Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Charge

Exercises leadership in the local, national, and international special collections communities to represent and promote concerns related to rare books, manuscripts, and other special collections.

The official RBMS committee rosters are listed below, and the RBMS website is available here.

Roster

Ms. Erika Dowell (Chair, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)

Fernando Peña (Vice-Chair, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)

Mr. Mike Kelly (Past-Chairperson, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)

Ann Copeland (Secretary, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013)

Ms. Athena Nicole Jackson (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015)

Mr. William T. La Moy (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2014)

Nina M. Schneider (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2013)

Ann Campion Riley (Board Liaison, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)

Megan R. Griffin (Staff Liaison, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)

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Displaying active committee roster as of 07/01/2012. Last retrieved on 04/22/2018. Members can log in to view full contact information for committee members.

Resources

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Website

Public Posts from ALA Connect

Composition

As of August 2017, RBMS had 1,682 members. The committee composition is determined by section leadership.

RBMS Committees

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ALA Annual Program Planning--New Orleans, 2018 Committee

ALA Annual Program Planning--Washington, D.C., 2019 Committee

Archivist

Bibliographic Standards Committee

Budget and Development Committee

Collection Development Discussion Group

Conference Development Committee
Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group
Curators and Conservators Discussion Group
Digital Special Collections Discussion Group

Diversity Committee

Exhibition Awards Committee

Instruction and Outreach Committee

Liaison Committee
Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group

Membership and Professional Development Committee

Nominating 2018 Committee

Nominating 2019 Committee

Public Services Discussion Group
Publications and Communications Committee

RBMS Conference Local Arrangements--New Orleans, 2018 Committee

RBMS Conference Local Arrangements--2019 Committee

RBMS Conference Program Planning--New Orleans, 2018 Committee

RBMS Conference Program Planning--2019 Committee

Scholarships Committee

Security Committee

Seminars Committee
Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries

Task Force to Review the ACRL Code of Ethics for Special Collections Librarians

Task Force to Revise the Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries

Technical Services Discussion Group
Workshops Committee

Origin

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section was established in 1958.

Get Involved

Volunteers will need to complete the volunteer form by February 15 for committee service that begins July 1. More information, including volunteer requirements, can be found on the ACRL volunteer site.

Staff Liaison

Megan Griffin
Program Officer
Association of College & Research Libraries
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2788

Work: 312-280-2514
E-mail: mgriffin@ala.org