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ARLIS Colleagues:
I second what Peter Blank said! As the previous CAA Liaison, I was happy to
have Mary Williamson put together a wonderful session that was accepted for
the CAA conference in Toronto (in 1998??). She also did an enormous amount
of work to pull the session together and benefited in the same ways that
Peter mentions below. As Liaison it was very difficult to locate ARLIS/NA
members who have the time to work with CAA's rather byzantine schedule, can
afford the time and commitment to be an active participant in both ARLIS/NA
and CAA, and can afford to attend both conferences.
Participating in CAA is, an extremely rewarding experience -- especially for
those of us who work in academic and museum settings. I have a proposal to
offer for a special session for the 2001 CAA conference in Philly. It is a
proposal that will be co-sponsored by ARLIS/NA-GLIRT and CAA's affiliated
society named The Queer Caucus (formerly called the Gay and Lesbian Caucus).
I am keeping track of the deadlines for that conference and will submit the
proposal to the new ARLIS/NA CAA Liaison at the proper time, BUT, I hope
other ARLIS/NA members who are CAA members will submit a session proposal for
a two-hour session. ARLIS/NA needs to keep up its appearance at CAA - -a
tradition that has been going on since ARLIS/NA was founded!
Members of CAA include museum curators, museum administrators, university and
college professors and studio artists. And they need to keep hearing about
information resources, scholarly communication issues, technological
advances, artists books, and anything else we have to offer them! Let's keep
the tradition of scholarly input from librarians alive in CAA through our
affiliated society status!
Ray Anne Lockard
Peter Blank wrote:
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> ARLIS colleagues,
>
> We often find ourselves in a situation where we would wholeheartedly
> embrace an opportunity such as Linda outlines below, only to say,
> "Gosh, I wish I had the time..." Well, you might substitute
> something a bit more colorful or vernacular for "gosh" but I believe
> you get my point.
>
> Having participated in just such a CAA session at the 1994 annual CA
> conference "Which History of Photography: Rethinking the Literature
> and History of Photography," co-moderated with Max Marmor, I can
> speak to both the time committment and the rewards of such an
> enterprise. Max and I began planning the session in 1992 and it
> required considerable effort to pull the program together. Our
> speakers included a photography curator, a faculty member who
> specializes in photography, and a Ph.D. student. The program was
> well attended and led to the publication of a special issue of Art
> Documentation on this topic, complete with the speakers' papers and
> an additional essay and annotated bibliography by myself (v.13, no.4
> (Winter 1994)). Besides the obvious benefits to our planning,
> writing, and editing skills -- and of course our vitas -- we had the
> privilege to represent our ARLIS colleagues at the CAA conference and
> engage in exactly the sort of intellectual enterprise that all too
> often we do not find or make the time for.
>
> Even if you can not participate in the 2001 CAA conference, I urge
> you to work with your colleagues on program ideas for the 2002, 2003,
> 2004, etc. conferences. Give yourself the permission engage in just
> such an opportunity as Linda presents.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Peter Blank
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> >TO: ARLIS colleagues
> >This is a partial resend of an announcement I made
> >last May regarding a CAA conference opportunity.
> >I have not received any suggestions or offers yet
> >and wanted to give a final deadline notice in case
> >there is interest out there that has not yet been
> >expressed.
> >
> >For those ARLIS/NA members who are also members of our
> >affiliated society, the College Art Association, this
> >is an opportunity for participation in the 89th annual
> >College Art Association Conference to be held in Chicago,
> >February 28-March 3, 2001.
> >
> >First, you may recall my prior overview of CAA's
> >procedure for selecting the 2-l/2 hour formal conference sessions.
> >There is a c
> >topics well in advance of the actual conference. These
> >proposals are vetted by a conference committee (which gets
> >so many that only approximately half of the proposals get
> >authorized). Then the authorized session chairs call for
> >proposals for presentations within their sessions, then
> >those are selected, etc., etc.
> >
> >However, there is another kind of session that affiliated
> >societies can schedule for the annual CAA conference.
> >And our decision deadline for this option is July 21.
> >
> >CAA sets aside certain 1-1/2 hour session periods for
> >"Special Sessions" and/or business meetings of its
> >affiliated societies. ARLIS/NA, as an affiliated society,
> >may request such session(s).
> >
> >We have, at no charge, the use of a room and basic set-up
> >(including two slide projectors and screens, and two
> >microphones). We will be listed in the conference
> >preliminary program. We are encouraged to submit session
> >statements and abstracts of papers to be included in
> >"Abstracts 2001"--the conference publication.
> >
> >However, as I noted above, we must make a formal request
> >by July 21 if we intend to take advantage of this
> >invitation. Does anyone have a suggestion for a special
> >session that would be of interest to both ARLIS/NA and
> >CAA attendees of the conference? This is an on-going
> >opportunity, of course. But there is no time like the
> >immediate present to act, if there is someting to act on.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Linda Duychak
> >ARLIS/NA-CAA liaison
> >
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