Seattle, Washington | March 8-12 | The Westin Seattle
3rd Joint conference with the Visual Resources Association
Website | Program | Conference Materials | Photos | Virtual Conference
Seattle, Washington | March 8-12 | The Westin Seattle
3rd Joint conference with the Visual Resources Association
Website | Program | Conference Materials | Photos | Virtual Conference
Convocation
Convocation Overview
Distinguished Service Award
- Introduction & Remarks | Ann Baird Whiteside
Sessions
Connecting the Past to the Present: Promoting Cultural Understanding through Collections and Exhibitions
Abstract
Moderator: Megan Williams
- Introduction | Megan Williams
- CSU Japanese American Digitization Project | Maureen Burns & Greg Williams
- Avoiding Controversy: Academic Freedom and the Library Exhibit | Mary Kandiuk
Natural Connections Between Museum Libraries, Education, and Visual Literacy
Abstract
Moderator: Anna Elam
- Natural Connections between Museum Libraries, Education, and Visual Literacy | Anna Elam, Anna Allegro, & Lindsay Huse Kestin
- Picture Books Connect at the Met | Leah High
Terra Fluxus: Surveying the Digital Information Landscape of Environmental Design
Abstract
Moderator: Karl-Rainer Blumenthal
- Archiving Practice | Carole Ann Fabian
- Case Studies in Digital Information | Ann Baird Whiteside
- Preserving Digital Design Files; Complicated, But Not Impossible | Aliza Leventhal
- Reading Design from a Distance: Text Mining Environmental Design Web Archives | Karl-Rainer Blumenthal
- AIA Honor Awards and the Design Record | Valerie Collins
Connecting the Dots: Using Geolocation Data To Support Interactivity and Data Visualization
Abstract | Notes
Moderator: Elizabeth Schaub
- Evolving the Hometown Map Project: Moving From Static to Dynamic | Gilda Santana
- Interactive Alternatives to "Lists of Links": Collaborative Examples of Interactive Library Guides | Michael Wirtz
- Mapping Collections; Making Connections | Andy Rutkowski, Stacy Williams
Scope Drift: New Roles and Responsibilities in Visual Resources
Abstract
Moderator: Hannah Marie Marshall
- The Graham Visual + Material Resource Center: "Scope Drift" as Mission | Mark Pompelia
- Scope Drift: Alternate Formats | Victoria Sigurdson
- Scope Drifting Toward Data Management and Institutional Collection Building | Kate Thornhill
- Drifting with Direction: Following the Currents of Users' Needs | Annie Sollinger
What We Talk about When We Talk about "Rights Management"
Abstract
Moderator: Hillary S. Kativa
- More Questions than Answers: Rights Advising at IFA/NYU | Jenni Rodda
- What is Right(s) at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum? | Elizabeth Ehrnst
- Rights and Reproductions in the Arts Branch Library | Rebecca K. Friedman
- Poor Richard's Rights and Reproductions: Striving towards Open Access at the Library Company of Philadelphia | Nicole Joniec
- Thank you, New York Public Library! | Christina Moretta
- Copyright Metadata based on DPLA Rights Statements Developed for the Frick Art Reference Library DAMS | Victoria Pilato
Around the World in 80 Minutes: A Circumnavigation of Art Library Projects, Collections, and Services in Latin America and Eastern Europe
Abstract
Moderator: Christina Peter
- The Intermuseum Library in a Distributed Digital Environment - Svetlana Kostanyan s07p01.pptx
- Art Books in New Functions | Magdalena Mazik
- The Art Documentation Department of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade | Olivera Nastić
- Strategies of Outreach at the Library of the Federal Court Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro | Alpina Rosa s07p04.pptx
- The World as it Appears: Memory, Film, City and Perception: Considerations for Architectural Education by an Architect and Librarian | Jose Flores Ramos
Do It, Make It: Current Initiatives and Advice on Creating a Makerspace in Academic Libraries and Visual Resources Centers
Abstract | Intro
Moderator: Marsha Taichman
- University of Maryland's Makerspace; 3D Printing in an Architecture History Class | Cynthia Frank
