ACRL Arts Section Executive Committee/General Membership Midwinter 2012 Virtual Meeting

Our Virtual General Membership Meeting is one week away.  Join us!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 1-3pm EST

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Agenda

ACRL Arts Midwinter 2012 Virtual Discussion Forum

The Status of the Art Librarian Workforce: A Survey of Professional Backgrounds and Career Choices

Speaker: Eamon Tewell, Reference Librarian, Sarah Lawrence College

Is there such thing as a ‘typical’ career path for art librarians? What common threads beyond workplace setting unite art librarians as a distinct profession? This presentation discusses the results of an international survey of art library workers, including: motivation for selecting the profession, educational background, current employment, and professional experiences. Reviewing the preparation and job experiences of other practitioners in art librarianship allows us all to benefit from a deeper knowledge of the current state of the profession.

How to join the discussion:

Go to the iLinc session page here: https://ala.ilinc.com/join/hpzkfsm
The session is scheduled to start at 01/18/2012 01:00 PM (Central Time). Attendees may join the session up to 20 minutes before the scheduled start time.

Questions?  Contact Yvette Cortes (ycortes@skidmore.edu), Chair of the ACRL Arts Research and Publications Committee

Dance Librarians Discussion Group Virtual Meeting: January 12

Please join the Dance Librarians Discussion Group for our bonus virtual meeting on January 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM EST.  Our special guest will be author, Stephen Manes, whose recent book, Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet, provides backstage access to a major American ballet company, the Pacific Northwest Ballet.  Manes followed the company closely for over one year, documenting the 2007-2008 season and its aftermath in extraordinary detail.

You do not need to be a member of the American Library Association to participate in this chat, but you must register as a user at the ALA Connect site and sign up for the Dance Librarians Discussion Group community page.

Stephen Manes has written more than thirty books and hundreds of articles in a long career of making arcane worlds accessible to the uninitiated.  His columns on personal technology have appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, PC World, PC Magazine, and other publications.  Manes also was a creator and co-host of the weekly public television series “Digital Duo.”  His books include the biography, Gates: How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry—and Made Himself the Richest Man in America (1994).  Manes is also well known for his works for children and young adults, including: Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! (1996) and its sequel, Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday (1996).

SHARE YOUR PROJECTS OR RESEARCH BY PRESENTING VIRTUALLY FOR MIDWINTER 2012!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
11AM-12noon PST/12-1PM MST/1-2PM CST/2-3PM EST

Are you interested in presenting at Midwinter but won’t be able to make it to Dallas?  Sharing your experiences with fellow members in the Arts Section’s Virtual Discussion Forum is a great way to participate!

• Presentations can be on any topic pertaining to the arts or design (see list of possible topics below). It can be a project that you are currently working on or research you are engaged in.
• There is no requirement for presenters to register for Midwinter nor do presenters need to be Arts Section members to participate. Students are also encouraged to make a submission.
• Presenters need to be available on Wednesday, January 18, 2011 at 2-3PM EST.  Each presentation will be 10-15 minutes with a short Q&A after.

Please email your proposals to Yvette Cortes (ycortes@skidmore.edu). The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 19th. Chosen presenters will be notified shortly after.

 

Possible topics:

• Research of any topic related to the arts
• Developments in the display and/or preservation of arts materials
• Innovative information literacy or visual literacy techniques with arts students
• Emerging technologies in arts libraries
• Inventive collection management and development in the arts
• Strategies for reaching out to arts users (students and faculty)
• Copyright and fair use in the arts environment
• Evaluating the needs of arts users
• Use of images in information literacy instruction
• Creative physical or online/virtual exhibits

If you have questions, please contact me. Thank you!

Yvette Cortes     ycortes@skidmore.edu
Chair, ACRL Arts Section Publications & Research Committee

 

Save the date – ACRL Arts Executive & General Membership Meeting

Please save the date for our virtual Executive & General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 1pm EST.  More details coming soon.  Please send agenda items to Claudia Covert ccovert@risd.edu by January 4, 2012.

