Hi Anne,
I believe that some ARLIS/NA members have always 'felt the pinch!' I've
never received full funding from my employers to attend an ARLIS/NA
conference, but have been fortunate to work where time off to attend
conferences was always granted. I figured that it was up to me to try
to pay for some professional expenses out of my salary, since networking
in person with my colleagues has always been important to me (as is
viewing vendor exhibits). When I started to itemize deductions on my
taxes, I found that the unfunded part of my conference attendance was
deductible (meals are only partly deductible, but then we have to eat no
matter where we are don't we!), so that's been a help. There have been
times when I've shared a room with three others (sharing a bed with a
colleague) in order to be able to attend the entire conference: that
turned out to be a great way to develop close friendships!; sometimes
another option was to have a third roommate on a roll-away bed. I've
been known to bring granola bars, peanut butter, crackers, & fruit with
me in order to cut down on meal expenses. And don't forget to
investigate opportunities to apply for travel awards.
By the way, I know of at least one colleague that did not even get paid
time off to attend the ARLIS/NA conference, so he took his personal
vacation time in order to attend. It was that important to him.
I think that our conference planners always try to do everything they
can to keep the conference costs down---and they are to be commended for
that. I look at registration costs for other professional association
conferences and still think that we're getting a bargain!
Best,
Janine Henri
Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian
UCLA Arts Library
1400 Public Affairs Building
Box 951392
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Conference
I am reading with envy all the postings about the conference, and was
wondering about folks' ability to go this year in light of all the
financial woes of so many colleges---we were told 'no conferences' for
the most part...
Just wondering how many of you were feeling the pinch!
Best,
Anne
Anne B. Haas
Art Librarian
Bowdoin College
9300 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011
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