Join the Linda Hall Library and the Royal Astronomical Society for the second in our series of livestream talks exploring connections between our collections.
About this Event
Hosted as a four part conversation between the Royal Astronomical Society’s Librarian, Sian Prosser, and the Linda Hall Library’s Vice President for Special Collections, Jason W. Dean, this series will introduce the two organisations to attendees and highlight astronomical notable items in our collections.
Livestream session 2:
In this discussion, Sian and Jason will choose items from each institution that they find impressive and explore connections between their digitized collections. They will also discuss best practices for accessing digital collections.
Visit our Eventbrite page to register for this online event.
Additional talks in this series:
22 May: Overlapping Collections Across the Atlantic
12 June: A Chance Encounter: The Pechell family and their interest in the stars
Speaker bio:
Jason W. Dean is Vice President for Special Collections at the Linda Hall Library. Prior to coming to the Library, Jason was Director of Special Collections & Archives at Southwestern University. He has previously held positions at the University of Arkansas and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. He earned an undergraduate degree in history from Hardin-Simmons University and his MS in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University. Jason has also completed coursework at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Grolier Club, and a past Institute of Library and Museum Services-Rare Book School fellow.
Sian Prosser has been Librarian and Archivist at the Royal Astronomical Society since 2014, having previously worked at the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, and at University of Warwick library. After studying for a languages degree at the University of Glasgow and an MA in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, Sian worked in logistics and export before joining the French department of the University of Sheffield for an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded PhD on French medieval manuscripts. Sian completed her MA in Library and Information Studies at University College London in 2011, and returned there for the Certificate of Higher Education in Astronomy, graduating in 2019.