- Implementing a Culture of Creativity | Megan Lotts
- Introduction to Maker Spaces | Chris Strasbaugh & Sara Sterkenburg
- Morgan Pershing
E-mania! — The Present and Future of Electronic Art Book Publishing
Abstract
Moderator: Carole Ann Fabian
Scholarly Publishing in the Context of Digital Art History | Murtha Baca & Emily Pugh
The Advantages (and Challenges) of Publishing Digital Catalogues Raisonnes | David Grosz
E-Mania: Insights & Overview the ARLIS/NA E-book Publishing Survey | Paula Gabbard
Chinese Paining & Calligraphy, Seattle Art Museum | Tina Lee
From Studio to Firm: Librarian Strategies to Support Materials Education and Research
Abstract
Moderator: Mark Pompelia
- Connecting the Dots: Healthy Product Choies Through Material Literacy | Deborah Evans-Cantrell
- Other speakers: Leslie Hicks, Johanna Kasubowski, Kasia Leousis, Mark Pompelia, Amy Trendler
Connecting Social Justice to the Workplace: Issues of Diversity in Our Professional Lives
Abstract
Moderator: Lesley Chapman
- Processing for Social Justice: Community-based Archives & the Memory of The Miracle Bookmobile | Kelly Besser
- LIS Microaggressions Project: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Librarians | Simone Fujita
- TILE: Fostering Inclusive Practices in the Classroom at Johns Hopkins University | Macie Hall
- Being a Super Token at the University of Wyoming | Irlanda Jacinto
- Developing Intergroup Relations and Intercultural Competency | Darlene Nichols
Duty Now for the Future: Connecting Libraries, Library Schools, and New Librarians through Internships
Abstract
Moderator: William Blueher
- Web Archiving INternships at NYARC: A Cohort Model | Sumitra Duncan
- Professional Training in Practical Librarianship | John Lindaman
- NYARC/M-LEAD Internship Program (2008-2015) | Kim Loconto
- Advantageous Liaisons: Librarians and Student Associations | Walter Schlect
- Duty Now for the Future Connecting Libraries, Library Schools, and New Librarians Through Experiential Learning | Helene Williams
RDF and LOD in Use Today
Abstract
Moderator: Julia Simic
- Linked Open Data: Practical Approaches to Semantic Richness | Cory Lampert
- Oregon Digital: RDF in Hydra | Julia Simic
- Using Linked Data | Jeff Mixter
- International Image Interoperability Framework | Rob Sanderson
- Other speaker: Silvia Southwick
Reshaping Library Instruction within Art & Design Education: Experimenting and implementing the Info Lit Framework
Abstract
Moderator: Chizu Morihara
- Adventures in Librarianship and Interdisciplinary Instruction | Nicole Beatty
- Using Threshold Concepts as Metaphors for the Creative Process in an Advanced Studio Photography Class | Larissa K. Garcia
- Making Sense of Threshold Concepts Through Graphic Design Collaboration and the Student Lens | Amanda Meeks & Teresa Burk
- Searching as Serendipitous Exploration: Information and Visual Literacy in Studio Art Courses | Ashley Peterson & Darin Murphy
- Connecting the Dots to Form a New Constellation: Supporting Studio Learning Environments for Graduate Students through Instruction, Threshold Concepts, and Qualitative Assessment | Ellen Petraits
Contemporary Glass: Seattle and Beyond
Abstract
Moderators: Beth Hylen, Perry Price
- Introduction | Beth Hylen
- A Short History of American Glass | Perry Price
- Contemporary Glass: Seattle and Beyond; Notes from Ken Clark, Chihuly Studio, March 10, 2016 | Ken Clark
- Resources for Learning about Contemporary Glass | Beth Hylen
- Growing Up Seattle: A Brief History of the Northwest Glass Scene | Walter Lieberman
- Pilchuck Glass School | Jim Baker
Diversity Forum
Abstract
Moderator: Kai Alexis Smith. Facilitator: Mary Evangeliste
- Diversity Forum ARLIS/NA + VRA Joint Conference | Kai Alexis Smith & Trevor Dawes
Engaging Technologies: Change the Way Visual and Print Resources are Used and Discovered through Media-Rich Software and Technologies
Abstract
Moderator: Denise Massa
- Big Little Technology: A Tumblr Based Assignment Begets a Larger Digital Project | Melanie Hubbard
