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Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder that all content for this year’s conference proceedings should be sent to me by June 12, 2008. We will be posting papers, presentations, virtual posters, and/or minutes from all sessions, workshops, and meetings for the conference. As last year, this year’s proceedings will be entirely web-based and accessible on the ARLIS/NA website, therefore full-text and PowerPoint presentations of sessions and workshops are acceptable formats. If you would prefer to send your file as a PDF, that would be ideal, as I will be submitting all content to our webmaster in PDF format. If you have large files to attach, there are several free services available through the Web to assist you, such as http://mailbigfile.com.
Since some of you might be including copyrighted images in your presentations, please note that you will need to secure permission from the vendor/creator prior to publishing them in the proceedings. All authors publishing full presentations in any format will be asked to sign the Publication Agreement on the ARLIS/NA website (http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/cta.pdf).
All materials should be sent to me electronically at elearned@rwu.edu.
Thank you!
Betsy Peck Learned
Interim Dean of University Libraries
Roger Williams University
1 Old Ferry Rd.
Bristol, RI 02809-2921
Phone: 401-254-3625
Fax: 401-254-3565
Email: elearned@rwu.edu
Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder that I will be serving as this year’s conference proceedings editor. I will be gathering papers, presentations, virtual posters, and/or minutes from all sessions, workshops, and meetings for the conference. As last year, this year’s proceedings will be entirely web-based and accessible on the ARLIS/NA website, therefore full-text and PowerPoint presentations of sessions and workshops are preferable formats. If you will be moderating a session and are confident that your speakers will be able to provide electronic copies of their remarks, you do not need to appoint a recorder for the session. If, however, you cannot be sure that your speakers will have electronic versions of their presentations, please do appoint a recorder. We hope to document as much content of the conference as possible.
Since some of you might be including copyrighted images in your presentations, please note that you will need to secure permission from the vendor/creator prior to publishing them in the proceedings. All authors publishing full presentations in any format will be asked to sign the Publication Agreement on the ARLIS/NA website (http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/cta.pdf).
Conference proceedings materials should be sent to me electronically at elearned@rwu.edu. The deadline is June 12, 2008.
See you soon in Denver!
Betsy Peck Learned
elearned@rwu.edu
Everyone is invited to the join in the conversation at the RISS (Reference & Instruction Services Section) ‘business meeting’ on Saturday, May 3, from 5 to 6 p.m.
This year we’re putting aside the usual business meeting fare - soliciting ideas for next year’s programming and arm-twisting attendees into volunteering to run the group. You may hold your applause.
What are you doing?
The meeting, billed as “Reference and Information Services Section Project Update,” is an opportunity for ARLIS members to share reference and outreach projects undertaken at home libraries. Emphasis will be on publicizing projects in which others can participate or ones which other libraries can adopt and adapt. Not allprojects turn out the way one expects: this session can also include projects which encounter unexpected obstacles or conclusions.
Time will be limited, so be prepared to offer a concise summary of the project’s goals, tools, and reception. (Works in progress are fine, too.) The hope is that the conversation will lead to increased communications and sharing of successful reference projects across member libraries. Even more, we hope to find a dynamic and effective way to take advantage of the Society’s ‘collective wisdom’ other than a one hour meeting once a year.
What should RISS be doing?
To that end, over the past year the leaders of RISS have been struggling to answer these questions:
- Is art reference adequately served in the current resource universe?
- Is there a need for cooperative art reference products?
- What local art reference initiatives are exportable? Shareable?
- What web tools are ripe for collective exploitation?
- What role can ARLIS in general and RISS in particular play in providing an appropriate and viable platform for sharing ideas and resources?
- Is ARLIS equal to the task?
- Should we be looking elsewhere and relying on our own initiative?
- What’s right (and what’s wrong) with ARLIS-L for art reference?
We hope to give an equally concise overview of the brainstorming and possible solutions we have identified. Joining us for these discussions will be Martha Ruddy, appointed by the Executive Board to report on extending ARLIS/NA’s technological possibilities. We eagerly solicit your reactions.
Ross Day
Moderator, RISS
If you are arriving in Denver on Thursday, May 1, you will find the Registration/Hospitality Desk located in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt beginning at 10:00 AM . Note that the time is 2 hours earlier than previously advertised, and that the location is changed for that day only. Beginning Friday, Registration and Hospitality will be located in the Imperial Ballroom Foyer.
