CALL FOR PAPERS "Don't Fence Me In: The Arts in the Mountain West" ARLIS/NA WESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE Host: ARLIS/AZ Location: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ Dates: October 10-13, 1996 The Mountain West has traditionally been defined by its remote and independent qualities. These qualities are expressed in the various= art forms produced in and about this geographic area defined by the states= of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Equally remote and independent are some of the institutions= which attempt to collect, provide access and disseminate these artistic expressions. In addition to three paper session, the conference= will include a luncheon session with regional authors, a special session= with two Native American artists, Ed Singer and Carm Little Turtle, as keynote speakers as well as a discussion session on the formation= of a Mountain West regional chapter as a recognized entity within ARLIS/NA. Papers for the session listed below are now being requested. Proposals should include: Name of speaker, speaker's affiliation, address, telephone number,= FAX number, E mail address; Session in which speaker wishes to participate; Title of proposed paper; Paper abstract of no longer than 100 words; Equipment requests. Questions regarding the individual sessions should be directed to= the session moderators. Proposals are due June 10, 1996 to: Winberta Yao, Conference Program Coordinator, Hayden Library, Arizona= State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, tel: 602-965-8168, fax: 602-965-9169,= email: [log in to unmask] SESSION I: "From Collaboration to Elaboration: Land Art in the Mountain West" Moderator: Ann Lally, Architecture Librarian, College of Architecture,= The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2498, fax: 520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask] This session will examine works of art created in the southwestern= and western regions of the United States in the late twentieth century.= This type of art has been known variously as "Environmental Art," "Site= Specific Sculpture," "Earthworks," "Earth Art," and "Land Art." The session= invites papers which cover both those works which are designed to be permanent additions/alterations of the landscape as well as those of a more transitory nature. SESSION II: "Open Vistas on the Internet" Moderator: Mary Johnson, Librarian, Arizona Department of Public= Safety Library, 2310 N. 20Th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009, tel: 602-223-2300,= fax: 602-223-2931, email: ? Collections in remote areas are challenged to maintain current and= historic perspective on their subject specialties with =00=00=00=00=00=00=05=C4budget= and space. The Internet has emerged as an ideal reference tool for remote collections, providing information access to and distributing information from= sources worldwide. This session invites papers to discuss issues related= to current use of the internet as a reference tool, information preparation for the internet, search methodologies on the internet, as well as intellectual property rights and copyright. SESSION III: "Fences or Gateways: The Myth and Reality of Cooperative Ventures= in the Era of Information Access" Moderator: R. Brooks Jeffery, Curator, College of Architecture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tel: 520-621-2991, fax: 520-621-8700, email: [log in to unmask] Shared collection resources, through the development of cooperative ventures, has always been one of the goals of information technology.= Now that sophisticated databases and worldwide electronic access are= as much of a reality as dwindling resources, what are the issues facing curators, managers and administrators as they begin to construct cooperative= ventures and consortia between institutions? How are the goals of interoperability between collections obtained without sacrificing the collection's= unique identity? This session invites formal position papers and case studies which address the above issues of collection management in an age= of information technology.