Sent on behalf of the 2016 AASL Conference Planning Committee.

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Do you want a chance to hear about the latest on architecture librarianship? We are excited to share sessions highlights for the 2016 AASL Conference!

 

The 2016 AASL Programming Committee has organized four sessions cross-listed with the ARLIS/NA+VRA Joint Conference. Inspired by this year’s theme Natural Connections, 24 speakers representing 18 institutions will present papers that discuss new opportunities to engage with collections, spaces and places, communities, and scholarship.

 

For full descriptions, including the speakers for each session, please, visit the Sessions page of the 2016 AASL Annual Conference website.

 

Friday, March 11, 2016

 

8:00-9:30am – Session | Building New Models: Library as Learning Lab

Changes in academia are providing an opportunity to rethink the role of the librarian and the library. Each of these speakers present an instance in which they re-imagined how the library or the librarians can best engage with their community – through re-envisioning the library model, expanding the notion of architectural collections, and partnering in the design process.

 

11:00am-12:30pm – Session | Engaging the School: Making Scholarship Visible

Raising awareness of the work undertaken in design-related disciplines and their associated libraries is important for gauging impact throughout the research continuum. The speakers in this session present efforts to increase the visibility of work – in the library, in the classroom, through scholarship – and in the connections between all of these communities through evidence, meaning, and measures.

 

3:30-4:30pm – Lightning Round | Co-constructing and Documenting Place

Partnerships enable engagement within and beyond the academic community. In these lightning talks speakers will discuss connections to places, transforming spaces, and collaboratively building exhibits, models, and digital communities.

 

Saturday, March 12, 2016

 

8:00-9:00am – Lightning Round | Evolving Architectural Collections and Connections

Transformative outreach, information seekers, and digital repositories, oh my! As architectural collections evolve over time, these speakers present new ways of connecting, collecting, representing, and understanding architecture.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!

 

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