- SCALAR: Love Child of a Website and an eBook | Millie Fullmer
- Mapping Renaissance Italy Using Harvard's WorldMap Software in an Undergraduate Art History Course | Bridget Madden
- The Cornell University Library Digital Collections Portal | Hannah Marie Marshall
- Engaging Technologies Change the Way Visual and Print Resources are Used & Discovered through Media-Rich Software & Technologies | Denise J. Massa
Building New Models: Library as Learning Lab
Abstract
Moderator: Jessica Aberle
- Using Building South Bend in the Classroom: Collaboration with Local Civicentities to Build a Course Centered on Documenting the Built Environment of our city | Viveca Robichaud
- Design-Model-Build: Interdisciplinary Partnership with Real-World Impact | Luke Leither, Katherine W. Dumke, Erin Carraher, & Greg Hatch
- Not Just a Room of Stuff: Architectural Material Collections 101 | Karen Munro
- Conversion of the Architecture Library to a Professional Model: What Works and What Doesn't | Cindy Frank
Charmed, I'm Sure: Introducing New Users to Libraries and Visual Resources Collections
Abstract
Moderator: Amy Trendler
- Learning about the Libraries via Creative Play: The Rugers Art Library Lego Playing Station | Megan Lotts
- Visual Thinking Strategies from the Museum to the Library | Amelia Nelson
- Charmed, I'm Sure: Introducing New Users to Libraries and Visual Resources Collections | Laura Schwartz
- And Now It's Time for a Fun Exercise | Amy Trendler
- Other speaker: Ellen Petraits
Engaging the School: Making Scholarship Visible
Abstract
Moderator: Beth Dodd
- Introduction | Beth Dodd
- Daylighting to Sunsetting: The Lifecycle of a Re-Imagined Bibliography | Sarah Dickinson & Johanna Kasubowski
- Design/Build: Embedded Librarians Create Connections from First Year to Master's Reports in the APDesign Curriculum | Ellen Urton & Thomas M. Bell
- Balancing the Irregularities of Citation Metrics in Tenure and Promotion of Faculty in Art, Architecture, and Design Related Disciplines | Maya Gervits
- Publishing Patterns and Citation Impact: Survey of Architecture Faculty | Rose Orcutt
- The "Kepler system:" Ten years of Digital Outcome Assessment in Architecture, Art, and Design Schools | Burcak Ozludil-Altin, John Cays
Managing the Many Makers of Media: Timely Tools and Tactics
Abstract
Moderator: Maureen Burns
- Unhiding the Nisei Veteran Narrative: Faster Access or Perfect Metadata? | Summer Espinoza
- Greater Than the Sum? Challenges of Integrating Multiple Digital Media Types Into a Unified Preservation and Access System | Geoff Froh
- Let's Not Scare Users: Meeting Content Owners Where They Are | Colin McFadden & Rebecca Moss
- The Cash Stream: Licensing Video | Amanda Maple & Henry Pisciotta
New Voices in the Profession
Abstract
Moderator: Karen Stafford, Caley Cannon
- Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy: Academic Libraries Address the New Challenges of the 21st Century | Judith Schwartz
- Thinking Outside the Book: Experimenting with Creative Tool and Object Librarianship at the Banff Centre | Marianne Williams
- In Search of Art: A Log Analysis of the Ackland Art Museum's Collection Search System | Meredith Hale
- Experiments with the Getty's Provenance Data | Tiffany Naiman, Sally Marquez, Stephanie Gorman, & Raphael Sasayama
Connecting Collections on the Open Web: Arquigrafia, PHAROS, and Florentine Renaissance Drawings: A Linked Catalogue for the Semantic Web
Abstract
Moderator: Alexandra Provo
- Florentine Renaissance Drawings: A Linked Catalogue for the Semantic Web | Alexandra Provo
- Reflections on the Arquigrafia Project Intersections | Vania Mara Alves Lima
- Introducing PHAROS: An International Consortium of Photo Archives | Inge Reist
Creating Library Learning Ecologies
Abstract
Moderator: Marilyn Russell
- Rediscovering Natural Connections; Using Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Inform Library Collections | Daniel Payne
- Generating Your Own STEAM: Libraries as Part of Informal Learning Ecosystems in Art & Science | Rebecca Kuglitsch & Alexander Watkins
