RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage (formerly Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship, RBML) is the Association of College and Research Libraries' journal covering issues pertaining to special collections libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
As rare book and manuscript libraries have metamorphosed into special collections libraries, so too have special collections libraries changed into (or perhaps begun to acknowledge that they have always been) cultural heritage repositories. The opportunities for new professional conversations are proliferating. How we cope with emerging technologies, new economic models for collecting, the creation of strategic partnerships, and the ways in which people experience the "authentic" are themes that will be part of the conversations taking place within the pages of RBM.
Those writing for RBM may include special collections librarians, archivists, preservation officers and conservators, artists, museum professionals, collectors, dealers, filmmakers, performance artists, faculty, students, researchers, and anyone interested in and working to preserve cultural heritage.
RBM is published twice a year. It is an independent ACRL publication. It is not a membership journal and is sent to members of ACRL's Rare Books and Manuscripts Section only if they subscribe.
Inclusion of an article or advertisement in RBM does not constitute official endorsement by ACRL or ALA.
RBM is digitially preserved/archived through Portico.
Open Acess Statement:
RBM is an open access journal. All contents are freely available immediately to the public without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of all contents. Authors retain their copyright and articles are published under a CC-BY-NC license.
Editor:
Diane Dias De Fazio
Email: diane.diasdefazio@gmail.com
Reviews Editor:
John Henry Adams
University of Missouri
Email: john.henry.adams.41@gmail.com
Editorial Board:
Sarah M. Allison, Sacramento State University
Anne McDougal Bahde, Oregon State University
Thomas Arthur Wildhagen Boehmer, Michigan State University
Marta Fernandez Golbano, University of Southern California
Alison Fraser, University at Buffalo Libraries
Margaret Gamm, University of Iowa
Jennifer Garland, McGill University
Samantha Garlock, University of Delaware
Meredith Louise Hale, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Libby Hertenstein, The Ohio State University
Fiona Kovacaj, Toronto Metropolitan University
Alicia Rae Leathers, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Zhaohui Liu, Pennsylvania State University
Juli McLoone, University of Michigan
Joel Warren Minor, Washington University in St. Louis
Heather M. Smedberg, UC San Diego
Jacquelyn Sundberg, Mcgill University
Virginia Sytsma
Ex officio
Ashlea Green - Chair, ACRL Publications Coordinating Committee
Teresa Anderson - Executive Director, ACRL
Brad Warren - Past-President, ACRL
David Free - Staff Liaison
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