Special Libraries Association Annual Conference
Centennial - Celebrating 100 Years

Washington, D.C.
June 14-17, 2009

Museums, Arts, and Humanities Division's Programs at the Special Libraries Association 2009 Annual Conference

Sunday, June 14, 2009
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Social Science, Museum, Arts & Humanities, and Education Divisions Poster Session and Open House
Location: Renaissance Washington DC Hotel Grand Ballroom North

Enjoy dessert or an after-dinner drink while viewing your colleagues' poster presentations. The theme for the poster session is "Inspiration and Diversity - SLA Around the Globe". Guidelines are at poster presentations.  Winner of Poster Presentation

Moderator: Iris Anderson, Social Science Division

Monday, June 15, 2009
9:00am - 10:30am
Funding for the Future: Preserving the Past
Location: Convention Center 144C

Come hear from representatives of the major federal funding agencies (IMLS, NEA, NEH, NHPRC)about opportunities for funding digital preservation and other important projects.

Moderator: Lisl Zach, Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Speaker(s): Rachel L. Frick, Institute of Museum and Library Services ppt; Elizabeth Joffrion, National Endowment for the Humanities ppt; Kathleen M. Williams, Executive Director, National Historical Publications & Records Commission ppt

Monday, June 15, 2009
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Collaboration for Digital Preservation
Location: Convention Center 144B

Digitizing audio collections for preservation and access thrives in research libraries and cultural institutions, but applying voice-recognition technology for the production of an accompanying written transcript creates additional ways for the material to be accessed and utilized by scholars and other researchers. This session will feature the providers of the archive of an 862-episode radio program, the digitization team that dealt with LP, tape, and CD formats, and the transcription technology managers. The participants will address history, digitization standards, hardware, software the transcription appliance, Website development, costs, permissions, and promotion.

Moderator: Eliza Robertson, Library Director, National Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Karen Green, Director, Communications and Outreach, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI); Steve Weiss, Head of Digitization Projects & Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ppt; Phillip Barron, Digital Media Producer, National Humanities Center ppt

Monday, June, 2009
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Monday MAHDness: Tour of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Location: Folger Shakespeare Librar 201 East Capitol Street, SE; 20003
Ticketed Event #665 Price: $15.00

Join your MAHD colleagues for an exclusive tour the Folger Shakespeare Library. Will include a showing of rare books and manuscripts in the Founders Room, a walk-through of the Reading Rooms, and a look at the Elizabethan Theater. Located on Capitol Hill, the Folger is home to the world’s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials. To keep costs down, transportation is on your own. We will meet in the entry hall of the Folger at 4:00 pm.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
9:30am - 11:00am
Envisioning the Future of Museum, Arts, and Humanities Libraries
Location: Convention Center 144C

A panel of museum, arts, and humanities librarians will discuss their vision for the future of their profession.

Moderator: Cameron Trowbridge, Manager, Research Services and Information Center, Getty Conservation Institute
Speaker(s): Michael Edson, The Smithsonian Commons

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
11:30am - 1:00pm
SPOTLIGHT SESSION -- SLA at 100: From Putting Knowledge to Work to Building the Knowledge Culture
Location: Convention Center 146A
Ticketed Event #815 Price: $48.00

Please join the Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division for the annual Book and Author Luncheon. Telling the SLA story has become one of Guy St. Clair’s favorite pastimes, and it is a tale members will take much pride in hearing. St. Clair was commissioned in 1998 to prepare the commemorative history for the association’s centennial, and his narrative details a remarkable intellectual and professional journey through this fascinating century. It is a story we can delight in telling and re-telling as we move into our new and challenging second century of service as specialist librarians. Guy St. Clair is president of SMR International, a management consulting company headquartered in New York. St. Clair has been a member of SLA since 1972. He was Chair of MAHD in 1976-1977 and again in 1983-1984. In 1989, St. Clair was recognized with SLA’s Professional Award, and he was SLA’s President in 1991-1992.

Moderator: Lisl Zach, Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Speaker(s): Guy St. Clair, SMR International

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Preparedness for Info Pros: Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters
Location: Convention Center 141

Join your colleagues from the Emergency Preparedness & Response Advisory Council to learn about ways in which you can become better prepared in case a natural or man-made disaster strikes your library.

Moderator: Lisl Zach, Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Speaker(s): Cynthia B. Love, Technical Information Specialist, Disaster Information Management Research Center, NLM, NIH ppt; Alfred E Lemmon, Ph.D., C.A., Director, Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection ppt; Doris S. Helfer, Chair, Technical Services and Sciences Librarian, California State University Northridge ppt
Sponsors: New England Journal of Medicine

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
7:00am - 8:00am
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division Board of Directors
Location: Convention Center 304

The MAHD Board will meet to discuss current activities and future program plans for the Division (closed session).

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8:30am - 10:00am
Museums, Arts & Humanities Division Business Meeting
Location: Convention Center 304

Annual business meeting of the Division. All Board members, committee chairs, Division members and other interested SLA members are encouraged to attend to hear an update on the activities of the Division.

Thursday, June 18, 2009
8:00am - 1:30pm
Tour: U.S. Holocaust Museum
Location: Convention Center South Building, L Street Entrance
Ticketed Event #1000 Price: $30.00

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. Located adjacent to the National Mall, we will be given a tour of their library (which houses more than 72,000 items in 55 languages) and a presentation by one of the librarians. We then will take the self-guided tour of the permanent exhibit of the Museum, moving through the exhibition’s three floors. To purchase tickets, visit the SLA Registration website . SPECIAL NOTE: All tours will depart promptly from L Street entrance of the Convention Center's South Building. Please check in with the Capitol Services Inc (CSI) staff 15 minutes prior to tour departure from the Convention Center.

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

                    Poster Session and Open House                            Envisioning the Future            Museums, Arts & Humanities Division Business Meeting

Marleen Boyd                                             United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
2009 DMAH Travel Grant Winner
 

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