Please join us for a very interesting session with Deborah Confer.Ms. Confer is the Anthropology Collection Manager at the University Of Colorado Museum Of Natural History. She has worked in natural history and historical museums for the past 22 years, including the National Museum of Natural History and the Lane County Historical Museum, Eugene, Oregon.
According to the current schedule, the section will be held:
Saturday, May 3
5:00pm - 6:00pm
http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/program.htm
Isabella Marqués de Castilla, moderator
James Phillip Ascher, vice-moderator/moderator elect
imar@loc.gov
The MySchedule self-scheduling event planner is now available to assist in planning your daily schedule during the Denver 2008 ARLIS/NA conference. MySchedule is a searchable database of the meetings and events at this year’s conference that will allow you to print out a personalized conference itinerary.
To access MySchedule, please create an account at http://arlisnamw.com/loginRegister.php or follow the link from the main conference web page at http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/. MySchedule and the entire conference program can also be browsed at the Denver 2008 conference programs page: http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/program.htm.
A very special thank you goes to Sam Duncan at the Amon Carter Museum for the initial programming of this exciting tool for the Houston conference in 2005.
Bethany Sewell
bethany.sewell@du.edu
Access Librarian
Penrose Library
University of Denver
Virtual posters:
ARLIS/NA is borrowing an idea from our ALA Art Section and Instruction Section colleagues — the virtual poster session. Three session moderators have agreed to complement their physical session with online posters, allowing wider participation and contribution of topics in this “Denver First.”
*This posting on behalf of the Denver co-chairs (Peggy Keeran and Tom Riedel for Local Arrangements and Jeanne Brown and Mary Graham for Program) and the entire Conference Planning Advisory Committee whose brainstorms resulted in many of the approaches we are calling Denver Firsts!
As Exhibits Coordinator for the ARLIS/NA conference in Denver, I am pleased to send you this greeting!I’d like to encourage you to make a special effort to visit our vendors in the Exhibits Hall during the conference. They will be exhibiting their goods from Saturday, May 3 through Sunday, May 4. I personally always look forward to going into the Exhibits Hall every year and seeing what our vendors have displayed at their tables and booths. It’s always a treat to actually see an item in person! This is also a great opportunity to chat with the vendors and thank them for their sponsorship and support of our annual conference. Click here for the link to our preliminary list of exhibitors http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/exhibitors_2008.htm and here for the link to our list of sponsors http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/sponsors.htm.
If you are a novice or are a little shy with the vendors, we have a special “Meet the Vendors” program just for you! This is a great opportunity to be introduced to and visit with the vendors in the Exhibits Hall accompanied by a more experienced ARLIS member. Further information can be found at: http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/meetexhibitors_form.htm. The deadline to sign up for this program is April 16, 2008.
In addition, we will have exclusive exhibit hours that will not conflict with any of the sessions, as well as the popular Silent Auction and new features - Web 2.0 Kiosk and ArtTECHtonic!
Please make sure you make your way around the Exhibits Hall and meet our vendors on Saturday and Sunday, May 3rd and 4th!
Eumie Imm-Stroukoff
Exhibits Coordinator
2008 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Denver
Please remember that you can still sign-up to participate in the Denver Conference Mentor Program! More information about the program as well as the registration form can be found by clicking on the following link:http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/confmentor_form.htm
**Please note that the Denver Conference Mentor Program is separate from the year-long ARLIS/NA Mentoring Program and workshop.
Whether you are a seasoned ARLIS/Na conference veteran of a first (or second) timer, you have the opportunity to participate in the Denver conference Mentor Program. If you are attending your first conference and are just beginning to develop your ARLIS network, the Mentor Program provides you with an experienced ARLIS/NA member to show you the ropes and introduce you to new colleagues. For ARLIS/NA veterans, this is a fine opportunity to make a significant impact in the Society on a personal level.
Those requesting mentors will be matched with those volunteering to serve as mentors by the Program Coordinator, based on information drawn from the application form. Both mentors and their newcomers will be notified before the conference.
Mentors are expected to contact their mentees prior to the conference, meet with their mentee on the first or second day at the conference, discuss the structure and workings of the society, give conference-attending tips, and introduce their mentee to new colleagues whenever possible during the conference.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Alba Fernández-Keys
Mentor Program Coordinator
This is the first message in a series of “Denver Firsts” messages, wherein we highlight the many elements of the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in Denver May 1-5 that we believe to be innovations in the ARLIS conference experience! Caveat: we have not done historical research in the archives, so this represents our collective memory only!Denver First:
Complimentary breakfast at the membership meeting:
With signing up for lunch or dinner no longer an extra step, ARLIS/NA members can eat and meet at the same time! We hope this Denver First will result in increased attendance at the Membership Meeting!
