ACRL/NY PDC Presents
Research Trips: The Fantasy/The Facts
Research trips can be dreams come true—uniquely designed (and sometimes even funded!) opportunities to closely study documents and items central to your work. If you are considering a trip to undertake research for a project, let’s talk!
It can be easy to assume that administrative details will be figured out before your trip begins, that the research itself will be fairly straightforward, and that working with institutions and their staff members will be hassle-free, but this isn't always the case. Identifying challenges and planning for them ahead of time can not only alleviate stress (a certain dream-breaker), but can help make your trip more relaxing, rewarding, and ultimately more productive.
From issues to address beforehand, including travel budget, transportation, housing, and administrative needs, to arrival and settling in (personally and professionally), handling and documenting collections work, and post-visit follow-ups, this presentation will offer researchers—particularly those venturing on their first research trip—practical ways to plan and prepare. It will also offer suggestions about what to do when things don’t go according to "the best-laid plans."
About the presenter:
Ann Kearney has been a member of the University at Albany Libraries Faculty for over fifteen years. She served as Collections Conservator until 2022, and is currently the Libraries’ Coordinator of Preservation Services. She holds a MSIS degree from the University at Albany and is completing a Master of Arts in English. She received a Fulbright Award to study Bookbinding and Paper Conservation from Camberwell College of Art and Crafts, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rosemont College. Prior to coming to Albany, she served as Associate Conservator at Case Western Reserve University and maintained a private book conservation practice in northern Ohio. Her research interests include trauma-informed preservation of material culture, narrative structures in 19th and 20th century art and literature, and the history and practice of book arts. She chaired the Outreach Advisory Group of The Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation’s Collections Care Network, and is the leader of the Capital District Library Council’s Preservation Interest Group.
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