From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] BYU book collecting conference Date: 01 Nov 2003 20:49:12 -0800 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3A0B9.9E3ABF70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm surprised there have been no posts about the BYU conference on book collecting. In attendance were Bookshelfers, Morgan Adair, Curt Bench, = Joan Nay, Brian Romriell, Kendall Gubler, H. J. McKell, Joe Geissner, Dave Skidmore, and...who did I leave out??? =20 This conference certainly exceeded my expectations. I came away with a renewed respect for the breadth and depth of the special collections = staff as well as the wonderful stuff they have. I doubt I'll ever again be = able to see Emma's hymnal, a Book of Commandments, copies of The Reflector, = as well as rare broadsides I'd never heard of before. I particularly = liked the session on street literature. Great stuff with wonderful examples. The capstone was a tour of the vault and their conservation labs.=20 =20 My take is that this conference was significantly more successful than = they had planned. The result is that it will become an annual affair. Kudos = to Brad Westfield, Chair of Special Collections, who was stimulus for this. = =20 =20 Perhaps others will share some of what they gleaned. =20 =20 Keith Irwin irwinkw@earthlink.net "Everything I know is subject to further information" =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3A0B9.9E3ABF70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’m surprised there have been no posts about = the BYU conference on book collecting.  In attendance were Bookshelfers, = Morgan Adair, Curt Bench, Joan Nay, Brian Romriell, Kendall Gubler, H. J. McKell, Joe Geissner, Dave Skidmore, and…..who did I = leave out???

 

This conference certainly exceeded my = expectations.  I came away with a renewed respect for the breadth and depth of the = special collections staff as well as the wonderful stuff they have.  I = doubt I’ll ever again be able to see Emma’s hymnal, a Book of Commandments, = copies of The Reflector, as well as rare broadsides I’d never heard of = before.   I particularly liked the session on street literature.  Great stuff = with wonderful examples.   The capstone was a tour of the vault and their conservation labs.

 

My take is that this conference was significantly = more successful than they had planned.  The result is that it will = become an annual affair.  Kudos to Brad Westfield, Chair of Special = Collections, who was stimulus for this.   

 

Perhaps others will share some of what they = gleaned. 

 

Keith = Irwin

irwinkw@earthlink.net

"Everything I = know is subject to further information"

 

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