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Agenda |
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
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9:00-9:30
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A New Rare Books Library
Reimagining the Rubenstein
Naomi Nelson, Director of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript
Library, will discuss the plans for the renovation of the Library’s
building. Over the next three years, Duke will transform this historic
building into a state-of-the-art library reflecting the growing research
and teaching use of special collections, the increase in collaborative
projects, the Rubenstein’s deep engagement with the campus and community
through public programming, and the central role that digital technology
plays in the work of researchers and staff. Presentation
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9:30-10:00 |
A View of Special Collections
Artist's Books Josh Hockensmith
How do you both encourage the use of your artists’ books and protect them
as art objects at the same time? How do you provide adequate online
information about books whose physical characteristics are as important
to their meaning as their contents are? And why – now when everything
electronic is in the ascendant – are artists’ books more popular than
ever? Presentation
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10:00-10:30 |
Cultivating a Revolution
Kristen Merryman
is the Digital Project Librarian for NCSU's LSTA grant funded
"Cultivating a Revolution: Science, Technology and Change in North
Carolina Agriculture, 1950-1979" digitization project. She will speak
about the agricultural collections that are being included in the
project, how the project staff is collaborating with library colleagues
outside of Special Collections, how NCSU Special Collections is
providing access to those materials online, and the challenges and
rewards of getting science and technology-minded students and faculty to
become interested in the archives through this project. Presentation
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10:30-11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00-11:30 |
A View of Special Collections,
con't.
Special Collection in the James E. Shepard Memorial
Library Treasury Room
Andre D. Vann, Coordinator of the North Carolina Central University
Archives, Records and History Center and Instructor of Public History,
will discuss the growth and development of the 70 year old collection
that was the first venture of the University in collecting ethnic
materials that served as a source of pride and race vindication. The
talk will explore a few gems from the collection of some 3000 books,
pictures, periodicals, and artifacts that belonged to a West Indian
Moravian minister named Charles D. Martin. The collection focuses on the
history of the “Negro” in North America, South America, Africa and the
West Indies. This talk will also explore the motivations of collectors
like Rev. Martin in educating and emphasizing the need for records and
other evidence to show accomplishments and achievements of blacks.
Presentation
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| 11:30-12:00 |
NC Digital Map Collection
Monsters, Misplaced Mountains and Multiple Misspellings: North Carolina
Maps Online John Blythe
offers looks at the humorous, the scary and the misleading as he offers
a tour through the North Carolina Maps online collection. He will also
discuss the many functions maps have served in telling the story of
North Carolina. Presentation
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12:00-1:00 |
Buffet Lunch
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