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Hello Martha,<br><br>
I marked the date on the meeting maker, but the truth is, I'm getting
married that weekend (the weekend of the 19th of May), so I may not be
there. That said, Kraig should be there as should Elisabeth Fairman and
perhaps others from the BAC.<br><br>
Also, I think sending information via this list (regarding our
acquisition of special collex) sounds great.<br><br>
Lastly, for the symposium, perhaps professors Tim Barringer and/or
Christopher Wood would be interested in being involved in the symposium
some way. If you do contact them, feel free to tell them that I suggested
you do so.<br><br>
Happy New Year~<br>
Jen<br>
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At 09:49 AM 1/4/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Dear Collections Collaborative
list members,<br><br>
Please save the date: On May 17th (aka Norwegian Independence Day!) the
Collections Collaborative will be sponsoring a full day symposium that
will serve as the kick-off event for initiative's efforts toward
"mainstreaming collections reference." Especially in view of
Yale's increased emphasis on primary sources in undergraduate teaching
and the increased availability of primary sources in electronic format,
we want to explore ways of integrating special collections and
"regular" reference. We are envisioning four basic components
for the symposium: a) an outside speaker to give an overview of issues:
Kenneth Hamma of the J. Paul Getty Trust; b) a faculty panel to present
to curators/librarians their views on issues related to access/use of
special collections at Yale; c) presentations by curators/librarians
about materials in their collections on a designated common theme; d)
break-out sessions at various Yale collections to show physical
objects/resources related to the theme. We plan to invite reference
staff from peer institutions as well.<br>
More later..... If you know of faculty members who
would be good candidates for serving on the panel, please let me
know.<br><br>
The December 2006 progress report on the Collections Collaborative is
available at
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/CC2006report.doc" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/CC2006report.doc</a>.<br>
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Finally, I have a question about the use of this list. Do people
think it would be profitable for the various Yale special collections to
post brief notices about interesting new accessions, or materials newly
available for research use? For example, the Divinity Library
recently received the papers of Henry W. and Elizabeth Luce, parents of
Henry R. Luce, who were missionaries in China in the early part of their
lives. Would the posting of information like this on the list be a
worthwhile way of raising consciousness about the types of materials
being added? If the consensus is that it is worthwhile, would
representatives of the various collections be willing to post the
information on an ongoing basis?<br><br>
Martha<br><br>
P.S. Please remember to submit brief re-grant proposals by January
25th:
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/regrants07.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/regrants07.html</a>.<br><br>
<br>
Martha Lund Smalley<br>
Special Collections Librarian / Curator of the Day Missions
Collection<br>
Yale Divinity School Library<br>
409 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511<br>
Phone 203 432-5289 Fax 203 432-3906<br>
Martha.Smalley@yale.edu <br>
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