SONIA YACO, NJ Book Arts Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick Libraries, Assoc Director, Head Special Collections & University Archives Oct 31 2020

SONIA YACO, NJ Book Arts Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick Libraries, Assoc Director, Head Special Collections & University Archives Oct 31 2020 Tumultuous Absence: the 26th annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium - registration now open! Rutgers New Brunswick Special Collections and University Archives is delighted to announce that this year’s New Jersey Book Arts Symposium will be held in cyberspace November 5 & 6 and 12 & 13. As in years past, it will feature speakers, panels, exhibits, artist in residence, and a chance to interact with other book artists. New this year are opportunities made possible by the virtual format: live streamed and pre-recorded presentations, virtual studio tours and demonstrations, an augmented reality exhibit, and do-at-home workshops. The Symposium is free, but registration is required: go.rutgers.edu/njbas2020 Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders Through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund Sonia Yaco is the Associate Director, head of Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries. Her responsibilities include artists books: curating the Rutgers collection, organizing the Symposium, and scholarly research. She is developing an ontological framework for describing the genre. Her kinetic book art has been exhibited as part of the Symposium. Her other research areas are how to build cultural heritage collections that reflect the diversity of society and innovative methods to improve the discoverability of archives using emerging technology. She holds a M.A. from the School of Library and Information Studies and a B.A. in Sociology, from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The symposium is free, but registration is required: go.rutgers.edu/njbas2020 [email protected]