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The AASL<http://www.architecturelibrarians.org/> is seeking presenters to participate in its special focus panel at the annual AASL / ACSA Conference in Miami next year (April 10-12). The deadline to propose a presentation is January 15th. Please send a 250 word abstract to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. This year's panel - "Decoding the Future: Design Libraries in the Post Digital Age" - picks up where the ACSA's conference theme, "Globalizing Architecture: Flows and Disruptions" leaves off, and is aimed at addressing how traditional roles and services have changed to accommodate new developments in the design school or firm, be it through global practice, technological advances, curricular reshaping, or the ever-morphing interdisciplinarity of design. This panel is not intended to revisit the paradigm shift to the digital age; rather, we ask presenters to assess the design library in the post-digital age - the cloud age, the Internet of Things age, the born digital universe, the MOOC age, and so on. At the same time, we ask presenters to consider the recent spate of reports and papers issued by scholars and academic organizations which grapple with the dual challenges of declining humanities enrollments and transitions to digital technologies. (Examples: Heart of the Matter<http://www.humanitiescommission.org/_pdf/hss_report.pdf>, Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians<http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/supporting-changing-research-practices-historians>, Researchers of Tomorrow<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2012/researchers-of-tomorrow.aspx>) As our immediate landscape changes, what broader factors currently impacting the humanities must we consider as well? Suggested Topics: Scholarly Communication - Does or Should or How can processes within scholarly communications and the digital humanities have a role in the architecture school curriculum? Are there specific projects underway in your school of architecture that can illustrate how these processes have found their way to design faculty and school research? Future Proofing Your Library - As programs and the libraries supporting them evolve, what must stay constant? And what must be anticipated? As you future proof your library, consider not just functional needs, but social needs - spaces for the unexpected, fostering project-oriented environments, new trends in publication patterns, etc. Function vs. Fashion, literally - An emerging staffing trend in many libraries shows that library research services are supported from two angles, simultaneously, with one being the "functional role", that is the digital resources librarian, user interfaces librarian, or the scholarly communications librarian, and the other being the subject specialist. Is this a successful model for the design library? Do curricula and general areas of research within the design realm lend themselves to this model? The topic invites papers to address these questions and this potential tension. Open Access Publications Assessment: This topic invites people to take the pulse of the OA architecture and urban studies scholarship and offer ways in which to navigate the literature by: 1) assessing the current body of open access literature for design, landscape architecture, and urban studies; and 2) surveying their publication patterns. In this assessment, panelists are encouraged to excavate the good, the bad, and the ugly - that is, OA titles with reputable output and scholarly connection and those publications known for their questionable author-recruiting habits. What strategies can we employ to educate our users about these publications? Which type of titles should this organization endorse? Online Education: Is the MOOC phenomenon taking hold of our design faculty? Of our history / theory faculty? Have there been successful examples where faculty have taken their classes into the online environment? How can the design library partner with these faculty as they develop these courses? Is this a realistic extension of the classroom studio? And Other Topics! - Other topics are most welcome so propose them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~