*This posting on behalf of the Denver co-chairs (Peggy Keeran and Tom Riedel for Local Arrangements and Jeanne Brown and Mary Graham for Program) and the entire Conference Planning Advisory Committee whose brainstorms resulted in many of the approaches we are calling Denver Firsts!
The Denver conference is breaking new ground for the ARLIS/NA conference experience. One of those ways are virtual poster sessions!!Three of the program sessions will be complementing their speaker lineup with virtual posters to be accessed through the conference web site blog. Those three sessions are
Visual Pedagogy: Do you See What I See? — moderated by Sarah Carter and Marilyn Berger; What’s Hot & What’s Not, Trends in Technologies and Services in Libraries — moderated by Joan Stahl; and Scalable Digital Projects: How to Get Started with Small Digital Projects — moderated by Ellen Petraits and Claudia Covert. Interaction with the virtual poster presenters is encouraged through online comments.
The more traditional and still much appreciated format of physical poster sessions will be held in the Exhibits area on Saturday and Sunday mornings. You can talk in-person to presenters on a variety of poster topics, including instruction, the WOM-Art wikipedia project, enhancing the visibility of electronic journals, plagiarism, art students in the central library, and more! [See the conference program for the complete list of poster sessions.]
Session moderators: it is not too late to add the virtual poster component to your session. If you had more speakers than the session had time for, please consider it as a possibility!
Jeanne Brown and Mary Graham
Denver Conference Program Co-Chairs
The application form for the ARLIS/NA year-long Mentoring Program will be available shortly; please watch ARLIS-L for announcements.The ARLIS/NA Professional Development Committee invites members to apply for the year-long Mentoring Program, to commence at the annual conference in Denver. In order to facilitate optimal matching of mentor/mentee pairs, a short application form is required.
Please note: Attendance at the free Mentoring Program workshop, scheduled for Fri. May 2, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., is mandatory for participation in the year-long program. Workshop facilitators Heidi Hass and Tony White will work with mentor/mentee pairs to define responsibilities, refine expectations and goals, and set the groundwork for a successful mentoring relationship.
The Conference Mentoring Program is separate from the Mentoring Workshop and Pilot Program, and will take place as usual. Alba Fernandez-Keys will announce the Conference Mentoring Program on ARLIS-L.
Please contact us with any questions you may have.
Heidi Hass & Tony White
co-facilitators, Mentoring Program Workshop
vhhass@themorgan.org
If you’re an innovative arts librarian, actively engaged in the ever-changing world of libraries, listen up!! With the world of information and information-sharing in constant flux, we are all challenged to keep abreast of trends in library resources and technologies, so we can provide innovative services to our users.
Share what you know and what you are doing to enhance your library’s offerings. Virtual poster sessions will complement the real-time conference session, “What’s Hot and What’s Not: Incoming and Outgoing Technologies and Services” that takes place at the Conference Center on Sunday, May 4, 11:30 am-12:30 pm.
Virtual poster sessions (url or ppt file) may describe an innovative library program, analyze a problem and its new and/or creative solution, and/or report research findings. To apply, email your proposal by February 15, 2008, to Joan Stahl, session moderator (jstahl@umd.edu) .
Your proposal must include:
Your Name and Contact Information
Title of Poster Session
Abstract (200words or less)
Notification of selected virtual poster sessions will be sent on or before February 21, 2008. Deadlines for virtual poster will be forthcoming.
Bethany Sewell and Jason Aubin are developing a virtual poster site at http://arlisnamw.wordpress.com/virtual-poster-sessions/. This is currently a work in progress. Meanwhile, the guidelines that have been developed for the physical posters, many of which apply to the virtual posters, will be helpful and can be viewed at http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/arlis/postersession.html.
Joan Stahl
Branch Manager, Art & Architecture Libraries University of Maryland
You can expect to hear from nationally known, engaging speakers at the 36th Annual ARLIS/NA conference in Denver.Opening the conference at Convocation on Friday night, Patricia Limerick will set the stage with her observations about Denver in the context of the history of the American West. Dr. Limerick has received a number of awards and honors recognizing the impact of her scholarship and her commitment to teaching, including the MacArthur Fellowship (1995 to 2000), and is sought after as a speaker by a wide range of Western constituencies. She is Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, where she is also a Professor of History.