- Building Natural Connections in the Book Arts with an Embedded Librarian | Shā Towers, Virginia Green
Demonstrating Relevance: Reinforcing the Value of the Art and Architecture Library through Outreach and Assessment
- Creative Connections: Engaging Students and Faculty through a Library Artist in Residence | Alex Chappell
- Draw Me a Library: Student-Centered Space Assessment | Sara DeWaay
- Standardizing Metrics and Measurements: Connecting Statistical Trends in Art Libraries | Kristina Keogh & Stephen Patton Slides
Crowdsourcing Contemporary Art: The D. James Dee Archive
- Crowdsourcing Contemporary Art: The D. James Dee Archive | Ian McDermott & Sarah Osborne Bender
Lightning Round: Co-Constructing and Documenting Place
Abstract
Moderator: Mar González Palacios
- Exchange/Interchange: A City, a College, a Library | Dan McClure
- No Budget? No problem: Transforming a library through new partnerships and existing materials | Stacy Brinkman
- Collection Connection: A Library and Gallery Collaborate to Find a New Home for Art | Yuki Hibben
- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention and the Georgia Tech Regional Archive | Cathy Carpenter
- Supporting a Traveling Studio in Sault Ste. Marie, ON | Cindy Derrenbacker
- Still Looking for You: Collaboration Between Faculty, Libraries, and Students | Jessica Aberle
The Web Sits For Its Portrait: Web Archiving Process and Product
Abstract
Moderator: Mark Bresnan
- Introduction | Mark Bresnan
- Symmetrical Web Archiving with Webrecorder: High-Fidelity Archiving of Born-Digital Artworks and Other Complex Web Objects | Morgan McKeehan
- Discovering NYARC's Web Archives | Lily Pregill
- Resistance to Armpit: The Clark's Venice Biennale Web Collection Four Years On | Penny Baker
- Questions/Answers
Unlocking Images, Ideas, and Content: Open Access Images as a Key to Enabling Art and Scholarly Innovation
Abstract
Moderators: Bridget Madden & Alexander Watkins
- Critical Topics in "Opening" Institutional Images Using Wikimedia platforms | Dorothy Howard
- Openness of Digital Images | Hedren Sum & Lee Chu Keong
- Open Resources for Discovery and Learning | Marika Sarvilahti
Puget Sound Book Artists
Abstract
Moderators: Jane Carlin & Amanda Clark
- Introduction | Jane Carlin & Amanda Clark
- Artists' Books as Personal Narrative | MalPina Chan
- Dirt: Artist/Library Collaboration | Deborah Greenwood & Lucia Harrion
- Dead Feminists | Jessica Spring & Chandler O'Leary
- Book of the Bound | Carletta Carrington Wilson
Engaging Change: Thriving amidst Shifting Library Landscapes
- Evolution of the University of California, San Diego Arts Library | Leslie Abrams
- A New Chapter for the Corcoran Library | Shira Loev Eller
- Other speaker: Sally Sims Stokes
Presidents' Session: Conference Capstone
Abstract
Moderators: Elaine Paul & Kristen Regina
- Practical Ways to Develop Skills to Go Where the Fields are Heading | George Coulbourne
- A Report on the 2015 VRA Professional Status Survey | Jen Green
- Let's Do This. Programs and Collaboration to Move Us Forward | Louisa Kwasigroch
- From Last Supper to Pot Luck: The Importance of Being CHIPs *Cultural Heritage Information Professionals | Max Marmor
- ARLIS/NA Strategic Directions | Strategic Directions Committee
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Uktena Monster: Subject Cataloging for Images
Abstract
Moderator: Karen Kessel
- Is That a Deer or a Llama? Towards an Iconographic Concordance for Pre-Columbian Art | Shalimar Fojas White
- Who's afraid of the Big, Bad, Uktena Monster? Subject Cataloging for Images | Karen Kessel
- Assessing Subject Metadata for Images | Hannah Marie Marshall
Lightning Round: Evolving Architectural Collections and Connections
- Capitalizing on Connections: Intersecting Creators, Content, and Collections | Elizabeth Schaub
- A Year of Collaborative Outreach, Beyond the Stacks and on the Move | Robert Adams
- Islandora Hopping: A Comprehensive Study of Islandora for the Architecture & Planning Library and the Alexander Architectural Archives | Stephanie Tiedeken
