---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Slive, Daniel" &lt;dslive(a)mail.smu.edu&gt; Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:22:28 +0000 Scheduled immediately following the CODEX Foundation events in Berkeley, and just prior to the 2011 California Book Fair in San Francisco - here are still a few spaces available. Daniel J. Slive / dslive(a)smu.edu * RBMS Regional Workshop: Building Collections: Acquiring Materials and Working with the Antiquarian Book Trade Thursday, February 10, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. University of California, Berkeley C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Saul and Sherry Yeung Art History Seminar Room Berkeley, California The workshop is primarily intended for librarians working at all types of institutions and with all levels of budgets who are responsible for acquisition and collection development of special collections materials. The session will also be of interest to individual collectors and dealers. The purpose is to provide attendees with practical information which can be utilized for building collections and developing beneficial relationships with members of the antiquarian book trade. Although the emphasis will be on printed materials, manuscripts and archives will also be discussed. The workshop will include the context and history of special collections, collection development, and institutional interaction with the trade, particularly in the United States. Practical matters will include collection development policies, materials on the market, auctions, online sources, comparing prices, purchasing collections, deaccessioning, and provenance issues. A full reading list will be provided. Presenters: E.C. Schroeder, Librarian of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University Daniel J. Slive, Head of Special Collections, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Registration: Deadline is January 14, 2011. Limited to 30 participants. Register online at: http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/buildingcollections.cfm Fees: ACRL member - $189 Nonmember - $239 Questions: Contact Jane Gillis, Yale University Library, Jane.gillis@yale.edu<mailto:Jane.gillis@yale.edu<mailto:Jane.gillis@yale.edu%3cmailto:Jane.gillis@yale.edu>> or 203-432-2633Jane Jane Gillis Chair, RBMS Regional Workshops Committee Rare Book Cataloger Yale University Library jane.gillis@yale.edu<mailto:jane.gillis@yale.edu<mailto:jane.gillis@yale.edu%3cmailto:jane.gillis@yale.edu>> phone: 203-432-2633 fax: 203-432-4047