I am forwarding below program information on the forthcoming IFLA Art
Libraries Section meeting to be held in Berlin, Aug. 2-5, 2003. Featured in
this year's open session and workshop are ARLIS/NA members, Carol Terry
(Rhode Island School of Design), Ruth Wallach (University of Southern
California), and Deborah Kempe (Frick Art Reference Library).
Susana Tejada
Chair, ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee
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BERLIN 2003
69th IFLA General Conference and Council 1 - 9 August
International Congress Centre (ICC)
Access Point Library: Media - Information - Culture
The Art Libraries Section Programme
IFLA's 69th General Conference and Council takes place this year in Berlin,
Germany. The Art Libraries Section is pleased to announce its intention to
organize a programme consisting of three parts: a Cultural Welcome
Programme, an Open Session and a full-day Workshop. The Programme is
arranged in cooperation with the Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu
Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, who sponsors the Welcome Program and the
Workshop.
Cultural Welcome Programme
Saturday August 2, 2003
3PM - 6PM
Introductory visit to Berlin: boat trip on the river Spree
Contribution towards costs: 10EUR / person
Evening
Art libraries' evening in a typical Berlin 'Kneipe' (pub)
Participants pay their own share
Sunday August 3, 2003
9AM - 1PM
A choice of three guided tours:
1. Berlin architecture of the twenties, by bus
2. The construction activities of the Foundation Prussian Cultural
Heritage, the so-called Masterplan I (Museumsinsel)
3. New architecture in Berlin (e.g. new governmental architecture,
Potsdamer Platz)
Contribution towards costs: 5EUR / person
3PM - 5 PM
A choice of three guided visits:
1. Alte Nationalgalerie
2. Pergamon Museum
3. 'Current temporary exhibition'
Contribution towards costs: 5EUR / person
Open Session
Monday August 4, 2003
1.45PM - 3.45PM
Theme: The Evolution of the Art Library from Early Collecting to Virtual
Services
Location: The International Congress Centre.
Carol Terry, Rhode Island School of Design
Elsa Buffington and the Early Years of the Library at the Rhode Island
School of Design, 1878 - 1911
Sylvie LeRay & Isabelle Le Masne de Chermont, Service des Bibliothèques,
archives et de la documentation génerale des musées nationaux, Paris
Recent Developments in Museum Libraries
Ruth Wallach, Univ. of Southern California
Public Art and the Digital Library : What's in the Collection?
Workshop
Tuesday August 5, 2003
9AM - 5PM
Theme: Art Trade and the Art Library
Location: Lecture room, Kunstgewerbemuseum. Entrance through
Kunstbibliothek, Matthäikirchplatz 6
9 - 10
Keynote speaker
Egidio Marzona
Antiquarian Art Book Catalogues : a Reference Book for Art Historians?
10 - 10.30
Coffee
10.30 - 13
Art Auction Catalogues and the Art Library
Presentations by
Catherine Brand, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris
Le pôle Catalogue de ventes à la Bibliothèque de l'Institut National
d'Histoire de l'Art
Deborah Kempe, Frick Art Reference Library, New York
Sold! The Unique Research Role of Auction Sale Catalogs
Alicia Garcia Medina, Instituto del Patrimonio Historico Español, Madrid &
Teresa Coso, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Comercio de Arte y Acceso Digital a la Información en las Bibliotecas de
Arte en España : un ejemplo en Madrid y Barcelona
The presentations are followed by 40 min. discussions in 3 groups led by the
presenters, and a report back to full workshop
13 - 14.30
Lunch
14.30- 15.30
Beth Houghton, Tate Britain, London
Art Libraries as a Source of False Provenance
Presentation followed by discussion in the whole group
15.45 - 17
Study visits in the Museums on the 'Kulturforum'
Registration and fees
Cultural Welcome Programme
Please register by filling in the form below and send by fax or e-mail by
July 20, 2003.
The fees for participating appear on the form.
Open Session and Workshop
The Open Session and the Workshop are part of the IFLA General Conference.
If you register for the entire Conference, there is no separate fee. If you
just want to participate in the Art Libraries Programme, there is a 'Flying
Visitor Registration' at 200 EUR which provides access to the full programme
of meetings and social events for a 30 hour period from 12.00 hours on Day 1
to 18.00 hours on Day 2. In addition to the Art Libraries Programme on
Monday and Tuesday, the Flying Visitor Registration will also allow you to
participate in the Opening Session at 4 PM, Monday August 4, and the Opening
Party Monday evening. A one-day registration is also available. Find more
information at www.ifla.org.
Registration for the Workshop can be made in Berlin at the Standing
Committee Meeting, August 2, or by sending a fax or e-mail to Kerstin
Assarsson-Rizzi before July 10, fax +46 8 663 35 28, e-mail [log in to unmask]
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