- Expecting the Unexpected: Managing the Transition to a New Digital Repository | Margarita Mirabal
- Does the Creative Nature Matter? Understanding Information Seeking Behavior of Architects | Sarah Zhang
Posters
Incorporating Common Core into Digital Collection's Metadata: Using Controlled Vocabulary to Tag Primary Resources for Educators | Jess Short, Digital Materials Librarian Supervisor, Tennessee State Library and Archives
Sharing Knowledge within New Learning Models : Art History eProject | Edith-Anne Pageot, Professor and Independent Scholar, University of Ottawa
Theft or Fair Use? Artists Navigate Appropriation on Instagram | Lauren Gottlieb-Miller, Doctoral Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison
#MugLibrary : A Ceramic Experiment | Ann Lindell, Head, Architecture & Fine Arts Library, University of Florida and Bridget Fairbank, MFA Candidate, University of Florida
Art and Design Student Inspiration and Tutorial Project: A Means to Supplement and Enhance Core Instruction and Facilitate Lifelong Learning | John Burns, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Adjunct Digital Design Instructor, Dixie State University
Magic the (Library) Gathering: Designing and Publicizing a Personal Librarian Program | Eva Sclippa, Art Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction, Scholes Library at Alfred University
Revisions and Recommendations: Building Effective Research Guides | Patricia Gimenez, Research and Instruction Librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design
Preserving German-Jewish Periodicals at the Leo Baeck Institute | Lauren Paustian, Associate Librarian for Technical Services, Leo Baeck Institute
Science in the Studio - CCA Libraries' science equipment collection | Teri Dowling, Associate Director of Libraries, California College of the Arts
Ethical Image Use as Visual Literacy: Fresh Ideas and Adaptive Approaches for Instruction | Melissa Coulston, Student, University of South Carolina
DIMLI and the Getty: Cape Crusaders for Linked Open Data | Millie Fullmer, Visual Resources Curator Assistant, Vanderbilt University
Against the Odds: Developing and Promoting a New Zine Collection | Andrew Wang, Student/Library Coordinator, Indiana University
Working with what you have: Revitalizing a congressional exhibit space utilizing visual materials | Leah Rios, Assistant Archivist, Center for Creative Photography and Maurita Baldock, Assistant Librarian and Archivist, University of Arizona Special Collections
Better Together: Connecting resources for Comic artists & their readers through creative local cataloging practice | Kay Kroeff Streng, Technical Services Librarian, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Academic Library Outreach within the Greater Community: Fostering Relationships outside of the Academic Institution Fostering Relationships outside of the Academic Institution | Monica Kenzie, Architecture, Art and Design Librarian, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Preserving Peeler's Photographic Legacy | Chelly Tavss, Photo Archivist Librarian, Johnson C. Smith University
Linked Open Data for Artists' Books: a Pilot at UCI | Emilee Mathews, Research Librarian for Visual Arts, University of California, Irvine
An Archive for the Artist, An Archive for the Scholar: Empowering Artists and Facilitating Research and Teaching through Art Archives Outreach | Kimberley Henze, Learning From Artists' Archives Fellow, SILS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Creating and preserving collections: Collaborative projects across organizational lines | Bethany Davis, Digital Processing Coordinator Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries and Sarah Luko, Registrarial Assistant, University of Iowa Museum of Art
I Spy With my Little Eye: Connecting Libraries and Art Through Storytime | Gwen Mayhew, Assistant Museum Librarian, Instruction and Interlibrary Services, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Naomi Niles, Associate Museum Librarian, Nolen Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art
