Monday, September 30, 2019

CFP: RBMS2020 Annual Conference (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL) - Bloomington, Indiana - June 2020

RBMS2020 Annual Conference
Power, Resistance, and Leadership

June 23 - 26, 2020
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

The call for proposals is now live on the RBMS 2020 Conference website (http://conference.rbms.info/2020)!

On behalf of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) 2020 Conference Program Planning Committee, we invite you to submit your work or research for consideration for the RBMS Annual Conference. The full call for proposals is linked below, and individuals from academic, public, research, and special libraries are strongly encouraged to apply.

Proposals for workshops, seminars, papers, and participant-driven sessions are due Sunday, November 3rd. 

There will be an additional call put out for Posters and "People's Choice" sessions in January 2020. 

New for the RBMS 2020 conference, sessions in the “People’s Choice” category will be chosen by the membership through an online voting process. Sessions can be in a variety of formats including traditional panels, participatory sessions, or lightning rounds.  Proposals should relate to the conference theme.

For complete details about session types and information about proposal process—including the RBMS20 Conference Core Values—please visit the call for proposals on the website:

http://conference.rbms.info/2020/call-for-proposals/

Scholarships to attend the conference are available, please visit the scholarships page of conference website for complete details:

http://conference.rbms.info/2020/scholarships/

Questions and/or concerns can be directed to RBMS 2020 Conference Program Planning Committee Co-Chairs Robin Katz (robink@ucr.edu) and Liz Call (elizabeth.call@rit.edu).