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JUN 3

Past Forward!
Meeting Stakeholder Needs in 21st Century Special Collections

Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners, this meeting will cover topics related to managing special collections in the 21st century. Tweet: #pastfor

Registration
OCLC Research Library Partners are encouraged to register now to attend this free meeting. Registration closes 22 May 2013. Contact Merrilee Proffitt with questions.

Agenda

Monday, 3 June

Time Optional Pre-Meeting Workshop (Registration Full)
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. A workshop on outreach (teaching, fundraising, and connecting on campus) for special collections will be held at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. See the workshop agenda for complete details. Attendance is limited to 70 people and registration is full.
 

Tuesday, 4 June

Time Day 1 of Past Forward Meeting
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
9:30–9:40 a.m. Welcome
9:40–10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
10:30–11:50 a.m.

Session 1: Managing Twenty-First Century Special Collections: Born Analog, Born Digital, and Born Difficult
New materials and formats challenge special collections managers to extend existing practices and concepts to include the new and different or to revise past practices and concepts to fit the old to the new.

Speakers:

  • Dave Thompson, The Wellcome Library
  • Erin O'Meara, Gates Archive
  • Michelle Light, University of Nevada Las Vegas
11:50 a.m.–12:05 p.m. Break
12:05–12:30 p.m. Session 1 Reactor Panel

  • Kevin Glick, Yale University
  • Michael Stoller, New York University
  • Jim Kuhn, Folger Shakespeare Library
12:05–1:00 p.m. Open Discussion
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00–3:20 p.m.

Session 2: Repositioning Special Collections
Special collections are rethinking their administrative structures, practices, and institutional relationships to reshape the workforces, consolidate siloed service points to survive and thrive, and energize their host institutions.

Speakers:

  • Rachel Beckett, University of Manchester
  • Mike Furlough, Pennsylvania State University
  • Robyn Holmes, National Library of Australia
3:20–3:35 p.m. Break
3:35–4:00 p.m.

Session 2 Reactor Panel

  • Tom Hyry, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ellen Hammond, Yale University
  • Andra Darlington, Getty Research Institute
4:00–4:30 p.m. Open Discussion
5:30–7:30 p.m. Evening Reception at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where we'll help celebrate the Beinecke's 50th anniversary.

Wednesday, 5 June

Time Day 2 of Past Forward Meeting
8:00.–9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00–10:20 a.m.

Session 3: Connecting Special Collections to Key Stakeholders
Special collections must connect with all their stakeholders—readers, researchers, donors, vendors, funders, other departments on campus, other institutions—through promotions, outreach efforts, collaborations, partnerships, etc., to more effectively achieve their mission of having collections be useful and used.

Speakers:

  • Katherine Reagan, Cornell University
  • Kevin Gotkin, University of Pennsylvania
  • Liz Chapman, London School of Economics
10:20–10:35 a.m. Break
10:35–11:00 a.m. Session 3 Reactor Panel
  • Afelonne Doek, International Institute for Social History
  • Martha Diaz, New York Public Library
  • Jay Satterfield, Dartmouth College
11:00–11:30 a.m. Open Discussion
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Summing Up
 

The next OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting will take place at Yale University's Whitney Humanities Center in New Haven, CT and will cover topics related to managing special collections in the 21st century. A pre-meeting outreach workshop will be held on Monday, 3 June. The Past Forward meeting will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, 4-5 June. Details are available on the agenda below.

Hotel Information

The room block at The Study at Yale Hotel is now full. Rooms may be available at these nearby hotels.

The New Haven Hotel (June 2-5 is available; 5 minute walk)
from $129 a night plus tax
229 George St.
New Haven, CT 06510
203-498-3100 or 800-644-6835

OMNI New Haven Hotel at Yale (lots of availability; 5 minute walk)
from $259 a night plus tax (minimum night stay; lower rates available from $179 on alternative hotel booking sites)
155 Temple St.
New Haven, CT 06510
203-772-6664

Courtyard by Marriott at Yale (June 2-5 is available; 12 minute walk)
from $169 a night plus tax
30 Whalley Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-777-6221

If you want to explore further you can check out Yale University's hotel search webpage (scroll to the search tool at the bottom).

Transportation

It is advisable to book in advance. You can reduce the price of a shuttle by booking a round trip ticket, and reduce the cost of a sedan by sharing the ride. All costs and times below are approximate. Our recommended transports service most airports:

Bradley International Airport (BDL) 52 miles
Shuttle from $49 one way; (1.5 hours)
Limo from $115 plus tip, tax, service fee one way; 45 minutes

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 81 miles
Shuttle: from $68 one way (3 hours)
Limo: from $139 plus tip, tax, service fee one way (1 hour 25 minutes)

LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 74 miles
Shuttle: from $82 one way (3 hours)
Limo: from $139 plus tip, tax, service fee one way (1 hour 25 minutes)

Newark Liberty International Airport(EWR) 94 miles
Shuttle: from $95 one way (3+ hours)
Limo: from $149 plus tip, tax, service fee one way (1 hour 40 minutes)

Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) 5 miles
Limo: from $59 plus tip, tax, service fee one way (11 minutes)
Taxi service from $10-15 (11 minutes)

  • Metro Taxi 203-777-7777
  • Heritage Taxi 203-466-6666

Westchester County Airport (HPN) 52 miles
Limo: from $120 plus tip, tax, service fee one way (1 hour)

 

 

Register to attend

Start Date

03 June 2013

End Date

05 June 2013

Location

New Haven, CT

Venue

Whitney Humanities Center

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