RBMS 2014 got off to a roaring start on Tuesday, and Day Two was no different! Wednesday’s program kicked off with an excellent plenary on the book as archive, moderated by Nicole Bouche, Director of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.

Then we were off to the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase, where we were thrilled to cavort with bookish friends new and old. Meanwhile, participants gathered for a lively discussion, “Librarian as Bibliographer (and Buyer). The session was moderated by Virginia Bartow, Sr. Rare Book Cataloguer Special Formats at the New York Public Library, and Barbara Heritage, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections at the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School.

Another engaging seminar on patron-driven priorities took place simultaneously (also action packed–we thought the Twitter-verse might implode with all the #rbms14 action!). Elizabeth Slomba, University Archivist for the University of New Hampshire, nimbly moderated this session. And Colleen Thiesen of the University of Iowa moderated the first Papers Panel on Digital Humanities, while Colleen Barret of Indiana University’s Lily Library, moderated Papers Panel 2, on Preservation.

For the afternoon, participants broke up into regional groups for discussions led by consummate library professionals from each geographic area. This was followed by a tour of the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase–and the all-important beverage break with booksellers.

The day finished with three excellent sessions. Molly Schwartzburg, Curator of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, led a discussion group on designing instruction with physical and digital library materials. A seminar on publishing for professional growth was led by John Overholt, curator of early modern books and manuscripts at Harvard University’s Houghton Library. And the seminar on the future of special collections generated much online discussion, as did Papers Panel 3 on Bibliography, moderated by Elizabeth Ott of the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

Here’s a look back at the day in ten tweets, in no particular order! (Okay, it’s eleven tweets, but one is from our showcase booth!)

This gem caught my eye as I passed @TavBooks at the #rbms14 Booksellers' Showcase Reception pic.twitter.com/PVBIFUSxQ5

— Erika L. Jenns (@scribbleonfire) June 25, 2014

The book stamps tell complicated stories abt the sale and donation of books among institutions @MitchFraas #rbms14

— Sarah Burke Cahalan (@stampedinblind) June 25, 2014

Pithily as ever, @john_overholt notes that all on the #rbms14 panel, & in the room, fear not being good enough. Except the sociopaths.

— Shannon Supple (@mazarines) June 26, 2014

Librarian confesses she was assigned to erase marginalia in general stacks books early in career, shudder goes through the room. #RBMS14

— John Overholt (@john_overholt) June 25, 2014

Of potential interest to #rbms14 metadata lovers: #dcmi14 preconference on archival metadata and identity mgmt: http://t.co/ivyZa327Iw

— sarah potvin (@sp_meta) June 25, 2014

For those at #rbms14 panel on bookbinders. One of my favorites from set at the Penn Prov Proj https://t.co/jcXN21bR7E pic.twitter.com/Kqu4v8wm0B

— Mitch Fraas (@MitchFraas) June 26, 2014

Signed bindings can also reveal binders business practices. Great Wealth of book history available when binder identified. #rbms14

— Richenda Brim (@richendabrim) June 26, 2014

Blogs as a way to feature student and faculty work. University of Missouri's teaching spotlight: http://t.co/miVIMIesfJ #rbms14

— Kelli Hansen (@Bibliokelli) June 25, 2014

https://twitter.com/RBMSinfo/status/481936335469432832/photo/1

Another disruption: The rise of genealogy: "not like a needle in a haystack, more like needle in an immense pile of needles" #rbms14

— Bob Kosovsky (@kos2) June 25, 2014

“Everybody is going to have margarita slushies.” #RBMS14 #breakfastisready

— Ian Kahn (@LuxMentis) June 26, 2014

 

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