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Dear Colleagues, The deadline for Proposals for Papers, Sessions, and Workshops for the ARLIS/NA 2014 Annual Conference is Friday, June 14. Links to the online proposal forms are on the ARLIS/NA website: http://www.arlisna.org/news/conferences/2014/Call_Proposals.pdf The Program Committee welcomes all ideas as we devise a program centered on the conference theme, "Art + Politics." Pasadena Conference evaluation survey respondents numbering 160 identified these as topics of greatest interest: * 63.1% Collections Development & Management (visual resources, archives, special collections, e-books, licensing, etc.) * 61.9% Library Outreach (communication/marketing, curating/programming, collaboration, partnerships, fund-raising, capital campaigns, community-building, etc.) * 56.9% Technology & Systems (library systems/platforms, e-learning/distance education, institutional digital repositories, social media/networks, learning management systems, e-reserves, virtual libraries etc.) * 51.9% Learning in the Library (information literacy, learning environments, learning styles, searching and browsing behaviors, etc.) * 45% Cataloguing & Preservation (cataloguing/metadata, records management, conservation, restoration, digital preservation, reformatting, etc.) * 43.8% Librarians as Educators (faculty liaison, cross appointments, credit and non-credit courses, etc.) * 41.3% Career Planning (alternative careers, education of librarians, future of art librarianship, new voices in the profession, succession planning, mentoring, etc.) * 40.6% Accessibility (Universal Inclusive Design, Rights Management: Open Content, Copyright, Creative Commons Principles, Ethics/Social Responsibility, Reformatting/Close-captioning etc.) * 40% Library Planning (strategic thinking/visioning, project management, needs assessment, surveys, space programs, sustainability, etc.) * 33.1% Library Management (budgeting/administration, policy development, time management, delegation etc.) * 19.4% Diversity & Equity (multiculturalism, interdisciplinarity, internationalization, inclusion, etc.) Other areas of interest include advocacy training, architecture, book arts, decorative arts, performance and video arts, photography, and provenance. If you have questions please let us know. We look forward to receiving your proposals. Megan Halsband Library of Congress [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Roger Lawson National Gallery of Art [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS/NA 42nd Annual Conference Program Co-Chairs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~