2010 RLG Partnership European Meeting
Moving the Past into the Future: Special Collections in a Digital Age
12-13 October 2010
St Anne's College, Oxford University
Woodstock Road
Oxford, OX2 6HS
UK
As more commonly held materials are being digitized and becoming more ubiquitously available, a discussion about the shifting role of unique and rare materials is of vital importance. This symposium focused on: the impact of digital materials on collecting and scholarship; doing more with less; community involvement; evolving descriptive practices; responsible management of collections; the impact of "born digital;" and legal issues.
This meeting featured provocative and informative presentations and lively discussion about the future of special collections. It was free to staff from RLG Partnership institutions. Non-Partners were welcome to attend for a cost of £150.
Event outputs will be posted here in the near future.
Contact Merrilee Proffitt or John MacColl with questions.
Agenda
Day 1
Tuesday, 12 October
| Time |
Event |
| 10:00 |
Tea, Coffee & Biscuits
Location: Foyer A Ruth Deech Building |
| 10:20 |
Welcome
Welcome from OCLC Research by John MacColl and Merrilee Proffitt
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 10:30 |
Opening Address—Moving the Past into the Future: Some Guidance for Time Travellers
Richard Ovenden, Oxford University
- slides (.pptx: 43MB/42 slides)
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 11:00 |
Moving the Past into the Future
Moderated by Jennifer Schaffner, OCLC Research
Alice Prochaska, Somerville College
- slides (.ppt: 1.5MB/14 slides)
Kurt de Belder, Leiden University
- slides (.pptx: 544K/28 slides)
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 12:00 |
Lunch
Location: Foyer A Ruth Deech Building
|
| 13:00 |
Management of Collections: Working with Donors, Building Collections Now and for the Future
Moderated by Jackie Dooley, OCLC Research
Mark Greene, American Heritage Center
Stella Halkyard, Universtiy of Manchester
Susan Thomas, Oxford University
Titia van der Werf, International Institute for Social History
- slides (.pptx: 1.3MB/25 slides)
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 14:30 |
Afternoon Tea, Coffee & Biscuits
Location: Foyer A Ruth Deech Building
Discussion Groups
- Moving the Past into the Future
Location: Seminar Room 8
- Management of Collections
Location: Seminar Room 9
|
| 15:30-17:00 |
Doing More with Less Panel
Moderated by Jackie Dooley, OCLC Research
Dennis Meissner, Minnesota Historical Society
James Eason, University of California, Berkeley
Stella Butler, University of Manchester
- slides (.ppt: 5.3MB/26 slides)
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
18:00-19:15 |
Drinks and Optional Visit to Printing Press
Location: Divinity School, Bodleian Library
|
| 19:30 |
Dinner
Location: Foyer B Ruth Deech Building |
Day 2
Wednesday, 13 October
| Time |
Event |
| 8:30 |
Tea, Coffee & Biscuits
Location: Foyer A Ruth Deech Building
|
| 9:00 |
Special Collections and the Law
Moderated by Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Research
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University
Tim Padfield, The National Archives
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
|
| 10:00 |
Break—Tea, Coffee & Biscuits
Location: Foyer A Ruth Deech Building |
| 10:30 |
Refactoring and Reframing Collecting in a Digital Age
Moderated by Richard Ovenden
David Pearson, City of London
Michael Moss, University of Glasgow
Nicholas Cronk, Voltaire Foundation
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 12:00 |
Lunch
Location: Foyer B Ruth Deech Building
|
| 13:00-14:00 |
Discussion Groups
- Doing More with Less
Location: Seminar Room 7
- Special Collections and the Law
Location: Seminar Room 8
- Refactoring and Reframing Collections
Location: Seminar Room 9
|
| 14:00-14:30 |
Wrap Up
Location: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Optional Tour of Merton College |
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