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The 2016 WLIC in Columbus, Ohio, is almost upon us and the Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to join our programme of events during the Congress.Full details of each session are posted on the Congress website but this post gives a short summary.Get involved![caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Some of the IFLA RBSC Standing Committee members after their second business meeting in Cape Town in 2015, with observers[/caption]If you are interested in the Rare Books and Special Collections section, and in the issues involved in working with rare books and special collections of any kind, please come and speak to us at the Congress. You are invited to attend our off-site day on the Monday and our on-site programme session and the sessions we have been involved with, to attend either or both of our Section Business Meetings, and to talk to members of the Rare Standing Committee during the Congress.[caption id="attachment_328" align="aligncenter" width="500"] From a congress session organised by the IFLA RBSC Standing Committee at Helsinki, 2012[/caption]If you would like to become more involved with the work of the Section: we extend to anyone who is interested in joining the committee or in becoming a corresponding member a warm invitation to attend our Section Business Meetings and speak to us informally about what is involved. Several of our members will be standing down from the Standing Committee in 2017 and we will be looking to fill vacancies. The nomination procedure will open in late 2016.The RBSC co-organises and sponsors conferences and seminars outside the WLIC. Please do take the opportunity during the Congress to discuss any such events, or the hosting of future satellite or mid-term Section meetings, with us.[caption id="attachment_325" align="aligncenter" width="670"] IFLA RBSC Section Officers: Helen Vincent (chair), Krister Ostlund (secretary), Daryl Green (information coordinator)[/caption]If you can’t join us in Columbus and are interested in any of these topics, please get in touch - contact our Section Officers Chair Helen Vincent; Secretary Krister Östlund; Information Officer Daryl Green or any other committee member.&#160;82nd IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 13-19 August 2016Rare Books and Manuscripts Section&#160;Business Meetings&#160;Saturday 13 AugustSession 010     Standing Committee I — Rare Books and Special Collections09:45 - 12:15; Room: C220-221&#160;Thursday 18 August Session 217     Standing Committee II — Rare Books and Special Collections11:30 - 13:00; Room: C224&#160;Conference Sessions  Monday 15 AugustSession 091      Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and AccessRare books and Special collections with Art Libraries and Audiovisual and Multimedia09:00-17:30Off-site Location: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &#38; Museum, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210Tuesday 16 August Session 146      'Data Across Borders: Discovering and Describing Rare Materials' Rare Books and Special Collections13:45 – 15:45; Room C112-115&#160;Session 154     Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truthStrategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) with Rare Books and Special Collections16:00 – 18:00; Room C210-212 Wednesday 17 August Session 164     Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing - Preservation and Conservation with Audiovisual and Multimedia and Rare Books and Special Collections09:30 – 12:45; Hall E&#160; Section Dinner: Wednesday 17 August at a local restaurant, with invitations extended to the panellists at our sessions and joint sessions, and other interested Congress attendees. Venue to be confirmed.&#160;We look forward to seeing you in Columbus!-Helen Vincent, Section Chair.&#160;