Opportunities

The RBMS Preconference offers many opportunities for high visibility along with your option to provide general conference support at four different levels of giving. Please see the benefits for each category.  Apart from “general conference support,” all other sponsorship opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis:

Folio Circle ($3,000 or more)
Wireless Internet Access with Custom Splash Page – $5,000
Scholarship Breakfast & Technology Petting Zoo – $3,250 (Claimed – Atlas Systems)
Booksellers’ Reception – $3,000 (Claimed – Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America)
LV Retrofit Reception – $3,000 (Claimed – UNLV Libraries)
Transportation – $3,000 (Claimed – Preservation Technologies, L.P.)
General Conference Support – $3,000 or more

Quarto Circle ($1,500-$2,999)
Conference Tote Bag – $2,500 (Claimed – William Reese Company)
Vade Mecum – $2,000 (Claimed – Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company)
Coffee Break – $1,750 (1 Claimed – James Cummins Bookseller, 2 Claimed – Caladex Logistics, 2 Available)
New Member Mixer – $1,500
Opening Plenary Session – $1,500 (Claimed – Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers)
General Conference Support – $1,000-$2,999

Octavo Circle ($750-$1,499)
First-time Attendee Orientation – $1,000 (Claimed – University of Arizona Libraries)
Workshops – $750 each

• Applying Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics)
  Claimed – Bauman Rare Books
• Designing an Effective Instruction Program
  Claimed – Adam Matthew Digital

General Conference Support – $750-$1,499

Duodecimo Circle ($250 – $749)
Poster Session – $500 (Claimed – Palmer School at Long Island University)
Seminars – $500

• What Do People Want and How to Get It to Them: Patron- Driven Processing Priorities
  Claimed – Bonhams
• Retrofitting Expectations or Redefining Reality: What Does the Future of the Special Collections Professional Look Like?
  Claimed – Archival Products
• Publishing for Professional Growth
  Claimed – Simon Beattie
• Back to the Future: The Reinvention of the Library Catalog, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
  Claimed – The Bibliographical Society of America 
• Teaching Ambidextrously: Supporting the Seamless Research Experience
  Claimed – Alexander Street Press
• Unveiling the past: Hidden Diversity in the Archives
  Claimed – Priscilla Juvelis, Inc.
• Crowdsourcing: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of User Participation
  Claimed – Bonhams
• Making the Private Public: Acquisition, Description, and Access for Sexually Explicit Collections
  Claimed – Getty Research Institute
• Conducting Programmatic Assessment in Special Collections
  Claimed –  Bonhams

Discussion Groups – $250

• Librarian as Bibliographer (and Buyer)
  Claimed – California Rare Book School
• On the Ground and In the Cloud: Instruction with Physical and Digital Materials
  Claimed – Alexander Street Press
• Dis-placed Librarians: Curating Local History as a Newcomer
  Claimed – Backstage Library Works
• Exhibition Techniques: Making the Most of Analog and Digital Displays
  Claimed – The Kelmscott Bookshop
• Inner Space, Outer Space, and Virtual Space: Renovating and Building for Special Collections
  Claimed – Brigham Young University
  

General Conference Support – $250-$749