From Paper to Pixels: Digitizing Artists' Books at MassArt to Promote Physical Interaction | Caitlin Pereira, Visual Resources Librarian, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Abi Sweeny, Librarian, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Greg Wallace, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Making Queer Materials Accessible in the Art Library | Sylvia Page, Librarian, Memphis College of Art
Then and Now: most vital books in a design education | Robert Adams, Manager of Collection Development and Outreach, Boston Architectural College Library
Looking for Mormon Artists in the Crowd | Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey, Fine Arts Librarian, Brigham Young University
Connecting to the world of Linked Open Data through the VRA Core RDF Ontology | Trish Rose-Sandler, Data Project Coordinator, Missouri Botanical Garden
Consejos, respeto, educación, y familia: How Chicana/o picturebooks reflect pedagogies of the home through art and narrative | Lettycia Terrones, Education Librarian, California State University, Fullerton Pollak Library
Finding Art through Pinterest - Could curators do more with this tool? A visual call for more discussion on collecting digital images on the open web | Julia Z. Deal, Curator, Visual Resource Collection, Davidson College
Art Instead of Just Images: Training Students to See Beyond the Screen | Lael J. Ensor, Assistant Curator, Visual Resources Collection, Johns Hopkins University
Enhancing and Promoting Visual Studies: CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellows in Data Curation | Louisa Kwasigroch, Director of Development and Outreach, Council on Library and Information Resources | Digital Library Federation
Documenting the Ephemera: exhibitions history | Isabel Ayres Maringelli, Head of Library and Museum Archives, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
"Deselection" vs. "Weeding": A Systematic Approach to Collection Management | Terrie Wilson, Art Librarian and Head, Fine Arts Library, Michigan State University
Archival Visual Resources in the Interdisciplinary Classroom: Strategies for Successful Partnerships | Jillian Ewalt, Librarian/Archivist, University of Dayton
E-newsletters for Art Libraries | Dana Hart, Manager for Library Administration, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Leah High, Assistant Museum Librarian Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rebranding your library's blog: seeking connections within the arts community | Beverly Mitchell, Art and Dance Librarian, Southern Methodist University, Sara Outhier, Digital Media Librarian, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University and Mariza Morin, Stacks Manager, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University
Understanding the Self-Archiving Practices of Comics Artists | Stephanie Grimm, Research and Instruction Librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design
Eroding Barriers : Creating User-Centered Learning Spaces for Visual Resources | Tiffany Baglier, Assistant Head - Education Library, University of Florida and Tom Caswell, Assistant Head - Architecture & Fine Arts Library, University of Florida
Outreach Through Collections: A Collaborative Design Project | Alex McAllister, Humanities Librarian, Appalachian State University and Greta Browning, Reference Archivist/Librarian and Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts in Special Collections, Appalachian State University
Look, Learn, Create! Retailing Meets Library Book Displays | Carla-Mae Crookendale, Visual Arts Research Librarian, Virgnia Commonwealth University
Artists' Book Contest: Connecting with Students and Building a More Diverse Collection | Claudia Covert, Special Collections Librarian, Rhode Island School of Design
Paranormal Activity in the Library | Krista Ivy, Reference + Instruction Librarian, University of California, Riverside