CONFERENCES, MEETINGS & WEBINARS

Virtual Conference
May 11-12, 2022

NEW: Program Updates!

The Charleston Conference is planning a very special “In Between” 2-day virtual conference event to explore important late-breaking developments that can’t wait until November for discussion. Sessions will be held in Zoom, and will be recorded and sent to registered attendees after the event to watch on demand.

• Individual Registration: $75
• Group Rate: $225 (View as an unlimited group in a classroom/meeting room setting, or register for up to 5 individual access points.)
• Low to Lower Middle Income Countries Rate – Reduced registration rates for individuals who are residents of low and middle income countries based on the World Bank List of Economies. Contact Sharna Williams, Conference Registrar, for details at sharna@charlestonlibraryconference.com.

• Stolen Nostradamus manuscript returned to Rome library

According to Good e-Reader “a 300 year old 500-page manuscript by Nostradamus was stolen from a library in Rome, back in 2007. It was rediscovered last year when it was put up for sale by a German auction house…
How did the library get a hold of the book? It was primarily due to Italy’s cultural heritage protection team…”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• Atlanta University Center to Become 127th Member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

• University of Missouri: Deb Ward Appointed University Librarian

• IGI Global Releases Platinum OA Reference Book in Collaboration with the University of North Texas

• Bangor University Researchers Develop Technique for Improving Broadband Service

• An Art Collection Finds Its Way Home

• Bob Dylan Museum, Archive Opening in Tulsa