Hello, ARLIS/NA!
The Program Committee for the ARLIS/NA 2010 Conference in Boston would
like to update you on the process for next year's programming.
We've analyzed the results of the data from the two surveys we sent to
ARLIS-L about the conference, and we've noticed some trends that we'd
like to incorporate into our program planning. Expectations from all of
you for conference sessions is high, and members have indicated that
they'd like to see changes in how sessions are structured and more
variety in session lengths. More people would have liked opportunities
to be involved in the sessions, but the process is not always clear at
times.
As a result of the survey data, we are going to be doing something
different for this conference! The Program Committee will be sending
out a separate Call for Papers and Call for Workshops. This approach is
modeled after several academic conferences. Both Calls will be
distributed to ARLIS/NA, as well as to other associations relevant to
libraries and our subject areas.
The Call for Papers will be looking for individual proposals for papers
on thematic areas. In the surveys, we asked what programming was of
interest to you, and the results of your responses is being used to
generate the thematic areas included in the call.
The Call for Workshops will be looking for proposals for workshops, with
an emphasis on the thematic areas that have been highlighted by the
survey data as being of importance and interest to the membership.
The Program Committee and the CPAC will review the ideas for papers and
group the papers into sessions. In the early fall, there will be a Call
for Moderators. The moderators will work on the individual sessions,
working with speakers to ensure that they will present in the time
allotted, work with the conference planning committee to obtain
appropriate AV equipment, etc. This will give members another
opportunity to be involved with the conference. At that time, there
will also be a Call for Poster Sessions, which will give us more
flexibility to address some of the topics that arise after the sessions
have been set, such as projects and other topics of interest. It also
gives more time to the membership to think about the things they'd like
to share with their colleagues.
If you have any questions, please contact the Program Co-Chairs,
Jennifer Friedman ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Ann
Whiteside ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
With regards,
Jennifer Friedman, on behalf of the Program Committee
_Program Committee_
Jennifer Friedman, MIT, Program Co-Chair
Ann Whiteside, MIT, Program Co-Chair
Susanne Javorski, Wesleyan University
Kathy Ritter
Deb Verhoff, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College
Whitney Vitale, Boston Architectural College
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Jennifer Friedman, Collections Manager and Public Services Librarian
Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning
Building 7-238, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 258-5595 Fax: (617) 253-9331
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