We're excited about sharing information on "The Best From Pen and Press" at this year's annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association. We've reserved a professional table for the conference and will be there both days, October 8-9, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. Look for us in the Professional Tables area, just off the Exhibit Hall, around the corner from the Registration Desk. If you spot our logo, you'll find us at the table.
We'll have a brochure available that explains the project and how you can join in. We hope you'll stop by with any questions or comments you might have. If you're ready to jump on board, we'll have a sign-up sheet to get your contact information.
Plan a visit during a break, between sessions, or while the Exhibition area is open. We'd love to have you drop by for a chat during the conference and look forward to seeing you in Saint Paul!
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Getting Started
There are a number of items on our "to do" list in beginning this project. We've checked off a few of those items by creating a logo for the project and establishing this blog.
The logo is part of our "branding" effort. We intend to use the logo in all our communications and presentations. Any participating institution will be invited to use the logo as well, as part of our effort to create a state-wide awareness of the project. The logo image file will be part of the toolkit that participants can use as they develop and publicize their own exhibit and programming as part of the project.
This blog will be used to communicate and publicize anything and everything related to the project: upcoming events, milestones reached, participant announcements, or anything else we think might be informative, useful or helpful to know.
At the moment the planning group is working on an initial press release, brochure, and toolkit. Look for these in the near future. We're aiming to have the information brochure ready for the Minnesota Library Association conference in October.
We're also working on recruiting new members to the project. At the moment we're targeting consortia of academic and public libraries in the Metro area, working with Ruth Dukelow at CLIC and Ann Walker Smalley at Metronet. We've also had an encouraging conversation with Valerie Horton, director of Minitex, who offered to help us spread the word throughout the state. We're thankful to these colleagues for taking an interest in our project and hope it will result in growing our list of participants.
On the communication side, we're also developing an email list to keep participants (and those interested in what we're doing) updated on the project. If you would like to be added to this list please contact us at mnpenandpress@gmail.com.
What we'd really like to do is add your institution (or you, if you're a collector) to the list of participants. If you're in a position to make this decision and want to join us, please let us know. Or if you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. We'll do our best to answer your questions. We'd be delighted to have you on board as part of the project. If you're not quite ready to commit, here's something you and/or your staff can do that might help:
The logo is part of our "branding" effort. We intend to use the logo in all our communications and presentations. Any participating institution will be invited to use the logo as well, as part of our effort to create a state-wide awareness of the project. The logo image file will be part of the toolkit that participants can use as they develop and publicize their own exhibit and programming as part of the project.
This blog will be used to communicate and publicize anything and everything related to the project: upcoming events, milestones reached, participant announcements, or anything else we think might be informative, useful or helpful to know.
At the moment the planning group is working on an initial press release, brochure, and toolkit. Look for these in the near future. We're aiming to have the information brochure ready for the Minnesota Library Association conference in October.
We're also working on recruiting new members to the project. At the moment we're targeting consortia of academic and public libraries in the Metro area, working with Ruth Dukelow at CLIC and Ann Walker Smalley at Metronet. We've also had an encouraging conversation with Valerie Horton, director of Minitex, who offered to help us spread the word throughout the state. We're thankful to these colleagues for taking an interest in our project and hope it will result in growing our list of participants.
On the communication side, we're also developing an email list to keep participants (and those interested in what we're doing) updated on the project. If you would like to be added to this list please contact us at mnpenandpress@gmail.com.
What we'd really like to do is add your institution (or you, if you're a collector) to the list of participants. If you're in a position to make this decision and want to join us, please let us know. Or if you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. We'll do our best to answer your questions. We'd be delighted to have you on board as part of the project. If you're not quite ready to commit, here's something you and/or your staff can do that might help:
- Think about some of the amazing items held in your collections.
- Create a list of these treasures--the best manuscripts and books (however you want to define "best")--from your collections.
- Ask yourself: "Would I like to share these, through an exhibit, with the public?"
- If your answer is "yes," please consider throwing your hat in the ring with us.
- If you're not quite sure about items on your list, whether you think they're really noteworthy or special, feel free to share your list with us. We'll be pleased to offer some feedback.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Logo
Since the logo doesn't show up on the mobile platform I thought we would share it here. We'll see if we can fix this so the logo shows in all platforms. It's such a nice logo!
We're "Live"
We are now officially "live." Our logo is set and we're moving on to next steps.
