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On behalf of the RBMS Workshops Committee and the leaders of the sessions
listed below, it is my honor to invite you to join us at Indiana University
Bloomington this June! Workshops are open to the public; more details
follow.

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) *Workshops Committee* is
excited to invite you to *register* for one of our half-day sessions, to be
held Tuesday, June 23, 2020, as part of the RBMS20 conference at Indiana
University in Bloomington, Indiana:

Get the Job!: A Workshop on Creating a Personal Brand & the Ins and
Outs of the Hiring Process
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C is for Critical: Investigating Themes of Power in Artists’ Books

Full details are below.

If you have already registered, and would like to add a workshop or tour to
your registration, please call the ALA registration department at
800-545-2433 and press option #5 or email [log in to unmask]

Workshops are open to *all*—students, the public and greater Bloomington
community, librarians and archivists, booksellers, as well as RBMS members!

Interested, but not sure you can make the entire RBMS20 Conference? You can
register for a *single workshop* without attending the Conference! See more
by clicking on Registration
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventsconf&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=C>
at http://conference.rbms.info/2020/registration/!

This year, the half-day workshops focus on self-marketing, the job search,
and leadership in special collections; and critical practices in artists’
books collection development and teaching.

The half-day workshops and prices* are:
Get the Job!: A Workshop on Creating a Personal Brand & the Ins and Outs
of the Hiring Process ($150)

This session, presented with the support of the RBMS Membership &
Professional Development Committee, will be a multi-part experience aimed
at providing students, early-career, and seasoned professionals with the
resources needed for self-marketing and leading in the fields of special
collections librarianship, the book trade, archives and museum libraries,
book arts, and teaching.

This workshop will feature:

a session on creating a personal brand, including web presence,
2.

an open forum with professionals from a variety of institutions and with
experience as hiring managers, and
3.

a resume review session with one’s peers and with the workshop panelists.

Participants will:

Apply tips for developing a personal brand, including a website and
social media presence
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Gain insight into the hiring process and preparing job talks
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Write more effective resumes and cover letters

Since attendees will register in advance, the workshop leaders will
set up secure
online folders where they can share documents to be evaluated in the third
part of the session.

The workshop will be led by:

Erika Jenns (Southern Tier Library System)

Erika Jenns is the the co-chair of the RBMS Membership & Professional
Development Committee and has been chair of the RBMS Mentoring Program in
the past. She provides support to 48 member libraries for digital
collections, website development, digital literacy instruction, and library
advocacy. She has also held positions, both as a professional and as a
student, in an academic library, and in special collections, and the rare
book trade. Erika presently works as Engagement Consultant for the Southern
Tier Library System (NY).

Patrick Olson (Patrick Olson Rare Books)

Patrick Olson has held a variety of special collections positions over
fifteen years: hourly and professional; permanent and temporary; cataloger,
curator, and department head; adjunct instructor; trade employee and trade
entrepreneur. His broad experience has included reviewing hundreds of
resumes, hiring and evaluating professional and support staff alike, and
branding at both the personal and library department level.

Blynne Olivieri (University of West Georgia)

Blynne Olivieri is the Head of Special Collections at Ingram Library.
Blynne came to UWG in December 2012 to lead digital projects as a special
collections librarian. In October 2013 she became head of Special
Collections. Previously Blynne served as Pacific Northwest Curator at the
University of Washington from 2009 to 2012. She holds a master’s degree in
Art History (2007) and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science
(2009), both from the University of Washington. She is also a Certified
Archivist and active on the Budget and Development Committee for RBMS.

Fernando Peña (Christie's)

Fernando Peña has nearly 20 years of experience in the rare books
profession. From 2001 to 2011, Fernando was librarian at the Grolier Club
in New York City. From 2011 to 2019, he headed the Rare Books Program at
the Palmer School of Library and Information Science of Long Island
University. In May 2019 Fernando joined Christie’s in New York as a senior
specialist in the Books & Manuscripts Department. Fernando holds degrees
from Stanford, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California,
Harvard and Rutgers. He has been active in various RBMS committees and has
served on the boards of the American Printing History Association and the
Center for Book Arts.

Jason W. Dean (The Linda Hall)

Jason W. Dean is Vice President for Special Collections at the Linda Hall
Library. He completed his library degree in 2010, and has held positions
related to rare books and special collections in four different
institutions. He is an active user of social media, blogger, and writer on
topics relating to rare books and special collections administration.

Anna Chen (UCLA)

Anna Chen is the Head Librarian at the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library. Prior to that, she was curator of rare books and manuscripts and
assistant professor of medieval studies and library administration at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At the U of I, she taught
librarianship courses in rare book and special collections in the
university’s School of Information Sciences. Prior to her appointment
there, she was assistant curator of manuscripts at Princeton University.
She holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Yale University and an
M.S.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has published on both
medieval and modern manuscripts, with additional research interests in
sensory studies and interactive print culture.

C is for Critical: Investigating Themes of Power in Artists’ Books ($140)

In this 3-hour workshop, attendees will make their own Abecedarian (ABC)
artists’ book using materials from the IU Makerspace! The session will
invite attendees to learn more about the history of artists’ books as a
vehicle for critical discussions of power, and will examine artists
including Tia Blassingame, Irene Chan, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., and others.

Workshop attendees will view and experience a variety of books from the Indiana
University artists’ books collection, in order to jump-start their thinking
about how the creative use of images and text lend themselves to commentary
on power and social change. In a group activity, attendees will share their
values and beliefs as they relate to contemporary library practice.
Specific attention will be paid to personal privilege, and modes that this
privilege grants individuals unacknowledged power in their personal and
professional lives.

The rest of the workshop will be devoted to construction of a simple
abecedarian artist’s book, which will use either the accordion fold or
boustrophedon
format. Vinyl alphabet decals will be available to create the foundation of
the book layout, and attendees will record their personal and professional
values within the structure. Each page will be dedicated to a single
letter, which will correspond to a theme of each participant’s choosing,
e.g., a page that includes ideas around the theme of Information Privilege
(the letter I), and allow the author to reflect upon ways that their
practice might bring awareness to this subject.

This workshop is designed for those who are unfamiliar with artists’ books,
as well as those wishing to examine more fully the medium as a vehicle for
reflecting upon critical practice.

Carter’s research interests revolve around increasing access to art
information through a variety of channels. Her publications include topics
such as the use of controlled vocabularies in providing access to digital
surrogates of special collections materials, and investigations into the
research needs of artists and designers in relationship to the Association
of College and Research Libraries' Framework for Information Literacy for
Higher Learning, and equity in art library circulation policies. She is
active professionally within the Art Libraries Society of North America
(ARLIS/NA), having served in a number of leadership roles within that
organization.
*Workshops fees cover materials, tech support, space and equipment.

Space is limited in these workshops!

And, just a reminder:

Hope to see you there!

Diane Dias De Fazio <[log in to unmask]>, MS HPres, MS LIS

2020 Candidate for RBMS Member-at-Large

Co-Chair, ACRL/RBMS Membership & Professional Development Committee

Curator of Rare Books and Book Arts

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