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Early bird registration for #RBMS26 ends this Friday! 🐣

I think it is quite possible that in-person RBMS tickets will sell out before the early bird deadline like last year, so register early! #rbms26

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RBMS 2026 conference registration is open! Visit the #RBMS26 site to join us in Milwaukee or online. Early bird rates are available through April 24: web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...

RBMS 2026. Online registration by Cvent Join us for the RBMS Conference and be part of a transformative experience. Help create a more inclusive future for rare book and manuscript libraries.

I'm planning #RBMS26 and I've been raising money to offer a reception beyond the Bookseller's Showcase, so we can have one at the Milwaukee Historical Society on Thurs. Please let me know if you represent an organization that would be able to help! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...

RBMS 2026 Poster, Virtual Presentation, Lightning Talk Proposals Due March 6 The 2026 RBMS Conference Program Planning Committee is issuing a second call for proposals for virtual and short-form content for the 2026 conference titled Advocacy: Finding Your Voice, June 23-26, 2...

You have a second chance to submit proposals for the virtual half of the RBMS 2026 conference as well as posters and lightning talks in-person. Submit by March 6th! #rbms26
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I'm so happy with the "Advocacy" theme for #RBMS26 because it's future-oriented. Individually, we may not have a lot of hope right now, but thematically, it's clear we still do, and I think it may end up bringing support and encouragement.

I'm so excited that #RBMS26 is coming to Milwaukee, Wisconsin! My city has so many wonderful things to offer. I'm thrilled to be on the RBMS Conference Local Arrangements 2026 Committee helping to plan tours and other highlights.

The deadline to submit proposals is this Friday December 12, 2025!

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The deadline for submitting workshop, panel, or poster proposals for #RBMS26 is December 12, 2025. 📜📚
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ACRL RBMS Scholarship Fund | ALA Membership

Special Collections and Rare Book Librarianship as professions are strengthened and sustained with new ideas and new members, and that growth comes from scholarships. Those come from us. #rbms26
Donate now, if that is something that you are able to do: ec.ala.org/donation/ACR...

RBMS 2026 CFP Collaboration

The Rare Books and Manuscripts #SpecialCollections Conference CFP is live! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
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Ended the day at QZap! @qzap.bsky.social That's it for me today. Leaving eith new ideas and new partners for #rbms26!

Argentinian artist's book

The visit to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee today included a tour of some of Max Yela's favorite artist's books. Would you want a tour? #rbms26

Marquette Raynor Library

Our next stop is the Marquette University special collections. They have the original Tolkein manuscripts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Plans are in the works for a tour! #rbms26

Colleen and Gretchen at MPL

Next up on our #RBMS26 planning tour is the Milwaukee Public Library. We are figuring out how to plan a tour.

Streetcar.

The streetcars are free in Milwaukee, and there is a streetcar tour and it takes you to restaurants all over. #rbms26

Brat and beer

Classic Milwaukee. #rbms26

Nice park.

Architecture boat tours pick up across the street from the hotel!
Picnic tables in the park across the street in the summer. #rbms26

Beautiful space

It is so pretty.
Milwaukee Historical Society is right across the street from the conference hotel. #rbms26

I spy some of the rare book stacks in the upper gallery at the Milwaukee Historical Society. #rbms26 There will be tours!

Why beer? Why here?

The Milwaukee Historical Society is asking the important questions in their current exhibition. #rbms26 #Milwaukee

Nice view

Seriously. Sign up for the new member's mixer. #rbms26

The view for the New Members Mixer and the scholarship breakfast at #rbms26 is pretty spectacular. #Milwaukee

Milwaukee. #RBMS26

Post by @redrotmegaphone 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Hello World · A blog in 2025? How quaint! Tumblr in 2025? How quaint! 2025 inspires a return to quaint, I think. Remember the pre-algorithmic internet when we found things by RSS…

Inspired by the #RBMS26 conference theme, I decided to invest in advocacy by fighting against the algorithmic internet and returning to blogging, and our old friend Tumblr. I intend to compile the news I share here once a week into a big reading list of links like the days of RSS. 📜

The #RBMS26 Conference theme is Advocacy: Finding Your Voice and it will be at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, WI. 📜
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Made in Wisconsin: Behind the scenes at Miller Brewing as brewery marks milestone From a historic brewery dating back to 1855 to producing 279 million gallons annually, Miller's Milwaukee operation continues its legacy while celebrating Miller Lite's 50th anniversary

Made in Wisconsin: Behind the scenes at Miller Brewing as brewery marks milestone
#RBMS26 #RBMS2026
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Today is the deadline for volunteering for RBMS Committees.
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There will be a second call next week just for conference planning for 2026, "Advocacy." #RBMS26

The news is out on ALA Connect, so I will mention here that I will be co-chair for the RBMS conference program for 2026 with Margaret Gamm. Join us June 23-26, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, WI where our theme will be "Advocacy." #RBMS26