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Dear ARLIS-L,

The following is a complete list of all program proposals received thus far.
 Working titles and the names of those who submitted the proposals are
included. There are some wonderful possibilities for the 1997 Conference.
 Thanks to all who submitted proposals!  The letter and number combinations
assigned to each item are for reference only.

Finally, if you sent (or think you sent) a proposal via mail, e-mail or fax
and it is not listed below, please contact me BEFORE July 1st.  It would be
best to e-mail me directly or call (215-684-7651).

Allen Townsend
SA Conf. Program Co-Chair


San Antonio Conference Proposals:

Proposed Workshops:

W1)  HTML/Web Maintenance - (Keeran & Pisciotta)
W2)  Image Correction - (Keeran)
W3)  Creating a Diversity Program That Values Difference - (Lockard)
W4)  Image Databases (presented by DCI/EmBARK) - (Bien)
W5)  Presentation Skills for Bibliographic Instruction Librarians -
(MacDonald & Whitehill)

Sessions:

S1)  What's money got to do with it?: the role of appraisal -- ethical,
practical and economic considerations" (Chibnik & Keller)
S2)  Auction Catalogue Resources (Van Dyke & Robinson)
S3)  The Changing Face of Reference: Part 1: The Issues, Part II:
Applications (Stahl & Roop)
S4)  Tiptoeing Into the Closet: que(e)rying, building & accessing our
collections (Lockard)
S5)  Museum Libraries as Information Centers: promoting public access and
community outreach (Kolmstetter)
S6)  Latin American Art: historical and contemporary viewpoints - (Lawrence)
S7)  Discovering Our Past and Tracing Our Histories: the early leaders and
founders of art libraries - (Lockard & Barnett)
S8)  Building Diverse Collections, Serving a Diverse Community - (Figueredo &
Thompson)
S9)  Paraprofessionals in the Slide Room: Managing Better and Managing More:
the role of paraprofessional and technical staff in libraries and VR
collections
S10)  Professional Development Opportunities for Visual Resources
Professionals in Professional Associations - (Bien)
S11)  Trade Catalogues - (Hines & Kruger)
S12)  Home on the Range: regional arts and architecture of San Antonio and
the American Southwest - (Henri/Kruger/Hines)
S13)  In Search of Multimedia: its role in art libraries - (Keeran)
S14)  Women Artists of the Southwestern U. S. - (Reed)
S15)  False Economies: balancing quality and the bottom line in providing
access to our collections - (Kastner)
S16)  Public Librarians Discussion Group - (Frechette)
S17)  Shedding Light on Illuminated Manuscripts - (O'Keefe)
S18)  Are we equal partners?: the dilemma of managing publications exchange
programs in contemporary art library environments - (Chin)
S19)  Image Software Users Group Discussion Group - (Bien)
S20)  Should a moment last forever?: ...  (Zielinski)
S21)  Southwest Indigenous Decorative Arts - (Cook)
S22)  Copyright Panel (Andrew Carnegie meets Bill Gates ?) - (Bien)
S23)  Stopping to Smell the Reasons: considerations on the way to the Web -
(Pisciotta)
S24)  From Cowgirls to Roadside Architecture: postcard collections as an
information source - (Henri)
S25)  Keeping Pace: the new(est) art histories: What are they, why are they,
and what do we do about them? - (Blank)
S26)  Decorative Arts Terminology (Kruger & Hines)
S27)  What Can Art/Architecture Librarians and Visual Resources Curators
Learn from Each Others? (Whiteside & Webster)
S28)  To be determined RLG-sponsored session - (Moon)
S29)  Art Museum Library Directors Discussion Group - (Corcoran)
S30)  Space Planners session - working title (Gale)

Lecture:

L1)  Texas Twists: regionalism in Texas architecture - (Culbertson)

Proposed Ask ARLIS Sessions:

AA1)  Building Successful Chapters - (Sigala & Learned)
AA2)  Under Exposed: early photographic history -  (Melby)
AA3)  Copyright, Development & Collection Development -  (Henri)
AA4)  Accreditation, Adequacy and Architecture Libraries: developing
standards - (Byrne)
AA5)  Defining Our Collections: basic issues in writing effective collection
development polices for visual resources collections - (Mahard & Bien)
AA6)  The External Relations Committees: how ARLIS/NA networks on your behalf
- (Eike & Waddington)
AA7)  Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records - (Dodd)
AA8)  The Relationship Between Publishing & Library Collection Development -
 (Reist & Sorensen)
AA9)  Call to Action: What can WE DO to educate future Art Librarians and
Visual Resource Librarians - (Russell-Bogle)
AA10)  Integrating Electronic Art Periodical Indexes and Art Journals in the
Art Library - (de Luise)
AA11)  Does working with art, design and architecture students set forth a
particular set of issues? - (Earnest)

Business Meetings:

Wittenborn Commitee (Chapin)
VR Division (Bien)
Canadian Members - requested longer period [bus mtg + disc group] (Devine)
Serials Round Table - requested 1= hour - room for 20-25 attendees (Guay)
Cataloging Section - 15-25 attendees (Teel)
Publications Committee - (Brown)
Travel Award Committee - (Lindell)
AAT Users Group - (Lanzi)
Museum Libraries Division - 80-90 attendees + room with 2 microphones (Stone)
Public Libraries Division - (Frechette)
Joint VRA/ARLIS/NA Professional Issues Task Force Wrap-Up - (Bien)

Special:

SP1)  Cataloging Problems Discussion Group & Art NACO (Clarke) - request
Sunday scheduling++
SP2)  Serials Round Table (30 attendees) - (Guay) - request 2 sessions
SP3)  Yoga, Texas-style with BJ - (Irvine)
SP4)  RLG half day

Exhibits Tables Required:

Wittenborn Committee requests 2 tables

Poster Sessions:

Collection Development: what's the policy? (Bien & Mahard)