Revolution and Innovation: At the Hub of Discovery
 
The ARLIS/NA 38th Annual Conference in Boston, MA (April 23-26, 2010) will explore revolution and innovation within art and visual resources librarianship as new technologies, economic changes and other factors transform our profession.  Rapid change creates opportunities to embrace new ways of exploring the issues librarians face daily.  How have you responded to the changes in the information landscape?  What innovative methods have you developed to resolve the problems that have arisen from all these new developments?  How have collaborations amongst colleagues, peers, institutions and more changed how you work?
 
Individuals are invited to submit proposals for half day or whole day workshops to take place on either the first or last day of the conference (to be determined).   Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss current and emerging topics in a smaller, interactive atmosphere. Workshops that bring together professionals from different library communities as well as from researchers and other outside practitioners are especially encouraged. Each workshop should be well-focused, aim to be hands-on and participatory, and encourage collaboration and discussions among the participants.
 
Proposals should contain the necessary information for the Conference Program Committee to judge the importance, relevance, quality and community interest in the proposed workshop. Proposals should include the following:
 

• Name of the workshop
• Workshop description
• Workshop length
• Maximum number of people best served by the workshop
• How the workshop relates to the theme of the conference
• What the learning objectives are for the workshop
• Possible format of the workshop
• Technical and space needs for the workshop
• Information about previous offering(s) of the workshop, if applicable: attendance, structure, feedback
• Names, affiliations, and research interests of the workshop proposers

The workshop proposal submission deadline is June 22, 2009. Proposals received after the submission deadline will automatically be placed on the waiting list.  Incomplete workshop proposals will not be reviewed.

Workshop Topics
 
The following topics have been identified as the main interests for workshops from the conference evaluation and planning surveys, and the topics are purposefully broad. 
 

• Emerging technologies
• Grant research and proposals
• Instruction and visual literacy
• Collection development and management
• Metadata and cataloging
• Visual resources
• Administrative and management issues
• Reference
• Fundraising
• Academic library issues

Workshop proposers are encouraged to think of ways that workshops can take advantage of the rich resources of the Boston area.  The Program Committee welcomes ideas and will work with approved workshops to explore the resources of the area that can be incorporated into the workshop.

 
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Jennifer Friedman, Collections Manager and Public Services Librarian
Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning
Building 7-238, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 258-5595    Fax: (617) 253-9331