Also, we now have an email account so you can reach us with questions or comments about the project. Our address is: mnpenandpress@gmail.com
Look for more posts here in the near future. We'll also be working to make ourselves known on other social media sites using the hashtag #mnpenandpress
If you're part of a library--any kind of library--in Minnesota, please consider being a part of this project. If you're not in a position to make that kind of decision, please refer us to those who can.
We're hoping to involve public, school, special, academic, and other libraries and archives from around the state in showing off our "best stuff" and raising awareness of the rich book and manuscript collections in Minnesota. We'd love to get county historical societies, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions involved as well. And, if you know any book or manuscript collectors, please let them know about our project. We'd like to get them all involved!
Our first big public "splash" will be at the Minnesota Library Association annual conference in October. In the meantime, we'll be working on a toolkit that will give you all the basics, the nuts and bolts, for getting involved in the project. We should have the toolkit ready in the early Fall.
Thanks for following our blog! Some posts in the near future will include ideas about items we're considering to exhibit from our own collections. Stay tuned!
Also, we now have an email account so you can reach us with questions or comments about the project. Our address is: mnpenandpress@gmail.com
Look for more posts here in the near future. We'll also be working to make ourselves known on other social media sites using the hashtag #mnpenandpress
If you're part of a library--any kind of library--in Minnesota, please consider being a part of this project. If you're not in a position to make that kind of decision, please refer us to those who can.
We're hoping to involve public, school, special, academic, and other libraries and archives from around the state in showing off our "best stuff" and raising awareness of the rich book and manuscript collections in Minnesota. We'd love to get county historical societies, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions involved as well. And, if you know any book or manuscript collectors, please let them know about our project. We'd like to get them all involved!
Our first big public "splash" will be at the Minnesota Library Association annual conference in October. In the meantime, we'll be working on a toolkit that will give you all the basics, the nuts and bolts, for getting involved in the project. We should have the toolkit ready in the early Fall.
Thanks for following our blog! Some posts in the near future will include ideas about items we're considering to exhibit from our own collections. Stay tuned!
We'll Be "Live" Soon!
In a few hours we will be "live" with this blog that describes "The Best From Pen and Press" project. What you see is our first mock-up of the blog, which may change over time as we add new participants and post updates and news. Today's planning meeting will give the final "OK" for the logo and this blog.
Here's a brief description of the project: In 2017 units of the University Libraries—in conjunction with other institutions around the state—are planning a summer-long exhibition to highlight best books and manuscripts held by institutions and collectors. The exhibition is titled: “The Best from Pen and Press: Global Treasures from Minnesota’s Book & Manuscript Collections” and will run from about Memorial Day to Labor Day, 2017.
The project team for the exhibition includes: Pat Coleman, Minnesota Historical Society; Rob Rulon-Miller, Rulon-Miller Books; Lois Hendrickson, Wangensteen Library, U of M Libraries; Tim Johnson, Special Collections & Rare Books, U of M Libraries; and Maggie Ragnow, James Ford Bell Library, U of M Libraries.
Our first public presence will be at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Library Association in October. We'll have a table in the MLA exhibition hall in St. Paul so look for us there! In the meantime, we'll be busy recruiting new participants to the project, working on developing our public relations and social media presence, and anything else that comes to mind.
We haven't set up an e-mail account for the project, but will probably do so shortly. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project please contact us or leave a comment here. Thanks!
Here's a brief description of the project: In 2017 units of the University Libraries—in conjunction with other institutions around the state—are planning a summer-long exhibition to highlight best books and manuscripts held by institutions and collectors. The exhibition is titled: “The Best from Pen and Press: Global Treasures from Minnesota’s Book & Manuscript Collections” and will run from about Memorial Day to Labor Day, 2017.
The project team for the exhibition includes: Pat Coleman, Minnesota Historical Society; Rob Rulon-Miller, Rulon-Miller Books; Lois Hendrickson, Wangensteen Library, U of M Libraries; Tim Johnson, Special Collections & Rare Books, U of M Libraries; and Maggie Ragnow, James Ford Bell Library, U of M Libraries.
Our first public presence will be at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Library Association in October. We'll have a table in the MLA exhibition hall in St. Paul so look for us there! In the meantime, we'll be busy recruiting new participants to the project, working on developing our public relations and social media presence, and anything else that comes to mind.
We haven't set up an e-mail account for the project, but will probably do so shortly. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project please contact us or leave a comment here. Thanks!
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