We know many of you were out of town this month when we first sent out
our call for 2009 Conference Program proposals, and many others have great
ideas, but just haven’t gotten around to submitting a proposal yet.
We are extending the deadline for Program Proposals to June 15th,
2008. That will give you all several more weeks to think about both what you
would like to see most at next year’s conference in Indianapolis, and
what you would like to share with your colleagues.
Our conference theme is “Circle City Convergence”. Please
consider some of the following:
- The “Convergence” of traditionally discrete resources
and user services into unified “Art Information Commons” facilities.
- The “Convergence” (or lack thereof) of institutional
structures and hierarchies in the areas of reference, collection development,
pedagogical support, and staffing
- The “Convergence” of entertainment media, fine art, and
technology to create new disciplines in Art, such as Visual Studies, Imaging
Science, Gaming, and any number of new digital art forms
- The “Convergence” of new technologies to create
increasingly sophisticated and demanding user populations
- The “Convergence” of the institutional and the private on
many levels of user needs and services
- The “Convergence” of our professional identity with many
others, especially in the areas of Museum Information, Special Collections,
Digital Libraries, Metadata, and Visual Literacy, and how that impacts our
educational needs, our jobs, and our continuing education
- The “Convergence” of our physically unique collections,
services, and funding into unified, megalithic resources such as GoogleBooks
and ARTstor
-The “Convergence” of traditional libraries and
“Going Green”
In addition to “Convergence” we would also like to
highlight some of the unique resources and “personality” of
Architecture of Sport
Africa, Oceania and the
Human sexuality (Kinsey)
Urban Renewal and the Arts
So take a few minutes to be visionary, creative, insightful, and/or
concerned. Contact a few colleagues, post a message on the list, formulate an
idea or two. Then go to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Tlp4ODgxbWo_2fx_2f2Lco3Cfg_3d_3d
and send it in. Even if you just have a great idea for a session,
workshop, or Poster topic, send it in. We can take individual ideas and bring
them together.
Help us make ARLIS/NA 37 in
Eileen Fry and Tony White
2009 Programming Co-Chairs