What content and topics do you want to see at the 2019 ARLIS/NA Conference in Salt Lake City? - brainstorming and voting

Whiteness in our profession. What insight can reflection and brainstorming on this issue provide?

I think this is a really important topic. Who should speak to this?

by Alex

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Mario Ascencio (seems to have a revolutionary way of thinking/willing to ask difficult questions)... more

by Nicole

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We shouldn't just leave it to the POC in ARLIS.

by Olivia Miller

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Although coming from an archival theory perspective & outside ARLIS/NA, Michelle Caswell has been... more

by Karly

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P.S. A number of other scholars writing about whiteness in LIS listed here: http://libraryjuicepr... more

by Karly

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For this we can't just rely on the writings about whiteness in librarianship (of which there's a ... more

by Siân Evans

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Maurice Berger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Berger) comes to mind for someone who could... more

by Karly

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Bridget R. Cooks is a fantastic scholar, who has written on "Exhibiting Blackness," re: Harlem on... more

by Steph

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This is an extremely important topic. I have been thinking about: librarians in acquisitions and ... more

by Chantal Sulkow

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I agree, the work of whiteness in art librarianship is not solely that of POC. However, the exper... more

by Jennifer Ferretti

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I am friends with Bridget R. Cooks and would be happy to extend the invite

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Sorry, this is Emilee Mathews who wrote above statement about knowing Bridget Cooks

Important to keep in mind that any work of value when talking about racial diversity must also be... more

by Jerrold Shiroma

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What about diversity issues beyond 'whiteness'? E.g. some diversity issues are not necessarily re... more

I am really interested in the "Cultural appropriation in art and design" topic and would love to ... more

by Millie Fullmer

Sorry ignore mine - wrong topic!

by Millie Fullmer

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Galina Lewandowicz, Emily W, sha towers and 39 more

Active Learning Instruction Sessions

by Jennifer Ferretti

What kind of learning activities are we doing in instruction sessions? Art history, art and desig... more

Also interested in active learning with special collections materials

by Shira Eller

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A session that gave attendees time and space to individually reflect on the session and how we co... more

by Olivia Miller

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A session like this should BE an active learning session. I've seen panels on this before but act... more

by Siân Evans

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As to the comments above, it would be great to incorporate more unconference-like sessions or pro... more

by Shannon Marie Robinson

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Perhaps also room here to investigate participatory culture opportunities within instruction and ... more

by Shannon Marie Robinson

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I would like to create examples of Digital Citizenship active learning in Art Libraries

by Mackenzie

2

Practical exercises that I can bring back to my institution

I attended a great active session at Achieving the Dream this week. We converted an assignment/mo... more

by Ian McDermott

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A former colleague and I had a great experience teaching book history to a first-year writing sem... more

by Allison M.

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Allie (former colleague above) and I have worked on several active learning opportunities (in add... more

by sha towers

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Teresa, sha towers, Allison M. and 36 more

The Librarian and the Archivist Should be Friends!

by Celia Hartmann

After listening to a session in which librarians in special collections settings struggled to arr... more

I agree we should be friends(!) and would like to learn about archival tools and practices. On th... more

by Barb

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This is something we have been working on in our library! I would love to present in a panel abou... more

by Katy Parker

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Also, the ways in which archival practice creeps into the library and vice versa.

by Annehsimmons

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This is a great idea especially if we can incorporate those who have both library and archive as ... more

by Alison Huftalen

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I would also like to hear from professionals with combined archives/library responsibilities. As ... more

by Kim Lesley

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As a recent chief librarian with library and archives responsibilities at a natural history museu... more

by Richard Hulser

From Celia: It looks like there's significant interest in this, so I encourage you all to work on... more

by Celia Hartmann

I’d also be interested in participating as someone with librarian and archivist responsibilities ... more

by Liz Ehrnst

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I'm a special collections cataloger currently working with our library's archivists to provide be... more

by Allison M.

