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ARLIS/NA Colleagues, The Reference and Information Services Section (RISS) will be meeting tomorrow from 4-5pm in the Beacon Hill Complex. Please find agenda below. Feel free to contact me with any further ideas or suggestions.
Virginia Moderator: Virginia
Allison, University of California, Irvine Vice Moderator: Amy
Ballmer, The Graduate Center, City University of New York Recorder: Mia
D'Avanza: Kress Fellow, Yale
University AGENDA: I. Welcome and Introduction (15 mins) a.
RISS members introduce themselves/institutions b.
News from RISS Members II. Communications
updates (15 mins) a.
Future of RISS/focus of group? b.
Elect new officers (Co-Moderator?) c. Project Proposals III. Further discussion (30 mins) a.
Where have we been and where are we going? What is RISS's role now and what
ought it be going forward? Discuss how to launch and organize future
initiatives. b.
How are reference services changing/innovating in response to budget cuts, and
smaller staff? Are you cutting back on desk hours and adding more virtual
reference? Do you have a desk? What happens/gets asked nowadays at the
reference desk? Have you seen a rise in virtual reference? (Meebo, SecondLife,
Twitter, Text-a-Librarian, etc). c.
The future of Arts research and reference sources. Are print reference sources
still used? How do you promote them, also how do you promote the few online
arts reference resources available? The future of art bibliographers: meeting
report and comments from those who attended the meeting at the Met. d.
Visual Resources collections, serving campus at large, not just the arts.
ARTstor and shared shelf, user-generated meta-data to build collections.
Challenges, strategies for working with image based research at the reference
desk. How are your libraries adapting to recent VR closures and reorganizations?
Has anyone had to take this on 100% if their VR was collection folded into the
library? e. other issues/ideas? |