalla morte
Nel 1994 la Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana organizzò, per le cure di Marino Zorzi e Susy Marcon, un’importante esposizione, dal titolo Aldo Manuzio e l’ambiente veneziano, 1494-1515, nell’occasione del cinquecentenario dell’esordio di Aldo nella tipografia....
Registration OPEN: “A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?”
“A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?” 22nd February 2016, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon), 10am-6pm Registration is now open for this one-day conference being held at the Biblioteca Nacional...
Collection échiquéenne – Chess Library – Schach Sammlung – Bibliothèque municipale de Belfort
La bibliothèque municipale de Belfort inaugurera le fonds Mennerat le samedi 12 décembre 2015. Cette collection de 20 000 livres imprimés et 1000 périodiques fait partie des quelques grandes collections publiques entièrement consacrées au jeu...
For tomorrow and the future – Libraries safeguarding documentary cultural heritage
Throughout the centuries, libraries have been essential for the preservation, conservation and safeguarding of the worlds’ heritage. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) upholds the mission and we made this one...
Le domaine de la Bibliothéconomie au Maroc: état actuel des choses
Ecole des sciences de l’information à Rabat L’Ecole des sciences de l’information (ESI) est une école étatique marocaine, créée en 1975, assurant la formation de bibliothécaires et d’archivistes. L’ESI a procédé à une réforme...
Manoscritti e Metadati – one day meeting in Milan, 26 November 2015.
A meeting on the theme ‘Manuscripts and metadata’ will be held at Archivio storico civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, in Milan, on 26 November 2015. The aim of the meeting is to illustrate how metadata is...
“Picking Up the Pieces”: 8th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age
Picking up the pieces In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce...
“Lyon, une capitale du livre à la Renaissance” : une nouvelle ressource en ligne sur l’histoire du livre à Lyon au XVIe siècle
Le site de l’Université Ouverte des Humanités propose une nouvelle ressource en ligne et gratuite sur l’histoire du livre à Lyon au XVIe siècle : Lyon, une capitale du livre à la Renaissance. Au XVIe...
The 37th Annual Conference on Book Trade History – Words on Paper : Transmission in Manuscript and Print, from the Fifteenth Century
The 37th Annual Conference on Book Trade History This year’s annual conference on book trade history will explore the uses of manuscript and print in the communication of ideas and information across four centuries....
Managing and Promoting Special Collections in Africa: RBSC’s IFLA WLIC 2015 Preconference Satellite Meeting
Annual conferences are often bookended by preconferences and workshops at the start of them with tours of libraries, exhibits, and scenic side trips at their end, and the 2015 IFLA WLIC conference was no...
Seminariet: International Perspectives on Rare Book Librarianship (19 October 2015, Stockholm, Kungl. biblioteket)
Den 19 oktober 2015 arrangeras seminariet International Perspectives on Rare Book Librarianship i samarbete med Kungl. biblioteket. Seminariet vänder sig i första hand till personer som arbetar vid större eller mindre bibliotek som har egna...
Neues Inkunabel-Blog der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
In der vergangenen Woche ist das neue Blog-Netzwerk für Forschung und Kultur der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ans Netz gegangen: http://blog.sbb.berlin/. Nunmehr ist auch ein speziell der Inkunabelforschung gewidmetes, vom Inkunabelreferat der SBB-PK unterhaltenes Blog...
IFLA Conference Session Explores African Cultural Heritage Collaboration
At the IFLA Annual World Congress this year in Cape Town, the Rare Books and Special Collections Section sponsored a session devoted to “fostering collaboration to build and preserve African cultural heritage.” The section’s...
IFLA WLIC 2021 – get your e-Library ticket now!
This year’s World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), the annual big-tent event put on by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), was delivered virtually over a three-day period. In pre-pandemic times, WLICs take...
Rare Books and Special Collections Adapting to a Global Pandemic: Continuing our Webinar Conversation
The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections section hosted a webinar, “Rare Books and Special Collections Adapting to a Global Pandemic” on February 10, 2021. (The webinar recording is available from our blog.) Because...
Rare Books and Special Collections Adapting to a Global Pandemic: video of the webinar
Thanks to the members of the section who organized it and the many participants, our webinar has been a success: thanks to all! You can now watch it and send the video to those...
Register for Upcoming Webinar: Rare Books and Special Collections Adapting to a Global Pandemic
Please join the IFLA’s Rare Books and Special Collections Section for a virtual discussion of the ways special collections libraries have adapted to the new pandemic operating environment. All are welcome! Details and registration information...
Libraries in the time of Covid: Crete University Library
What is your name and title, where do you work, and what kind of patrons do you normally have? My name is Konstantinos Papadakis. I am a librarian and I work in Special Collection...
Libraries in the time of Covid: Uppsala University Library
Interview of Peter Sjökvist, Rare Books’ Curator at Uppsala University. What is your name and title, where do you work, and what kind of patrons do you normally have? Peter Sjökvist, Rare Books’ Curator...
Libraries in the time of Covid: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Interview of Adelaida Caro Martin, Head of Rare Books at the National Library of Spain. What is your name and title, where do you work, and what kind of patrons do you normally have?...
Standards, catalog records and special collections: a few words about the RBSCS Metadata Working Group
For those in love with rare books and special collections, finding a good catalogue is always good news. No matter if it’s a latest generation database with links to high quality digital reproductions, a...
CANCELLED /// Call for Papers – Islamic Manuscripts and Imprints: Special Needs and International Endeavors
[We are sorry to announce that we had to cancel the mid-term meeting we were supposed to hold in Alexandria this year, due to the current events in the Middle East preventing several of...
Join us at WLIC 2019 in Athens!
IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section events at WLIC 2019 The Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to join our programme of events during the Congress in Athens, 24-30 August 2019....
University Libraries and the Sendai Framework
Funding cuts, climate change, conflict, natural hazards and other disruptive events are affecting cultural heritage around the world, including special collections held in libraries. The protection of heritage during disruptive events contributes to the...
What is the state of Collection Security in your library?
The Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) is working to help its member libraries and other organisations that curate cultural heritage collections to answer precisely that question. As a membership organisation, CERL aims to...
IFLA Survey on Rare Materials Cataloguing with RDA
Standardized cataloguing of rare materials has always been a complex matter, historically fragmented within geographical regions until the arrival in the 1980s of standardized models, such as ISBD and DCRM, which were quickly adopted...
Why not join us as a committee member?
IFLA has announced its Call for Nominations for Section Standing Committees August 2019 – August 2023 is now open. This call outlines what is expected of committee members in general. If you are interested...
Welcome to our Knowledge Café!
At this year’s WLIC in Kuala Lumpur the Rare Books and Special Collections section held our first ever Knowledge Cafe, on the subject of rare materials cataloguing. This format is designed to encourage people...