As the ARLIS/NA liaison to ALA, I am sharing this news of a preconference
next June, which may be of interest. [Note that they are offering
attendance scholarships!]
Jeanne Brown
From their web site at http://www.rbms.nd.edu/
2006 Rare Book and Manuscripts Section Preconference
The 47th Annual RBMS Preconference will be held in Austin, TX (note: the
ALA annual conference will be in New Orleans in 2006) from Tuesday, June
20 through Friday, June 23, 2006. The theme will be "Libraries, Archives,
and Museums in the Twenty-First Century: Intersecting Missions, Converging
Futures?"
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded ACRL/RBMS
a $93,106 grant to support the preconference (view ALA press release). The
grant will provide funding for speakers and certain conference logistics.
A major portion of the IMLS funding will be used to provide thirty
attendance scholarships to the preconference. Scholarships will be
available on a competitive basis to new and aspiring library, archives,
and museum professionals, especially from professionally underrepresented
backgrounds. An application process will be announced on this web site and
various electronic mailing lists in the coming months.
The preconference hotel will be the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental
(http://www.austin.intercontinental.com/) in downtown Austin. Additional
hotel and dormitory lodging options will be provided. The opening evening
reception and morning plenary sessions will be held at the preconference
hotel; afternoon seminar and break-out sessions will be held on the nearby
campus of The University of Texas at Austin. The recently renovated Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC) will serve as the site for several
of the afternoon sessions and an evening reception. Special tours of the
HRC, the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and
Museum, and other facilities will be available to preconference attendees.
Other outings will also be organized to help attendees take advantage of
Austin's many dining and cultural offerings.
A Web site with more details on the Preconference, including program and
registration information, is presently being prepared. Any questions about
the Preconference may be directed to program chair Christian Dupont at
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