I am trained as an archivist but now have a librarian role managing digital collections. I would ... more

by Cassie Swayze

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Lauren MacDonald, Tamara Fultz, Robert Gore and 27 more

Art & Ecology

by Stephanie

Perfect for the desert Southwest and the Mountain West, but really affecting us all, this topic (... more

Timely and pertinent to our changing landscape, resources, and sustainability in the Mountain Wes... more

by Stephanie

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This also ties in well with earth art which we'll be thinking about whether or not we go to Spira... more

by Sherman

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Could also include architecture!

by Janine Henri

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Could also tie in digital projects. I have been working on digitizing images and creating a dig... more

by Andi

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We have a new minor called Art + Ecology and I'd be really interested in seeing/hearing what othe... more

by Serenity Ibsen

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Documenting ephemeral built environments (I'm thinking in terms of Goldsworthy, Smithson, etc.)

by Aimee Lind

Environmentalism in Graphic Novels

I love this. I worked on curating a collection of materials for this workshop, called "consuming ... more

by Kate

I'm thinking about this topic in terms of the Anthropocene and how our institutions affect the en... more

by Laura Schmidt (lauraschhh@gmail.com)

Seems like this proposal could focus on how to support the new work taking place between scientis... more

by Barb Prior

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Teresa, Courtenay McLeland, Ian McDermott and 26 more

books on site vs. more space for humans in the library

by Karyn Hinkle

The experiences of those who spoke at the NYC session on "right sizing" the on-site print collect... more

Also room here for print vs electronic, removing stacks b/c "everything is online" - delve into t... more

by Shannon Marie Robinson

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I would love to include a proactive approach to this question. Rather than just reacting to a spe... more

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This is where the ARLIS Leadership and Advocacy strategic direction comes in!

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I like the idea of having administrators there as well - would be good to hear from their perspec... more

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Additionally, this folds nicely into the conference theme next year focused on arts in site.

This might go well with research re: retention of print vs. e-texts (suggested by Alan Michelson ... more

by Barb Prior

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Kathy Coyle, Lauren MacDonald, Emily W and 27 more

Critical Information Literacy, Responsible Pedagogy, and Intersectional Librarianship

by Nicole

Could be a workshop or interactive session on how to incorporate critlib, CIL, Social Justice, an... more

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CPowell, Treshani P., RG and 29 more

Cataloger's judgement

by Andrea Puccio

The notion of how cataloging and classification can give insight to or obscure material on or by ... more

Fine Arts Cataloger here. I try to be inclusive with access points and subject headings as part o... more

by Treshani Perera

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Presented a poster germane to this topic in NYC. Agree with the person above--there's some much m... more

5

I work in visual resources, cataloging works of art in a local database, and I think about this a... more

by Annie

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I'm also interested in being a panelist/co-presenter. I'm the special collections cataloger at my... more

by Allison M.

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Emily W, Tina L., Tamara Fultz and 26 more

Workshop (hands-on and interactive): Cataloging/metadata assigning for artists' books, zines, art-zines, comics, and graphic novels

by Kelly Swickard

This was discussed at the cataloging sessions to have a hands-on workshop where people can catalo... more

There was crossover on this topic in the Book Arts SIG.

by Serenity Ibsen

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The 2009 Indianapolis conference had a very hands-on session & useful handout on artists' books. ... more

by Julia

I am interested in collaborating or assisting. I'm an art cataloger and have been cataloging my l... more

by Jennifer Page

I'm also interested in collaborating/assisting. I'm a special collections cataloger, and my libra... more

by Allison M.

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Kathy Coyle, Adam Robinson, Tamara Fultz and 26 more

Current State of Collection Development

by Andi

What are your current collection development responsibilities? Has there been changes in in the ... more

Having become an acquisitions librarian in the last year, this is a topic of interest to me. Also... more

by Chantal Sulkow

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As the Library Director at a women's art college with an increasingly diverse student body I am a... more

by Kim Lesley

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I'd also like this to address general trends in circulation decline, downsizing physical collecti... more

by Lindsey Reynolds

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Great topic. Need to discuss how different libraries (academic, public, private) are adapting col... more

by Deborah Ultan

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The Collection Development SIG is hoping to have a session basically about this, under the umbrel... more

by Mary Wassermann.

