Greetings,
The deadline to submit presentation proposals is two weeks away!
Proposals are due by November 1, 2012
Please, feel free to forward this call to other interested parties.
The AASL 2013 Conference Planning Committee is requesting proposals for two Special Focus Panels to be held Friday, March 22, 2013; the
first will be a one-hour session for a series of up to 7 lightning talks (not more than six minutes long, not more than 15 slides) on topics
pertinent to architectural librarianship. The second session (1.5 hours) will host three panelists and focus on academic topics(15 minute long
presentations).
Lightning Talk Proposals
Lightning talks, also known as Pecha Kucha,
encourage presenters to focus on the essential elements of their topic. Themes suggested after last year’s conference include: library participation in the Solar Decathlon, promoting print collections in an e-resource world, developing a green building materials
collection, cooperative collection development, new sustainability resources, and for-credit courses in information literacy.
While these topics all merit longer presentations, the six-minute time limit allows the presenter to use visual media to convey his/her message and to focus on only the essential elements of the talk, hopefully promoting
discussion after the presentations. There is also little risk that the talk will be boring.
AASL Conference participants interested in presenting a lightning talk, should send a one-paragraph description including proposed title and the speaker’s name and affiliation to David Eifler ([log in to unmask])
by November 1, 2012. The 2013 Conference Committee will review all proposals and will inform applicants of selection decisions by December 1, 2012.
Academic Panel Proposals
Taking cue from the theme of the ACSA 101th Annual Meeting, AASL academic panelists will use the idea of New
Constellations/New Ecologies as their starting point.
Panel topics should address ways in which architecture is responding / has responded (or not) to the accelerated rate of change in our culture and environment. Panelists may choose as broad or narrow approach as they
see fit as long as they can properly make their argument in the allotted time. They can address or draw from any aspect of architectural practice, theory, history or education.
Possible topics include:
- megalopolises, mega-regions
- crossdisciplinarity or blurring the boundaries - in and out of architecture
- global/local
- community-based design
- environmental, cultural, technological, or demographic change and its impact on architecture or architectural education
The Academic Panel will allow for three 15-minute presentations and ample time for questions and discussion.
AASL Conference participants may submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to Martha González Palacios ([log in to unmask])
by November 1, 2012. Abstracts should explain the connection of the chosen topic to ACSA 101’s theme, summarize the argument to be presented and include the proposed title and speaker’s name and affiliation. The 2013 Conference Committee will review all proposals
and will inform presenter of selection decisions by December 1, 2012.
Thank you,
mar
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Martha González Palacios, Librarian
Architecture and Planning Library
University of Texas Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin
PO Box P (BTL200 S5430)
Austin, TX 78713-8916
phone: 512.495.4645
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