MAHD 2006 SLA Conference Events

Special Libraries Association Annual Conference
Where Tradition and Transformation Converge

Baltimore, Maryland
June 11-14, 2006

Museums, Arts, and Humanities Division's Programs at the Special Libraries Association 2006 Annual Conference

Saturday, June 10, 2006
8:00am - 12:00pm
Digitization -- Open Source Software for Integrating Digital Collections
Location: Cancelled
Ticketed Event #235 Price: $199 for members & $299 for non-members

Developing a digital collection, like any collection development, is a series of choices. Using ResCarta standards and software, the goal of this course is to provide a working knowledge of the abundance of “best” practices and commitment to working with an accepted subset of open standards for creating digital collections. Participants will learn to scan images and then add these images to existing collections so that the images can be searched as one collection, either through metadata searches or word searches.
Speaker: John Sarnowski, Director, ResCarta Foundation

Sunday, June 11, 2006
2:00pm - 3:00pm
DMAH Board Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency Columbia

Sunday, June 11, 2006
8:00pm - 10:00pm
DSOC, EDUC, MAHD Open House: Mysterious Baltimore, Meet the Author and Book Signing
Location: Hyatt Regency Harborview Room

Come meet Baltimore mystery writer Louise Titchener, as she discusses her latest bestseller. She will be available for a book signing following the session. Sponsored in part by EBSCO Information Services.

Social Science, Education, Museums, Arts and Humanities Divisions Joint Open House.

Monday, June 12, 2006
9:30am - 11:00am
Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
Location: George Peabody Library 17 Mount Vernon Place

Author Miles Harvey will talk about his book, The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, the story of a curious crime spree that came to an end in 1995 in Baltimore's George Peabody Library. Harvey will tell the story of Gilbert Bland, the most prolific map thief in American history.

Monday, June 12, 2006
11:30am - 1:00pm
DMAH Book Author Luncheon
Location: Convention Center 329
Ticketed Event #575 Price: $50.00

Join MAHD for the book author luncheon. Rafael Alvarez is a home-town boy who loves Baltimore. Oops! . . . Luncheon Speaker Alvarez Misses his Flight ! Washington, D.C. author, National Review contributor, media and movie critic and teacher James Bowman graciously steps into the annual MAHD book author luncheon with his recently published blockbuster, Honor: A History. This is Bowman’s well researched and fascinating history on the importance of honor, especially in a time of growing concern about the erosion of values. Besides interesting and informative, this event is certain to live up to past luncheon standards for excellence in publishing !

Monday, June 12, 2006
5:00pm - 6:00pm
DMAH Annual Business Meeting
Location: Convention Center 337

Division business meeting. All members welcome to attend.
Guest Speaker Brent Hightower the librarian with the New Orleans Times Picayune will meet with us to informally tell us his story and account of being at the Times Picayune library during and after Katrina struck New Orleans.

Monday, June 12, 2006
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Monday MAHDness: Division Open House
Location: Babe Ruth Museum - Sports Legends 301 W. Camden Street

Join MAHD and their Division MVP's for a very fun open house in a museum setting! Across the street from the Convention Center, just walk into Historic Camden Station, the gateway to Oriole Park to greet and reconnect with colleagues at Sports Legends, considered "the best sports museum in America." Wine and cheese, compliments of the sponsor to be served in the Gentleman's Waiting Room.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
11:30am - 1:00pm
Grant Opportunities for Special Libraries
Location: Convention Center 324

Listen to representatives from major library grant making organizations for funding digital projects.
Speakers: Joseph Herring of the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities; Susan Malbin, program officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services; Daniel Stokes, grants officer, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant making arm of NARA.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Successful Digital Library Grants – An Overview from the Practitioners
Location: Convention Center 324

So you’ve got a digitization grant – now what? Join our 3 panelists as they discuss what they did with their grants and the successes and pitfalls of digitization projects.
Speakers: Dr. Beatriz Hardy, France-Merrick Deputy Director for the Library, Maryland Historical Society; Julie Beamer, Database and Digital Collections Manager, Virginia Historical Society; and Susan Benz, Manager of Digital Library Services, Brooklyn Public Library.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
9:15am - 10:45am
Heritage Management: Managing the Organization’s Cultural Assets and History
Location: Convention Center 305

The speaker will address the idea of librarians managing their organization's historical and cultural assets to meet all needs, such as anniversaries, exhibitions, and other special events. Come hear some real creative solutions to unleashing “the power of the past!” Heritage management is a powerful marketing and persuasive tool, valuable to many areas within an organization.
Speaker: Jason Dressel, History Factory

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum -- Creativity & Innovation at its Best
Location: Visionary Art Museum in Lobby - 800 Key Hwy
Ticketed Event #815 Price: $10.00 SOLD OUT

We saved the best for last! Join MAHD at the American Visionary Art Museum in downtown Baltimore , at the base of Federal Hill for what is sure to be a unique experience and visual delight. The museum is the national repository for artworks created by self-taught artists and the building is an artistic creation unto itself. This is a 15 minute walk from the Convention Center or accessible by Water Taxi or Harbor Shuttle.

Thursday, June 15, 2006
8:00am - 4:00pm
Naval Academy Library Tour, Annapolis
Location: Meet at Convention Center Pratt Street Lobby Entrance
Ticketed Event # Price: $50.00

Tour of the the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis with bus departing Baltimore at 9:00 AM. The tour of the Naval Academcy includes time at the museum as well as a general tour of this noteworthy and beautiful federal base. Tour guide will provide a general overview of the history of Annapolis. Noon lunch with more sightseeing and shopping in the fine historic district of this colorful colonial seaport and American sailing center! (On own for lunch; not included in ticket price). Bus returns to Baltimore at 2:00 PM. Bus starts boarding 15 minutes before event start time. To purchase tickets, complete a Tour registration form.

Please check the MAHD Bulletin and the SLA Preliminary Program for more details.

SLA 2006 Conference Blog

For Information

Peabody Institute MAHD tour at the American Visionary Art Museum

Heritage Management: Managing the Organization's Cultural Assets and History

SLA 2006 Conference Presentations