[Genealib] Good Ohio Workshop through the Special Subjects division of the Ohio Library Council

[Laurel Tope]

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In the Columbus, Ohio area
http://www.olc.org/WorkshopDescription.asp?ID=407

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  Making Special Collections Special: A Project Development and
  Management Process

*Workshop Dates:* 	6/11/2008
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*Sponsor:* 	OLC's Subject and Special Collections Division
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*Registration opens at:* 	9:30 AM
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*Program begins at:* 	10:00 AM
*Program ends at:* 	3:30 PM
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*Location:* 	Westerville Public Library
126 S. State St
Westerville, Ohio 43081
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*Summary:* 	The library’s special collections play an important role in 
preserving a community’s past. Whether that past is related to important 
historical events or architecture, the role a key corporation played in 
the community’s development, or the records of founding families, 
special collections can be a vital link between the library and the 
community it serves.

But all special collections are not created equal. The library’s 
resources of staff expertise, space for housing the collection, the 
financial cost of maintenance, and the library’s overall collection 
goals must all be considered each time new items are accessioned.

This workshop taught by a subject and special collections specialists 
will give participants the tools they need to appraise new collections 
from conception to roll out and may be useful as well in appraising the 
continued worth of extant collections.

This workshop is presented by Nancy Down and Stephen H. Paschen. Nancy 
has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Drew University, New 
Jersey. Her M.L.S. is from Indiana University. For the past 16 years she 
has worked at Bowling Green State University--originally as a Catalog 
Librarian, then as the Popular Culture Reference and Catalog Librarian, 
and, most recently, as Head Librarian for the Browne Popular Culture 
Library. She has given numerous presentations over the years at 
conferences for ALAO, OVGTSL (Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services 
Librarians), ACRL, OPAL, SERL, National Popular Culture Association, 
Midwest Popular Culture Association, and the Society for the Study of 
Midwest Literature.

Stephen earned degrees in Landscape Architecture (B.S.) from Iowa State 
University, History (M.A.) from The University of Akron, and Library and 
Information Science (M.L.I.S) from Kent State University. He is 
currently University Archivist, Assistant Professor in Libraries and 
Media Services at Kent State University, where he has also taught an 
archives course for the Kent State University School of Library and 
Information Science. Mr. Paschen has produced numerous educational 
programs, exhibits, and audiovisual productions, as well as preparing 
and presenting workshops in collections management, administration, oral 
history, and many other facets of museum and archival operations. He is 
board treasurer of both the Society of Ohio Archivists and the Ohio 
Association of Historical Societies and Museums.
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