Saturday morning, you’ll hear from Lawrence Argent, Professor of Sculpture at the University of Denver. Mr. Argent has exhibited his work nationally and internationally and is currently working on many public art projects around the country. He will discuss his process for creating public art, including his experience with local governments and focusing on his 2005 piece “I See What You Mean,” a landmark piece at the Denver Convention Center. The delight he finds in and brings to his art is infectious and will inspire you to seek out his work, and other public art, while you are in Denver. For more information, see his web site: http://www.lawrenceargent.com/
Loriene Roy, current President of the American Library Association, will address the Membership Meeting on Monday morning. Dr. Roy will speak from her perspective about library organization leadership, giving ARLIS/NA members a context for our own self-assessment. She will share her perspectives on the structure of library associations, how they stay vital over the years, and how they shift with the current fluid communications and technological environments. Dr. Roy is an enrolled member of the White Earth Reservation of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and a faculty member of the University of Texas School of Information.
Monday afternoon’s plenary session is supported by the ARTstor Speaker Fund. David Silver’s talk will address four different and overlapping contemporary literacies as a way to better understand today’s college students, and will pay special attention to the increasing role of visual culture. Mixing his experiences in the classroom and his notes and observations regarding talks and workshops from this year’s ARLIS/NA conference, he will offer instructional examples to teach, display, and archive such literacies. Dr. Silver is an assistant professor of Media Studies and the director of the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies at the University of San Francisco. He co-directs The September Project, a grassroots effort to foster public events in all libraries in all countries in September). He blogs at silverinsf.blogspot.com.
The 36th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado will kick-off on Friday evening, May 2nd, with the ARLIS/NA Convocation followed by a special welcome party where we will be surrounded by Colorado’s mountain peaks.At the ARLIS/NA Convocation we will celebrate and award members who deserve recognition for their work at the height of their career, mid-career, and those who are making notable beginnings. We will recognize winning publishers and authors, and for the first time present the newly established award in honor of Merrill Smith.
Following the convocation, members are invited to the 38th floor of the Grand Hyatt Denver, a room of windows! Enjoy the sunset over the Rockies, live music, and culinary delights with your colleagues and friends; an uplifting way to welcome everyone to Denver and commence the ARLIS/NA 36th Annual Conference.
The Membership Meeting on the morning of Monday, May 5th, will give everyone the opportunity to enjoy an all-inclusive light buffet gathering before we hit the last day of programs. At the meeting, of course, we will attend to some business and hear from the Indianapolis Conference Planning Committee, say goodbye to a few Board members and welcome new Board members. A special addition to our meeting will be Loriene Roy, current President of the American Library Association. A wonderful person and speaker, Loriene, will enlighten us with her association stories.
See you in Denver for these events and more!
Deborah K. Ultan Boudewyns
President, ARLIS/NA, www.arlisna.org
When planning your trip to Denver for the 2008 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, be sure to consider the wide array of wonderful workshops offered on Friday, May 2nd.
• The all day workshop, “Cataloging Cultural Objects and Practical
Applications in the Library,” is aimed at professionals who work in image
collections and libraries with collections of objects or visual material.
There are two morning workshops:
• “ARLIS/NA Mentoring Program Workshop,” which is free and which will explore the satisfying and challenging world of mentoring. This workshop is required for those who wish to participate in the year-long mentoring program through ARLIS/NA.
The second offering in the morning is:
• “Medium Matters: Photography in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Organizers will introduce photographic and photomechanical processes one most likely will find in art libraries and archives and will provide participants with the knowledge to make skillful decisions about objects in their collections.
The afternoon workshops include:
• “Everyday Leadership: How to Increase Your Influence at the Institutional Level” led by the ever-dynamic Pat Wagner. This promises to be fun as well as applicable to a variety of art and architecture libraries/archival venues.
The second afternoon workshop is one more in the continually popular series:
• “They Never Covered This in Library School: Maps and Atlases”. This year the workshop will be held at the Denver Public Library and will cover the fascinating world of maps and atlases including online mapping sites, GIS and many other timely applications.
Workshops are totally worth coming a day early…at least we think so! Please take a closer look at the workshop offerings in the program online at http://arlisnamw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/program.htm. We encourage you to consider joining us and your colleagues for a rich, intriguing and fun day of workshops.
Mary Graham and Jeanne Brown
Program Co-Chairs
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