Confronting the Future: Articulating Purpose, Documenting Value |
In this time of great economic uncertainty and fear for the survival of libraries as we know them, we look for creative ways of “future-proofing” the art library and visual resources professions. Whether defending branch services and collections from the onslaught of internal budget cuts, or reshaping our visual resources services and collections to meet the changing external market, we are compelled to identify and effectively share how our libraries are valued. Jeanne Brown will address strategies for using and presenting data within the library and to the larger institution. Jolene de Verges will present ARTstor's “Shared Shelf” as a model that is giving rise to radically altered roles for VR professionals, and will suggest ways to influence how the future takes shape, both in our institutions and at ARTstor. |
Moderator |
Betsy Peck Learned, Associate Dean of University Library Services, Roger Williams University |
Speakers |
Demonstrating Library Value in a Period of Retrenchment |
Jeanne Brown, Head, Architecture Studies Library, Art Librarian, Assessment Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Revolutionary Models for Managing and Sharing Image Collections: What's Our Future as Image Professionals? |
Jolene De Verges, Images Librarian, Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning, MIT |