I also think it would be interesting to see who is still developing a 'collection of record.' Are... more

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My org is actively overhauling their collection dev policies and I am not sure how this will affe... more

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Teresa, Elsa Loftis, Kathy Cowan and 19 more

Embedded librarianship for visual arts disciplines

by Leah Sherman

How are Art Librarians practicing embedded librarianship throughout the visual arts disciplines? ... more

Could be a panel or a session or even a workshop if hands-on activities could be recreated for at... more

2

I would also like for a topic like this to touch on issues of burn out and staff resource allocat... more

by Siân Evans

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I wouldn't want to see a panel of case studies. I feel like this has been done before and the dis... more

by Siân Evans

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I think it would be great to have a chance to create a toolkit of some kinda that helps librarian... more

by Mackenzie Salisbury

4

I think this panel could be done, however, I wonder if it might be framed differently with respec... more

by Jacqulyn Ann Williams

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Marty Miller, Tina Budzise-Weaver, Jacqulyn Williams and 18 more

Workshop on digital privacy and security in art libraries

by Karly

Building on informal "cryptoparties" hosted at the previous two conferences,* we discussed having... more

This is a broadly relevant topic esp. in regards to digital citizenship/safety (my library has pu... more

by Emily Coxe

The NYC meeting was the first I knew about cryptoparties, and I was so grateful to hear from othe... more

by Jade F

This is a hugely pertinent topic and while there is a lot of chatter about policies and learning ... more

by Shannon Marie Robinson

An model to explore further: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/03/library-offers-help-protecti... more

by Karly

I agree with all that has been said and would attend a session or (preferably) a workshop. Adding... more

by Barb Prior

I would be interested in hearing about the personal information collected by universities and the... more

by Anne Simmons

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sarah h, Annie, Barb Prior and 13 more

MarcEdit Workshop

by Bronwen Bitetti

MarcEdit is a tremendously useful, free software tool used by catalogers, metadata librarians and... more

Could be good to teach with in the workshop above about cataloging for artists' books/zines to he... more

by Emilee

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Kathy Coyle, Adam Robinson, Emily W and 12 more

Digital Projects

by Andi

There has been lots of discussion about digital humanities, digital scholarship ,etc. But what ab... more

I believe this would be of interest to the members of the DH SIG.

by Courtenay McLeland

I'd like to hear from the NDSR Art participants and learn more about the preservation, collection... more

Is there an organizer for this session? I'd love to contribute.

by Amye McCarther

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Cassie Swayze, Janine Henri, Courtenay and 10 more

local institutions, local practices

the "out of bounds of the typical library" session was very interesting because it gave an opport... more

I like this idea, too -- as tours also do, these kinds of sessions can give attendees a deeper se... more

by Karyn Hinkle

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Barb Prior, JAM, Shaina Harkness and 10 more

Librarians In/Out of Sight

by Stephanie Fletcher

How do we meet the needs of ill family members, special needs children, or newborn/newly adopted ... more

Supporting your colleagues with these types of programs and systems creates a healthier and more ... more

3

It might be nice to hear from non-librarians, as well. Circ staff and folks shelving and processi... more

1

It would be great to hear from administrators that have worked to create contingency plans and fl... more

by Bronwen Bitetti

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I've been primary caregiver for 2-3 family members with chronic medical conditions for the majori... more

by Barb Prior

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Sarah Carter, Nicole Lovenjak, Bronwen Bitetti and 8 more

Open Educational Resources

by Ian McDermott

OER have the potential to address social justice issues related to the cost of higher ed. They al... more

There is much out there about OERs, but I be interested to hear about how OERs are being used or ... more

by Andi

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Here's a good site for arts OER. http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/.

by Ian McDermott

With textbook cost possibly influencing retention in some colleges, I think this is a highly rele... more

by Delia Tash

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Elisa, JAM, Liz Ehrnst and 7 more