Brenda Bikos

Brenda Bikos, Public Services Manager at the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library – University of Virginia, passed away yesterday (Wednesday) evening after a year long battle with cancer.  Brenda was a member of the Arts Section and involved in our 50th anniversary celebration.

Nominations for 2012 Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: another call

Maybe you’ve just gotten back from the ALA Conference, energized by our community, all that amazing food, and all of the Arts Section’s contributions…

• Our compelling and discipline-crossing program on multimedia metadata,
• The program on filmmaker Helen Hill that we co-sponsored with the ALA Video Roundtable,
• Our name-only co-sponsorship of programs by ACRL WESS/SEES and the ACRL Image Resources Interest Group,
• The five Arts members who shared their research and projects with us at the Arts Discussion Forum;
• Our now-famous ArtsGuide,
• Plus our discussion groups, and all of our other committee work,

…and maybe you’re wondering how you can help to keep this momentum going.  Well, if you’ve been active with the Section, seriously consider putting yourself forward for nomination as a candidate for Arts Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect in the 2012 ALA elections.

 The successful candidate will become Section Vice-Chair at the close of the 2012 ALA Annual Conference, will become Chair at the close of the 2013 Annual Conference, and will continue on the Executive Committee for an additional year as Immediate Past-Chair.

 Any member of the Nominating Comittee will be happy to answer any questions you have. If you’re interested in nominating yourself (or someone else) please send an email to hemmigw@bucks.edu and include a brief summary of your/her/his previous activity with Arts.

 And if you haven’t been active in Arts and would like to get started, please volunteer for one of our committees.  You’ll find information and the volunteer form on our website, http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/arts/arts.cfm.

 Arts 2012 Nominating Committee:
William Hemmig, Chair  hemmigw@bucks.edu
Caroline Caviness Caroline.caviness@artstor.org
Shannon Van Kirk  svankirk@bluecc.edu

Powerpoints: Annual 2011 Arts Section Discussion Forum

We had some great presentations for our Discussion Forum this year in New Orleans.  If you missed the discussion, you can still view the powerpoints.  Please send comments or questions about a project directly to the presenter.

Comments or questions about the Discussion Forum can be sent to Ngoc-Yen Tran (Chair, Publications and Research Committee) at nttran[at]callutheran.edu.

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Please review the Midwinter 2011 minutes

Please review this draft of the minutes from our Midwinter 2011 meeting in preparation for the upcoming Executive/Membership Meeting:

Sunday, June 26, 2011, 10:30 am to noon

New Orleans Marriott – La Galerie 2

Please feel free to leave a comment.

Dance Librarians Discussion Group Meeting at ALA Annual 2011

Cover image from "Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet" (2010) by Jennifer Homans

Please excuse the late notification about the upcoming meeting, which will be taking place as scheduled, on Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 1:30-3:30 pm.  More details about the location, etc. can be found on the Conference Scheduler page.

Although I will not be able to attend this year’s ALA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Kathleen Haefliger has graciously agreed to lead the Dance Librarians Discussion Group meeting in my absence.

In lieu of a formal agenda, you are invited to bring your own ideas for discussion topics to the meeting.  To get the conversation started, here also are some of the topics from our most recent past meetings that it would be great to see develop into full fledged projects:

• Outreach with library schools and/or dance departments to develop training opportunities for students with an interest in dance librarianship, archives, and history.

• A review feature on recent dance on film and video created by DLDG for publication in Booklist, C&RL News, or some other venue.

I also tried to arrange for an online chat with Jennifer Homans, author of Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet to take place during ALA week, but, unfortunately, she was unavailable this month due to travel and other commitments.  However, she is enthusiastic about communicating with the group and has agreed to an do an interview in late July.  Please send in any ideas for interview questions or your comments about the book as a reply to the discussion page.

Thanks so much!  I hope it’s a great conference!