The International Society for Medievalist Librarians is looking for librarians who have a background in Medieval Studies to join an in-person roundtable discussion at next year's International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 9-11, 2024). If you studied any aspect of the Middle Ages, please consider participating! You can reach out to to Anna Siebach-Larsen (annasiebachlarsen@rochester.edu) for more information on this panel.
Official session blurb: "The last few years have seen long-overdue discussions about the representation of a diverse and global Middle Ages in our classroom and research. However, missing from these conversations is the role of library collections in shaping and supporting this approach to scholarship and pedagogy. Moreover, this vital aspect of librarianship is often unseen or misunderstood by the public. This panel invites librarians and curators to discuss the challenges and opportunities of developing diverse collections in premodern studies, taking into consideration issues of staffing, funding, expertise, provenance, open access, and classroom integration. Presentations will be followed by discussion and collective brain-storming."
If you know anyone else who may be interested, please share this widely. Proposals to join the roundtable must be submitted through the official conference portal: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi.
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Allison McCormack
Original Cataloger for Special Collections
University of Utah
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