Artists' archives; challenges and solutions to tackle a lifetime's worth of work

Archives of artists often come into institutions with little structure and guidelines to follow. ... more

by TS

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This book may be of interest and point towards potential panelists: http://www.libripublishing.co... more

by Karly

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Our division is increasingly getting giant hard drives of terribly labeled/disorganized work of f... more

by Jessica

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Kathy Cowan, Tara, Kay and 5 more

Cultural appropriation in art and design

by Kathy Cowan

This is an aspect of visual literacy that comes up for art and design school librarians. For m... more

I am really interested in this topic and would love to collaborate on such a project. I am the ar... more

by Millie Fullmer

Visual Plagiarism/appropriation I am currently on a n university-wide committee about academic i... more

by Liv

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This is a great topic! I think visual literacy could be a good entry: recognizing cultural approp... more

by Annie

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Elsa Loftis, Kathy Cowan, MC and 5 more

Harnessing the power of Linked Open Data to make connections between complementary collections

I'd love to see finished projects, as well as hear about the planning, design and technical requi... more

by Bronwen Bitetti

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I’d be interested in hearing about user-centered LOD efforts.

by Liz Ehrnst

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Jonathan Lill, JAM, Liz Ehrnst and 5 more

I've been wanting to present on our Mail Art collection and the mechanisms (intellectual and physical) to manage an ephemeral and self-referential art genre. This would fit with other topics like: hands-on special collections instruction; balancing access and preservation; how to create a project... more

by Barb Prior, Oberlin College

The Artist Files SIG could perhaps collaborate on this.

by Anne Simmons

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Teresa, sha towers, Barbara and 5 more

Supporting Community-Engaged Scholarship

by Rebecca Cooper Coleman

Universities and accrediting agencies are pushing for more community-engaged scholarship (Univers... more

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Jennifer Burr, Kathy Cowan, David Platt and 5 more

Born Digital: Best Practices for Acquisition Policy

by Aimee Lind

...particularly as they pertain to CAD/BIM; could be paired with a workshop on CAD/BIM for archiv... more

Necessary! Would love to hear more. We have some forming best practices at the UMN. Always have a... more

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Yes indeed! Also see the comment under digital projects above. I'd really like to know about best... more

by Janine Henri

Yes, please. I am writing a policy right now for my org and struggling to find up to date policie... more

by Cassie Swayze

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Elsa Loftis, Janine Henri, Andi and 3 more

International Collaboration between Libraries

by Elisa Hansen

The original idea for this Paper Panel was to present how libraries from two different countries ... more

Are there any folks in our organization who have applied for Fulbright fellowships to work and re... more

by Kathy Cowan

How about libraries/librarians from on two different continents, i.e. branch campuses?

by Jacqulyn Ann Williams

We would be interested in presenting information on the Digital Cicognara Library project (www.ci... more

by Roger Lawson

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Jacqulyn Williams, Leah Sherman, Kathy Cowan and 3 more

Survey and assessment techniques

by Rene

How to you assess effectiveness of programming? Surveys? how do you collect and analyze quantitat... more

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Liz Ehrnst, David Platt, Barb Prior and 4 more

Wikipediathon to add/enhance entries for Latin American artists

by Debbie Kempe

The IRC has been in discussion with our Brazilian affiliate ReDarte. They would like to jointly o... more

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Bridget Nowlin, Tamara Fultz, Spyros and 3 more

Learning with Digital vs Print: What Doest the Research Say?

by Alan Michelson and Rebecca Price

We are interested in understanding current research on the cognition and retention of textual and... more

This is a particularly relevant topic for art libraries, as we tend to purchase more printed book... more

Students in my library often state a preference for print books in all subjects.

