[Coll_Collab] Re: CollectionsCollaborative Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

Susanne Roberts susanne.roberts at yale.edu
Thu Jan 4 15:35:24 EST 2007


Martha et all,

I think it would be useful to post brief notices of new materials for 
research use.  Perhaps one could also post info on newly preserved (filmed 
or digitized materials) from both general and special collections.

Sue



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>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:49:34 -0500
>From: Martha L Smalley <martha.smalley at yale.edu>
>Subject: [Coll_Collab] Symposium / report / use of list
>To: Collectionscollaborative at mailman.yale.edu
>Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070104092428.03cdb800 at smalleym.mail.yale.edu>
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>Dear Collections Collaborative list members,
>
>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.
>More later.....    If you know of faculty members who would be good
>candidates for serving on the panel, please let me know.
>
>The December 2006 progress report on the Collections Collaborative is
>available at http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/CC2006report.doc.
>
>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?
>
>Martha
>
>P.S.  Please remember to submit brief re-grant proposals by January
>25th: http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/regrants07.html.
>
>
>Martha Lund Smalley
>Special Collections Librarian / Curator of the Day Missions Collection
>Yale Divinity School Library
>409 Prospect St.  New Haven, CT 06511
>Phone 203 432-5289  Fax 203 432-3906
>Martha.Smalley at yale.edu
>
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:20:16 -0500
>From: Jennifer Krivickas <jennifer.krivickas at yale.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Coll_Collab] Symposium / report / use of list
>To: Public List for the Collections Collaborative Initiative
>         <collectionscollaborative at mailman.yale.edu>
>Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070104101514.01d63f00 at jk668.mail.yale.edu>
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>Hello Martha,
>
>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.
>
>Also, I think sending information via this list
>(regarding our acquisition of special collex) sounds great.
>
>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.
>
>Happy New Year~
>Jen
>-------------------
>At 09:49 AM 1/4/2007, you wrote:
> >Dear Collections Collaborative list members,
> >
> >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.
> >More later.....    If you know of faculty
> >members who would be good candidates for serving
> >on the panel, please let me know.
> >
> >The December 2006 progress report on the
> >Collections Collaborative is available at
> >http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/CC2006report.doc.
> >
> >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?
> >
> >Martha
> >
> >P.S.  Please remember to submit brief re-grant
> >proposals by January 25th:
> >http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/regrants07.html.
> >
> >
> >Martha Lund Smalley
> >Special Collections Librarian / Curator of the Day Missions Collection
> >Yale Divinity School Library
> >409 Prospect St.  New Haven, CT 06511
> >Phone 203 432-5289  Fax 203 432-3906
> >Martha.Smalley at yale.edu
> >_______________________________________________
> >CollectionsCollaborative mailing list
> >CollectionsCollaborative at mailman.yale.edu
> >http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/collectionscollaborative
>
>Jennifer H Krivickas
>Assistant Librarian, Reference Library & Photo Archive
>Yale Center for British Art
>1080 Chapel Street‚ PO Box 208280
>New Haven‚ Connecticut 06520-8280
>Phone: 203-432-2848
>Fax: 203-432-9613
>jennifer.krivickas at yale.edu
>http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
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>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:44:55 -0500
>From: kraig binkowski <kraig.binkowski at yale.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Coll_Collab] Symposium / report / use of list
>To: Public List for the Collections Collaborative Initiative
>         <collectionscollaborative at mailman.yale.edu>
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>Dear Martha,
>
>The symposium sounds great - there are faculty at Yale that regularly
>teach from the BAC collections - both in the galleries and in the
>Rare Books/Prints/Drawings Study Room here at the Museum. Tim
>Barringer, Christopher Wood, and Alex Nemerov from the History of Art
>Department; Alexander Purves, Bryan Fuermann, Sophia Gruzdys from the
>School of Architecture; Norman Paris from the School of Art, Linda
>Peterson from the English Department; Catherine Labio from
>Comparitive Literature; Keith Wrightson from the History Department.
>I am sure that anyone from this list would be an excellent panelist.
>
>Best,
>
>Kraig
>Kraig Binkowski
>Head Librarian
>Reference Library and Photograph Archive
>Yale Center for British Art
>1080 Chapel Street
>P.O. Box 208280
>New Haven, CT 06520-8280
>
>Phone: 203.432.2846
>Fax: 203.432.9613
>Email: kraig.binkowski at yale.edu
>http://www.yale.edu/ycba
>
>
>
>
>At 09:49 AM 1/4/2007, you wrote:
> >Dear Collections Collaborative list members,
> >
> >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.
> >More later.....    If you know of faculty members who would be good
> >candidates for serving on the panel, please let me know.
> >
> >The December 2006 progress report on the Collections Collaborative
> >is available at 
> http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/CC2006report.doc.
> >
> >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?
> >
> >Martha
> >
> >P.S.  Please remember to submit brief re-grant proposals by January
> >25th: http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/regrants07.html.
> >
> >
> >Martha Lund Smalley
> >Special Collections Librarian / Curator of the Day Missions Collection
> >Yale Divinity School Library
> >409 Prospect St.  New Haven, CT 06511
> >Phone 203 432-5289  Fax 203 432-3906
> >Martha.Smalley at yale.edu
> >_______________________________________________
> >CollectionsCollaborative mailing list
> >CollectionsCollaborative at mailman.yale.edu
> >http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/collectionscollaborative
>
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Coordinator of Collection Development in the Humanities
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