{"id":294,"date":"2013-04-18T11:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/?p=294"},"modified":"2013-04-18T11:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T23:32:40","slug":"cfp-collectors-collecting-and-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/cfp-collectors-collecting-and-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Collectors, Collecting and Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>Collectors\/Collecting\/Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>A Call for Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The Centre for the Book at the University of Otago will be holding a two day symposium on\u00a0<strong>Collectors\/Collecting\/Collections<\/strong>\u00a0on 17 &amp; 18 October 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of 17 October in the Dunningham Room, Dunedin Public Library, Jim E. Traue, ex-Turnbull Librarian, Wellington, will give an open lecture entitled: \u2018Treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Symposium proper will begin at 10.00 on 18 October\u00a0at the Auditorium, Toit\u016b Early Settlers Museum. It will finish at 5.00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no end to collecting. There are collectors of the first editions or earliest printings of various works of literature, history, science, and philosophy; of bibles, children\u2019s books, travel books, and almanacs; and still others ranging from limited private press productions to collectors of manuscripts and illustrated books. There are also those who collect thimbles, decorative teaspoons, cakes tins, art, motorcycles, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n<p>The methods by which collectors amass their materials are equally varied, including through catalogue, auction, gifts, and e-sites like Trademe and abebooks.com. Indeed, by accumulating such items, the question arises: what constitutes a collection? Is it a disparate mass of stuff, or something much more organised?<\/p>\n<p>Institutions throughout New Zealand have been fortunate to benefit from collectors such as Alexander Turnbull, Sir George Grey, A. H. Reed, and Dr Hocken, to name but a few. Their collections are in the public domain for all to use and enjoy; we would be much poorer without their efforts. There are, however, those that are lost, such as General Robley\u2019s moko collection, and Rex Nan Kivell\u2019s New Zealand-related collection (now in Australia). And what of the future? Will institutions continue to receive collections from generous public-spirited collectors, or will they disperse them to the four winds, for others to enjoy?<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to participate in this symposium, which we hope will be wide ranging, please send your abstracts to Dr Shef Rogers, English Department, University of Otago (<a href=\"mailto:shef.rogers@otago.ac.nz\">shef.rogers@otago.ac.nz<\/a>) or Dr Donald Kerr, Special Collection Librarian, University of Otago (<a href=\"mailto:Donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz\">Donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz<\/a>) by 31 August 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the full day will be $25 (waged); $10 (unwaged). Details of how to register will be notified on the Centre\u2019s website closer to the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collectors\/Collecting\/Collections A Call for Papers The Centre for the Book at the University of Otago will be holding a two day symposium on\u00a0Collectors\/Collecting\/Collections\u00a0on 17 &amp; 18 October 2013. &nbsp; On the evening of 17 October in the Dunningham Room, Dunedin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17444],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-symposium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}