Dear ARLIS Members,
It is not too late to submit conference session proposals for next year's conference! I have received many excellent submissions, and look forward to receiving many more.
The Baltimore Conference Planning Committee wants your ideas and is committed to putting together an informative and lively Conference in 2003 that will have broad appeal across the membership.
We invite proposals for the following session formats:
1. Paper. Open Session: 30 or 60-minute time frame, including a brief comment / discussion period. Paper titles required. Can include completed research or work-in-progress.
2. Panel Discussion. Open Session: 90-minute time frame consisting of a panel of 3-4 individuals and 1 moderator. Panelists will discuss a variety of ideas and perspectives on the given topic. Comment and discussion period to follow. [Examples: digital reference; collection development policies; new reference tools]
3. Opposing Viewpoints. Open Session: 90-minute time frame consisting of 2 presenters on different sides of an issue [Examples: electronic media vs. hard copy; subject cataloguing specialists vs. generalists; pros and cons of approval plans; publisher's perspective / librarian's perspective on art book publishing; accreditation; tenure track vs. not tenure track in academic libraries]
4. Workshop. Limited Enrollment, with Registration Fee. Half-day time frame in which a particular subject is explored in depth. Will include interactive features and workshop handouts. [Examples: building volunteer programs; effective use of presentation software; introduction to Dublin Core; searching the Invisible Web; writing job descriptions; basic book repair]
5. Poster Session: Open Session: 30 minute time frame consisting of one or two presenters, explaining a project, service, or library practice. [Examples: successful ARLIS chapter meetings, bibliographic instruction, and consortia projects.]
Complete guidelines and conference session proposal forms are available on the ARLIS Web site at:
http://www.arlisna.org/proposals.html
Proposal forms can be submitted online. Deadline for submission is May 1, 2002.
Lastly, a few tips on submitting your proposals:
a) Individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. Although divisions and sections have traditionally submitted proposals, this is not a requirement.
b) If you have a good idea, but can not identify all the presenters for the session, you can still submit the session proposal; if the session is selected, the Baltimore Conference Planning Committee will work with you to identify speakers in the locale of he conference and / or post a "call for session speakers" on ARLIS-L.
c) The conference session proposal form is not the form to reserve space for business meetings. A separate announcement on business meetings will be forthcoming.
Joan Stahl
2003 Program Committee Co-Chair
Image and Electronic Resources Administrator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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