Deborah and Margaret:
Some questions:
How will the creation of sessions be handled if the goal is
to merge groups (ARLIS and VRA) and topics?
For instance, if someone from the ARLIS is interested
in presenting a session of developing an e-journal will
they be matched with someone in VRA is presenting on the
same topic?
Who will match them up? There are also other issues
to be hammered out, especially if there's a budget involved.
I don't know how many ARLIS members are also on the
VRA listserv. Can we as ARLIS members join the VRA list?
It would be ideal to get input on this issue from ARLIS
members who are also VRA members--to see how we can best
handle the merging of topics and/or sessions and to do it
in 2 1/2 weeks.
My other question is if this is a joint conference
why is the deadline for proposals so soon--May 1st?
Miguel Juarez, Moderator
ARLIS/NA Academic Libraries Division
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret N. Webster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:54 AM
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Subject: St. Louis Conference Program
Dear Colleagues:
Now that the 2000 ARLIS/NA and VRA conferences are behind us, it is time to
plan next year's joint conference which will take place at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel of Union Station in St. Louis from March 21 through March 26,
2001. We hope all ARLIS/NA and VRA members will join us as our
organizations together explore the digital frontier that dominates our
working lives. We anticipate that this occasion will encourage an exciting
spirit of cross fertilization of ideas amongst all of us. Our conference
website is: http://library.wustl.edu/~beth/Conference.html
We solicit proposals from the members of both organizations in the
following broad areas: 1) The Changing Research and Collections
Environments; 2) Redefining Roles and Responsibilities with the Digital
Age; 3) Digital Projects: Revelations, Project Management, Models, and
Future Initiatives; and 4) Issues and Challenges. We also encourage
proposals that address issues specific to our meeting site, St. Louis,
including those that focus on the art, architecture, and cultural heritage
of the city.
The presentation formats for this conference are as follows: 1) Plenary
Sessions (2 hours); Panel Sessions (2 hours); Seminar (aka VRA Roundtable
or AskARLIS, 90 minutes); 4) Poster Session (30 minutes); 5) All Day
Workshops (5 hours); 6) Half Day Workshops (2-3 hours); and Business
Meetings (60-90 minutes).
We remind you that conference proposal forms are due very soon on May 1,
2001. They may be submitted to either Program Co-Chair [see contact
information below]. As co-chairs we are available for consultation and
discussion to help you prepare your proposals. All groups that wish to
reserve a specific meeting time or place must submit a proposal form to
request a business meeting. We encourage similar groups from both
organizations to coordinate joint meetings when appropriate in order to
foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas and information.
We look forward to receiving great proposals from you and to working with
you to develop a wonderful and stimulating joint conference for 2002.
Your St. Louis Joint Conference Program Co-Chairs
Deborah Ultan and Margaret Webster
Program Co-Chair:
Deborah Ultan K. Ultan
Art/Art History Librarian
University of Minnesota
170b Wilson Library
309 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
ph: (612) 625-6438
fax: (612) 629-9353
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Program Co-Chair
Margaret N. Webster
Director, Knight Visual Resources Facility
B-56 Sibley Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
ph: (607) 255-3300
fax: (607) 255-1900
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