Workshops
Conference workshops provide an opportunity to share knowledge and discuss current and emerging topics in a more intimate atmosphere. Workshops that bring together professionals from different library and visual resources communities as well as researchers and practictioners from other disciplines are especially encouraged. Each workshop should be well-focused, aim to be hands-on and participatory, and encourage collaboration and discussions among the participants.
Workshop proposers are encouraged to think of ways that workshops can take advantage of the rich educational resources of the Pasadena area, including our colleges, universities, and art centers (The Armory Center for the Arts, Art Center College of Design, Occidental College, CalTech) and our major museums (Norton Simon Musuem, Huntington Library, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pacific Asia Museum). The Program Committee will work with the proposers of approved workshops to explore how the the resources of the area can be incorporated into the workshop.
Crafting Our Future
Crafting Our Future, the theme for the conference to be held April 25-29, 2013, is inspired by Pasadena's renowned arts and crafts heritage and emphasizes the importance of building upon our past as we actively shape the future of art librarianship. The following professional topics were identified in the Toronto Conference Evaluation Survey results as significant areas of interest. The Program Committee welcomes workshop proposals that address aspects of these topics in ways that will engage and inspire attendees and provide them with the tools and knowlege necessary to craft the future of Art Librarianship. (Proposals outside these thematic areas are also welcome.)
- Research and scholarship
- Teaching and learning in the library
- Copyright and licensing
- Collection development & management
- Alternative publications (zines, artist publications, ebooks)
- Preservation of film and digital collections
- Future of art librarianship and career planning
- Library outreach and promotion
- Cross disciplinary collaboration and resource sharing
- Disaster preparedness and management
- Space planning and renovations
- Technology and systems
- Cataloguing issues (RDA, serials, etc.)
Survey respondents also expressed a desire to see more "art topics rather than librarian topics" in conference programming. The Program Committee will take this request into consideration and welcomes your workshop proposals that address this interest. The subjects most often cited were:
- Architecture
- Book Arts
- Decorative Arts
- Design
- Fashion and Textiles
- Interior Design
- Photography