Call for Applications for Reference Services Seminar

13-17 November 2016 I Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

This seminar is organized in the framework of EHRI

We would like to invite those working in Reference Services with Holocaust documentation to submit their application for the international seminar Reference Services: Best Practices and Innovative Use of Materials to be held at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 13-17 November 2016.

In the current age, reference service personnel are facing new and varied challenges due to numerous factors involved in dealing with Holocaust documentation and sources. Among these is the fact that many more people, from different backgrounds and for various reasons, are seeking to use archival documents and library resources. This multiplicity creates demands on staff members and their institutions. In addition, the enormous expectations placed on archives for the accessibility of all materials give rise to many questions regarding the preservation of the actual document, digitalization, issues of publication rights, new methods in cataloging of material, and more.

Share experience

This seminar offers the unique opportunity for those working in reference services to come together and share their experience with others, to talk about how different institutions are dealing with the current challenges and to learn from each other.

Topics that will be presented and discussed at the seminar will include:

• The effect of global digitization of archival materials on reference services
• Electronic resources vis-à-vis physical preservation 
• Confronting new and expanding forms of categorization 
• The issue of copy rights
• Dealing with sources from around the world and multilingualization 
• The ideal reference professional
• Resource material and the Internet
• Knowledge of the Holocaust and the reference desk
• Geographical diversity
• Meeting the expectations of individuals seeking information

The seminar proceedings and discussions will be conducted in English. All participants must be proficient in reading, listening, and conversing in English.

Call for applications

We would like to invite those working in reference services who are interested in the international seminar Reference Services: Best Practices and Innovative Use of Materials to be held at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem on 13-17 November 2016 to submit their applications.

Deadline for applications is 31 July 2016.

Incomplete applications and late applications will not be considered.

An application packet consists of: 

• A completed application form
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A description explaining your reasons for attending this seminar and how it will assist your position and your institution (maximum 2 pages)
• A letter of recommendation

Please submit the application packet to: Eliot Nidam Orvieto at eliot.nidam@yadvashem.org.il

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