Announcement: Virtual Roundtable on Publishing, RBM Editorial Board

Join editors for printing history and special collections journals and book reviews on May 1 with your questions about publishing!

Have questions about how to turn your work into an article? Want to know more about the vast landscape that is special collections, printing history, and cultural heritage peer-reviewed publications? Join us for a conversation with editors of the following, who are all confirmed speakers:

RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage (Diane Dias De Fazio)
RBM book reviews (John Henry Adams)
American Printing History Association’s Printing History (Josef Beery)
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (Sarah Werner)
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research (Jennifer Hoyer)
Book History, journal of the Society of History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) (Greg Barnheisel)

Attendance to this special one-time-only event is open to the public and free, but you must register in advance through ACRL.

Register at the following link: ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/…

Title: ACRL RBM Editorial Board: Virtual Roundtable on Publishing

When: May 1, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We looking forward to seeing you there!

New Issue: RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Volume 24, No. 1 (2023)

CONTENTS
Editor’s Note, Richard Saunders

ARTICLES
Shelving Special Collections Materials by Size
John Henry Adams

Manuscripts in the Flesh: Collections-Based Learning with
Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Victoria
Shailoo Bedi, Heather Dean, and Adrienne Williams Boyarin

Placing Papers Update: The Black and Latino Experience in the
Literary Archive Market
Amy Hildreth Chen

BOOK REVIEWS
Janet Marstine and Svetlana Mintcheva, eds. Curating under
Pressure: International Perspectives on Negotiating Conflict and
Upholding Integrity. Review by Martha Tanner.

Jane C. Milosch and Nick Pearce, eds. Collecting and Provenance: A
Multidisciplinary Approach. Review by Margaret Gamm.

Jamie Simek. Beyond the Bake Sale: Fundraising for Local History
Organizations. Review by Susan Illis.

New Issue: RBM

RBM Vol 21, No 2 (2020)

Editor’s Note
Richard Saunders

Research Articles

The Past, Present, and Future of Special Collections Library Literature
Melanie Griffin

No Mere Culinary Curiosities: Using Historical Cookbooks in the Library Classroom
Kathryn G. Matheny

Picking Up the Pieces: Library Processes and the Theft of Rare Materials
Greg Seppi, Dainan Skeem

Book Reviews

Bernard Meehan. The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, fully revised and updated edition.
Diana La Femina

Kathy Peiss. Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe.
Joshua C. Youngblood

Michael Vinson. Bluffing Texas Style: The Arsons, Forgeries, and High-Stakes Poker Capers of Rare Book Dealer Johnny Jenkins.
Brian Shetler

New Issue: RBM

RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage Vol 21, No 1 (2020)

Editor’s Note (this is to you)
Richard Saunders

Research Articles

Toward Inclusive Outreach: What Special Collections Can Learn from Disability Studies
Kevin M. O’Sullivan, Gia Alexander

Early Book Collections and Modern Audiences: Harnessing the Identity/ies of Book Collections as Collective Resources
Leah Tether, Laura Chuhan Campbell

Book Reviews

A Companion to the History of the Book, 2nd edition. Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, eds.
Jessie Sherwood

Nicholas S. Paliewicz and Marouf Hasian Jr. The Securitization of Memorial Space: Rhetoric and Public Memory.
Lena Newman

Participatory Archives: Theory and Practice. Edward Benoit, III and Alexandra Eveleigh, eds.
Lauren Goss

Peter Botticelli, Martha R. Mahard, and Michèle V. Cloonan. Libraries, Archives, and Museums Today: Insights from the Field.
Greta Reisel Browning

Laura A. Millar. A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age.
Laura J. French

Trusting Records in the Cloud.
Tamara E. Livingston

New Issue: RBM

Vol 20, No 2 (2019), Fall
Table of Contents

Editor’s Note
Richard Saunders

Research Articles
Teaching Creative Writing in Special Collections
Alison Fraser

The Positive Side of Eliciting Negative Emotions: Survey Results of Visitor Responses to a Library Exhibit
Meg Frost, Caitlyn Towne-Anderson, Kendal Ferguson

An Independent Study Course by an Academic Library Department: Teaching with the Gems of Special Collections
Judy L. Silva, Barbara McIntosh

Book Reviews
Trevor Owens. The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation.
Dan Noonan

Gerald Vizenor. Native Provenance: The Betrayal of Cultural Creativity.
Ricardo L. Punzalan

Recent Issue: RBM

Spring 2019
Editor’s Note
Richard Saunders. “Editor’s Note.”

Research Articles
Maggie Gallup Kopp. “Internships in Special Collections: Experiential Pedagogy, Intentional Design, and High-Impact Practice.”

Sarah Wilkinson. “Who Owns these Records? Authority, Ownership, and Custody of Iraq’s Baath Party Records.”

Book Reviews

Cassie Brand. Eric Marshall White. Editio Princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible.

Katherine Fisher. Michèle Valerie Cloonan. The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World.

Tamara E. Livingston. Paul Conway and Martha O’Hara Conway. Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective: Proceedings of Symposium, November 3 and 4, 2016, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Richard L. Saunders. John Carter’s ABC for Book Collectors, 9th edition. Nicholas Barker and Simran Thadani, eds. and Sidney E. Berger. The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others.

New Issue: RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Vol 19, No 2 (2018)

Editor’s Note

Richard Saunders. “Editor’s Note.”

Research Articles

Cyndi Shein, Hannah E. Robinson, and Hana Gutierrez. “Agility in the Archives: Translating Agile Methods to Archival Project Management.”

Michael L. Taylor. “Special Collections Exhibitions: How They Pay Dividends for Your Library.”

Ryan Prendergast and Kristen Totleben. “Course Design, Images, and the Class-Curated Exhibit.”

Book Reviews

Amy Hildreth Chen. The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors, Dealers, and Bibliographers. J. Kevin Graffagnino, Terese M. Austin, Jayne Ptolemy, and Brian Leigh Dunnigan, eds

Jillian Sparks. Debbie Lee and Kathryn Newfont. The Land Speaks: New Voices at the Intersection of Oral and Environmental History.

Michelle Urberg. Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives by Aaron D. Purcell. Developing Digital Scholarship, Alison MacKenzie and Lindsey Martin, eds.

New Issue: RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Vol 19, No 1 (2018)
(open access)

Editor’s Note (read it this time, please)
Richard Saunders

Articles

Rare Book and Special Collections in Overview: Producing a National Directory
Karen Attar

References to Archival Materials in Scholarly History Monographs
Kris Bronstad

Touch Tables for Special Collections Libraries: Curators Creating User Experiences
Anna Dysert, Sharon Rankin, Darren N. Wagner

Making Book History: Engaging Maker Culture and 3D Technologies to Extend Bibliographical Pedagogy
Courtney Jacobs, Marcia McIntosh, Kevin M. O’Sullivan

Book Reviews

Peter Devereaux and Carla Diane Hayden. The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures.
Kathy Marquis

Alison Cullingford. The Special Collections Handbook, Second Edition.
Keith Phelan Gorman

Freda Matassa. Valuing Your Collection.
Colleen Barrett

David Thomas, Simon Fowler, and Valerie Johnson. The Silence of the Archive.
Tamara E. Livingston