University Research Collections: Symposium

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COLLECTIONS:
THEIR HISTORY, USE AND PRESERVATION

A SYMPOSIUM

SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLECTIONS COALITION

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1996

1 to 5 pm

Tippie Auditorium, Pappajohn Business Administration Building

University of Iowa Campus, Iowa City, IA

The University of Iowa Collections Coalition (UICC) will sponsor a symposium to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the University. The symposium will address the broad topic of "University-Based Research Collections," and will take place Saturday afternoon, November 2, 1996, Tippie Auditorium, Pappajohn Business Administration Building.

Supported in part by the University of Iowa Cultural Affairs Committee, the Symposium will be free of admission charges and open to the public, except that advance registration is required for planning purposes (see attached registration form).

The program is designed for those engaged in academic collections and those who use or learn from them. It will consist of a keynote speaker prominent in the field of academic collections, followed by a session of papers, and concurrent poster and workshop demonstrations. Attendees will thus be able to hear papers of interest to them as well as view preservation demonstrations and speak informally with poster presenters.

You may also be interested in the 54th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, October 30-November 2, 1996.

*** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS! ***

The UICC solicits the participation in this Symposium of collection managers, curators, conservators and discipline specialists who are involved in all aspects of managing, organizing and preserving research collections in a university or college setting. Papers and posters may address such topics as: history of a collection; collections-based teaching and research; collections access, management, preservation and conservation; and interdisciplinary use of collections. See abstract instructions below.

Abstracts and Proposals

Abstracts may be for either oral or poster presentations; proposals for preservation workshops or demonstrations should be for set-ups that can be confined to a 3x6 foot surface. Length of abstract or proposal is 250 words. At the end of the abstract or proposal, please list the following information in the order given:

  1. Name of author/s presenting the paper or poster, or demonstrating the preservation technique;
  2. Institutional address /es of presenter/s;
  3. Daytime phone, FAX, and e-mail numbers of principal presenter;
  4. Type of presentation: i.e., oral paper; poster; demonstration
  5. Audio/visual or computer requirements
Deadline for abstracts or proposals is Friday, September 13, 1996.

Abstracts and proposals may be submitted in one of the following formats: e-mail in ASCII format to: j-golden@uiowa.edu; hard copy or computer diskette (specifying IBM or MAC format and word processor) to:

UICC Symposium; attn: Julia Golden
Dept. Geology 121 TH; University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1379

UICC SYMPOSIUM

Registration Form

The Symposium is free and open to the public, however registration is required. Please e-mail the form below to j-golden@uiowa.edu.

Deadline for registration is Friday, October 18, 1996

Name __________________________________________________


Institution __________________________________________________


Address __________________________________________________


__________________________________________________


__________________________________________________


daytime phone ___________________________


If this registration is for a family, please include the names of all attendees.
________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

_____ Please send me travel and accommodations information.

If you plan to attend a workshop, please indicate the preservation techniques you would be interested in. (Choose 1, 2 or 3)

  1. Stamps and Coins _____
  2. Photographs _____
  3. Art works on paper _____
  4. Textiles _____
  5. Books _____
  6. Natural history specimens (including archaeology materials) _____
  7. Other __________________________________________
Please indicate if you would like to participate in a guided tour of some research collections on University of Iowa Campus.

  1. _____ Friday, November 1 (3:30 to 5:00 pm)
  2. _____ Saturday, November 2 (10:30 to 12:00 noon)

Preliminary Schedule

1:00 - 1:30 Registration
1:30 - 2:00 Introduction and Welcome and Keynote Speech
2:00 - 4:00 Oral Presentations
2:00 - 5:00 Concurrent posters and workshops

For additional information, please contact: Julia Golden, Dept. Geology 121 TH, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242; tel: (319) 335-1822; FAX: 319-335-1821;
e-mail: j-golden@uiowa.edu.

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