APPS ‘N @

MARAC Fall 2011 Meeting

Bethlehem, PA

What does it take and where can we go with it?

Institutional preparedness – can the culture support being “social”?

Resources? Commitment?

Letting go, retaining authority

Finding new uses, new audiences

Social media, earned media

Spreading the Love….

Speakers Lori Birrell, Manuscript Librarian at the University of

Rochester’s Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation Department

Amy McDonald, Assistant University Archivist for the Duke University Archives, part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Greg Hansard, Senior Web Resources Officer at the Virginia Historical Society

Katherine Wilkins, Reference Librarian at the Virginia Historical Society

Aaron Rubinstein, Archivist for Digital Collections at Tufts University