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Rebecca Friedman, Elsa Loftis, Barb Prior and 2 more

A workshop on applying for pay raises

by Sheila Cork

The AAUW workshop was enormously helpful in the last conference, and I would strongly advocate fo... more

by Catherine Robertson

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Sarah Carter, Emilee, Bronwen Bitetti and 2 more

Workshop. Auction catalogs: cataloging print and electronic, preserving, access and discovery

by Rodica T. Krauss

During the Auction Catalogs SIG meetings at the last few ARLIS/NA conferences lots of questions w... more

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Rebecca Friedman, Kathy Woodrell, Rodica Tanjala Krauss and 2 more

A panel where artists/designers/theorists talk about the way that they engage with systems familiar to librarians (archiving/cataloging/circulating).

by Amy Ballmer

I think librarians can learn a lot and get ideas from a conversation of this kind.

There is significant interest in archives and archiving among art students at my institution.

by Kathy Cowan

Hi Amy -- this is a great topic and I've participated in a couple of similar sessions before - a ... more

by Sarah Hamerman

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Allison M., Sarah H., Kathy Cowan and 1 more

Insight into other cultures

by Beth Hylen (hylenej@cmog.org) and Beth Goodrich (bgoodrich@craftcouncil.org)

The Decorative Arts SIG is interested in finding Utah area experts to discuss “Insight into other... more

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Kathy Woodrell, Kathy Cowan, Barbara and 1 more

OpenRefine Workshop

A workshop teaching librarians about data cleaning, automated authority reconciliation and GREL i... more

I use OpenRefine frequently and would love to do a workshop on it for our humanists on campus. At... more

by Cassie Swayze

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Adam Robinson

Cassie Swayze

Tamara Fultz

Socially engaged work in textile arts

by Kathy Cowan

This could be a joint proposal with the Decorative Arts SIG and the Fashion, Textiles, and Costum... more

The Materials SIG folks may also be interested in any aspects related to sustainable materials in... more

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Beth Goodrich

Kathy Cowan

SD

Using Tropy for archival research. Demo + user experiences.

by Aimee Lind

Yes! It's relatively new and I would love to learn more about how I can help students/faculty/all... more

by Jessica

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Liz Ehrnst

Rebecca Cooper Coleman

Sarah Carter

The Decorative Arts SIG is interested in finding Utah area experts to discuss “Insight into other cultures.” We propose to find panel speakers from local or regional institutions to highlight local collections relevant to the history and culture of the region. Examples include Mormon traditions... more

by Beth Hylen (hylenej@cmog.org) and Beth Goodrich (bgoodrich@craftcouncil.org)

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Beth

Kathy Cowan

Sherman Clarke

Digital Publishing

Librarian as collaborator, challenges, solutions, case studies, workshops.

I work as an editor for several digital publications, and I'd be happy to be involved in any disc... more

by Alodie Larson (alodie.larson@oup.com)

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Kay

Kiana Jones

Libraries on the Move

by Catherine Robertson

I heard a lot of folks talking about moving collections at the NYC conference - either in the rec... more

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Emilee

Teresa

Labor issues in art libraries, from unpaid internships to grant-funded workers

by Sarah Hamerman

This panel would focus on organizing around and developing sustainable alternatives to unpaid int... more

I love this idea. This is something that I feel is essential to any seriously critical archives/l... more

by Amye McCarther

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Kathy Cowan

National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Art

by Kristen Regina

This is the second and final year of the IMLS funded Philadelphia Museum of Art/ARLIS-NA partners... more

Yes: I'd like to hear about the experiences of those involved in NDSR Art projects. Also see comm... more

by Janine Henri

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Janine Henri

Accessibility in art and art history

by Annie Sollinger (annies@library.umass.edu)

I've been thinking about what challenges there are in academia around ADA accessibility, particul... more

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Kathy Cowan

outreach/visiting artists

by Boutin

Anyone else have experience arguing for artists' visits to campus? Particularly those who work at... more

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Mission Driven Collaborations in Libraries

by Jacqulyn Ann Williams

What are some interesting collaborations that have put libraries in leadership positions?

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Digital Narratives; Fostering Teaching, Learning, & Collaboration

by Kiana Jones

Narratives are essential to building collaborative communities. In a library or museum setting, a... more

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