53nd Annual CBHL Annual Meeting[PLEASE NOTE: ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME]
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
6:00 - 8:00pm - Opening Reception and presentation of the Charles Robert Long Award.
Hosted by Robin Everly and Co-Hosted by Kathy Crosby
Thursday, May 6, 2021
11:00 am to 2:00 pm -Session One/Day One
Hosted by Robin Everly and Co-hosted by Barbara Ferry
11:00 - 11:05 am - Signing on/Description of Session One – Robin Everly
11:05 - 11:15 am - Welcome from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives – Scott Miller, Chief Scientist in the Office of Under Secretary for Science and Research, and Interim Director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
[Will be Recorded]
10 minute BREAK
11:45 am -12:00 pm – The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2020-21 Update – Martin Kalfatovic, Associate Director, Digital Programs & Initiatives and Program Director, BHL [Will be recorded]
12:00 – 12:20 pm – History of the Botany-Horticulture library -Robin Everly, Branch Librarian, Botany and Horticulture Library
12:20 – 12:30 pm – Questions for Speakers
30 minute BREAK
1:00 to 2:00 pm Keynote presentation [Will be recorded]
Dr. W. John Kress
Co-Chair, Earth BioGenome Project
Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College and The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University/Distinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus, National Museum of Natural History
Presentation title: The future of biodiversity in the age of humans: Why science libraries matter?
3:00 to 5:30 pm -Session two/Day one
3:00 – 3:05 pm - Signing on/Description of Session Two – Robin Everly
3:00 to 4:00 pm – Business meeting/part one – CBHL Board
Break – 10 minutes
4:10 to 4:50 pm – Allaina Wallace- Head Librarian, Denver Botanic Gardens
Presentation title: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Leadership: Zen and the art of moving a library
4:50 to 5:10 pm - Kathryn Downing – Technical Services Librarian, Denver Botanic Gardens
Presentation Title: Moving Forward by Looking Back: Understanding the History of Plant Common Names in Order to Connect All People with Plants [WILL BE RECORDED]
5:10 to 5:30 pm - Member’s News and Social
EVENING PROGRAM (According to Eastern Daylight Time)
6:00 to 7:30 pm – Annual Literature Award Presentation
Hosted by Tracy Mehlin
Friday, May 7, 2021
11:00 am to 2:00 pm -Session One/Day Two
11:00 - 11:05 am - Signing on/Description of Session One/Day Two – Robin Everly
11:05 - 11:50 am – Joyce Connolly, Smithsonian Gardens, Archives of American Gardens
Presentation Title: Early Garden Photography: Glass Lantern Slides
10 minute BREAK
12:00 to 1:30 pm – Series of Member Presentations
12:00 to 12:20 pm - Amy O’Shea, Horticulture Librarian, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin
Presentation Title: Engaging Youth Pre and Post Pandemic at Schumacher Library, Olbrich Botanical Gardens
12:20 to 12:40 pm - Suzi Teghtmeyer, Agriculture and Plant Sciences Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries
Presentation Title: Open Educational Resources (OER) for the Plant and Agricultural Sciences [Will be recorded]
10 Minute BREAK
12:50 to 1:10 pm - Brandy Watts, Librarian, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth
Presentation Title: The Value of Field Photographs to Botany Research & Beyond: Botanical Libraries & Biological Collections
1:10 to 1:30 pm – Questions for presenters
30 minute BREAK
2:00 to 4:00 pm -Session Two/Day Two
2:00 to 3:00 pm - Business meeting/part two – CBHL Board
3:00 to 4:30 pm – Social Event Across the Pond with EBHL : From coffee to tea to wine – confirmed to hold joint event with Brent Elliot, president EBHL and Isabelle Charmentier (Linnean Society) will be the coordinator / co-host on our end.