Tuesday, June 23
Oakland Marriott
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration (Atrium)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Workshop: A Multi-Faceted Exploration of Digital Exhibitions for Special Collections Libraries [SOLD OUT ticketed event] (Jr. Ballroom 1)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Workshop: Active Learning with Challenging Objects [SOLD OUT ticketed event] (Jr. Ballroom 2 & 3)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tour: Historic Richmond [SOLD OUT ticketed event]
9:30 am – 3:00 pm Tour: UC Berkeley Campus Tour [ticketed event]
12:30 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop: A Very Speedy Introduction to Vernacular English Paleography [SOLD OUT ticketed event] (Jr. Ballroom 4)
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tour: African American Museum and Library at Oakland [ticketed event]
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tour: Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library [ticketed event]
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop: Printing with Wood Type: Cabarets, Capitalism, & Snake Oil during the Industrial Revolution [SOLD OUT ticketed event] (City College of San Francisco)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Poster Session Preview (Atrium)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Orientation (Grand Ballroom EFGH)
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm New Members’ Mixer [ticketed event] (Skyline)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase Welcome Reception (Convention Center Hall East 1)
Wednesday, June 24
Oakland Marriott
7:30 am – 8:30 am Scholarship Breakfast [by invitation] (Skyline)
7:30 am – 4:00 pm Registration (Atrium)
8:30 am – 10:00 am Opening Plenary: The Big Picture (Grand Ballroom)
10:00 am – 10:45 am Beverage Break with Booksellers (Convention Center Hall East 1)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase (Convention Center Hall East 1)
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Seminar A: Fugitive Bits: Taking Born-Digital Records From Up in the Cloud Down to Earth (Grand Ballroom ABCD)
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Seminar B: A Balancing Act: Collaborative Instruction in the 21st-Century Special Collection (Grand Ballroom EFGH)
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Papers 1: Partners in Pleasure: Special Collections and the Humanities (Jr. Ballroom 2 & 3)
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Papers 2: Mapping the Way through Special Collections (Jr. Ballroom 4)
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Participant-Driven Session 1: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Rare Book Trade (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Jr. Ballroom 1)
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch Break
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm New Members’ Lunch Meet Up (Sign up at the registration desk by 11:00 am, Meet in hotel lobby and walk to City Center Plaza)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Seminar C: Ladies and Gentlemen, Put Your Hands Together: Successful Technical Services and Public Services Collaboration (Grand Ballroom ABCD)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Seminar D: Curating Relevance: Engaged Collection Development (Grand Ballroom EFGH)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Papers 3: Branching Out: Special Collections and Institutional Collaboration (Jr. Ballroom 2 & 3)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Papers 4: Students and Partners: Undergraduate Education and Special Collections (Jr. Ballroom 4)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tour of the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase, hosted by Daniel J. Slive, Bridwell Library (Jr. Ballroom 1)
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Beverage Break with Booksellers (Convention Center Hall East 1)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Seminar E: Endangered? Hold? Fold? SOLD! Survival, Adoption, Sale, Mothballing, and Abandonment of Rare Collections and Unique Materials (Grand Ballroom ABCD)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Seminar F: Working with Publishers’ Archives from Acquisition to Access (Grand Ballroom EFGH)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Papers 5: Teaching with Special Collections: The Classroom as Liberal Arts Laboratory (Jr. Ballroom 2 & 3)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Papers 6: The Glue That Binds Us: Special Collections and Community Partnerships (Jr. Ballroom 4)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Participant-Driven Session 2: Reading Group: The One with the Homework (Jr. Ballroom 1) [LIMITED SEATS, SIGN UP REQUIRED – AVAILABLE HERE MAY 8, 1:00PM EDT]
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Humanities Happy Hour at the Oakland Museum of California
Thursday, June 25
UC Berkeley Campus
7:00 am – 8:15 am Registration (Oakland Marriott Atrium)
7:30 am – Yellow School Buses to UC Berkeley Campus (or take the BART. It’s a 10 min ride + 15 min walk (somewhat uphill) to campus)
8:00 am – 9:00 am Welcome Coffee (Doe Upper Terrace)
8:00 am – 3:30 pm Information Table (Doe Upper Terrace)
9:15 am – 10:45 am Seminar G: Tips for Working with Elderly Donors (Doe Memorial Library, Room 180)
9:15 am – 10:45 am Seminar H: Meeting Researchers Where They Are: A User-Driven Manifesto (Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium)
9:15 am – 10:45 am Papers 7: Reinvigorating Resources: Faculty, Students, and Crowds Add Value through Digital Projects (Morrison Library inside Doe Memorial Library)
9:15 am – 10:45 am Participant-Driven Session 3: In Depth at the Bancroft: The Lifecycle of Objects (Bancroft Library Reading Room) [LIMITED SEATS, SIGN UP REQUIRED – AVAILABLE HERE MAY 8, 1:00PM EDT]
11:00 am – 11:30 am Tour: Bancroft Library Gallery (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
11:00 am – 12:30 am Tour: Bancroft Library (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Seminar I: Make It Work: Creative Solutions to Common Problems – A Pecha Kucha-Style Seminar (Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Seminar J: Digital Humanities and Special Collections: New Tools, Challenges, and Opportunities (Doe Memorial Library, Room 180)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Papers 8: Special Collections, Faculty Research, and Digital Scholarship at UCLA (Morrison Library inside Doe Memorial Library )
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tour: UC Berkeley: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (Valley Life Sciences Building) (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
11:00 am – 3:30 pm Self-Guided Tour: UC Berkeley Campus Exhibits (Multiple locations, pick up information at the Welcome Coffee)
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Picnic Lunch, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Library (Doe Upper Terrace)
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tour: Bancroft Library Gallery (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tour: Bancroft Library (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Seminar K: Mess Is Lore: Navigating the Unwieldy World of Social Media (Hertz Hall)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Seminar L: Bridging Borders between Special Collections and Area Studies: Affinities, Collaborations, and Integrations (Doe Memorial Library, Room 180)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Papers 9: Cutting Edge Technologies (Morrison Library inside Doe Memorial Library)
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Tour: UC Berkeley: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life (The Magnes) (sign up at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Beverage Break (Hertz Hall Patio)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Plenary Two: Special Collections Libraries as Liberal Arts Laboratories (Hertz Hall)
5:45 pm – Buses return to Oakland (or stay in Berkeley for Restaurant night and make your own way back via BART, bus or cab)
Various Evening Reservations – Restaurant Night in Berkeley and Oakland (sign up at the registration desk no later than Wednesday at 4:00 pm)
Friday, June 26
Oakland Marriott
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration (Atrium)
8:30 am – 10:00 am Seminar M: Whose History Is It? Community Archives and the Shaping of Memory (Grand Ballroom EFGH)
8:30 am – 10:00 am Papers 10: Special Collections and Credit Courses: Opportunities and Challenges (Grand Ballroom ABCD)
8:30 am – 10:00 am Participant-Driven Session 4: Take Me to Your Leaders! A Conversation with RBMS Leadership on the Nature of Our Changing Work (Jr. Ballroom 1)
10:00 am – 10:45 am Beverage Break with Posters Encore (Atrium)
10:45 am – 12:30 pm Closing Plenary: Building and Leveraging Collections to Shape the Humanities (Grand Ballroom)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Participant-Driven Session 5: Service Project with the Friends of Sausal Creek (Joaquin Miller Park) [SIGN UP REQUIRED – Sign up here!]
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Oakland Public Library)
