2002 Conference Program - Cody, WY

`The Art Libraries Society of North America Mountain West Chapter`

`2002 Annual Conference Cody, Wyoming | October 25-27, 2002`

PROGRAM & SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION FORM
OCTOBER 25 11:30am - 1:30pm	FRIDAY Dutch treat lunch -- Meet at Maxwell’s Restaurant across from Cody’s City Park, on Sheridan Avenue two blocks east of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Menu includes a wonderful veggie sandwich on sungrain bread, Italian sodas and excellent coffee.
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Registration at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Welcome to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center -- Executive Director Robert E. Shimp and Associate Director Wally Reber will welcome conference attendees to Cody and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
3:00pm - 4:30pm	SESSION I - The Artist Biography as Film Peggy Keeran, Art and Humanities Reference Librarian, Penrose Library, University of Denver Peggy will present a survey of representative biographical films based upon the lives of various artists and an analysis of the ways in which artists' lives are depicted on screen for popular consumption. From Van Gogh to Pollock, from Artemisa Gentilleschi to Carrington, filmmakers have found inspiration in artists. What makes the life of a specific artist interesting? Do art biopics portray artists stereotypically as tortured geniuses or are these honest attempts to understand the creative process? How has "the artist" as subject changed over the course of 20th century film and what might be some of the reasons? And, finally, can such films prove useful for art library collections as sources of information about artists? Cataloging by Yourself in the 21st Century: Hints for the One-Person Shop. Sherman Clarke, Head of Original Cataloging, New York University. The ubiquity of the web has changed the process of finding bibliographic and authority records for cataloging purposes. The Library of Congress catalog and authority file are both available to search and provide a lot of information. Many other library catalogs can be searched. Much documentation is available. Software packages are available for simple opacs. This will be an open but focused discussion of how to effectively use these resources to make your cataloging time more effective and your collection more accessible.
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Welcome Reception at the Simpson -- Gallagher Gallery Big Horn Avenue across from the Irma Hotel parking lot.
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Chapter Dinner at the Irma Hotel -- Built by Colonel William F. “Buffalo Bill Cody” in 1902, and named after his daughter Irma, this hotel has been a gathering place and the centerpiece of Cody, Wyoming for 100 years. The antique bar in the main dining room is magnificent.
OCTOBER 26 8:30am-9:00am	SATURDAY Wakeup time: Meet for rolls and coffee at Buffalo Bill Historical Center .
9:00am - 11:00am	SESSION II - The West as Crucible for Creativity *The Making of Yellowstone Winter* -- an artist book. Artist Jill Timm of Mystical Places Press will take participants through the process that went into the creation of her book, from conception to the finished product. Her companion book Yellowstone Spring will also be shown. Seth Eastman: Illustrating the Indian Condition. Sarah E. Boehme, John S. Bugas Curator of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art. Examination of the paintings of Seth Eastman, a military officer who was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and portrayed the life of the Dakota and Chippewa Indians who lived near the fort. Eastman's depictions will be analyzed in relation to literary texts by Mary Eastman and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who used Eastman's work as illustrations. Spirit, Symbols, and Stories: As seen in Contemporary Native American Art. Marilyn Russell-Bogle, Fine Arts and Humanities Librarian and Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies/Art at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Discussion of the works of a few selected Native American contemporary artists who use spirit, symbols, and stories in their art. Native Americans have been storytellers for generations. Traditional animal stories, creation myths, and legends along with accounts of tribal concerns, historic figures, and personal experiences are passed down orally, told both as truth and fiction. These stories derive from universal human experience and reflect the values, beliefs, and life histories of Native American tribes. Contemporary Native American artists often translate these stories into their own creations using symbols, narratives, and spiritual meaning. These artists may use images from the past and today to make a statement. This presentation will be followed by a tour of the Arthur Amiotte Retrospective: Continuity and Diversity** currently installed in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s changing exhibits gallery.
11:00am - 1:00pm	LUNCH BREAK
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Chapter business meeting
2:00pm - 4:00pm	SESSION III - Library practice current and future Reference Services in the Architecture Library at the University of Arizona -- or -- When is a circulation desk just a circulation desk? Several years ago, the University of Arizona Library restructured, moving to a team-based management style. During the initial restructuring, decisions were made to focus reference services in the Main and Science & Engineering Libraries, and to eliminate reference services in the branch libraries (Music, Architecture, and Center for Creative Photography). Circulation desks in the branches are staffed primarily by student workers who, more often than not, are unfamiliar with the subject at hand. Polly Trump, Architecture Librarian at the University of Arizona, will discuss this decision and the impact it had on the Architecture Library's customers. The Library is re-examining the need for reference services in the branches, and Polly will discuss that process. She is the team leader of the Reference Availability Project (RAP). Future Trends in Information Access: RLG and the Cultural Materials Initiative Lorna Corbetta-Noyes. Library Issues Panel – Jeanne Brown, architecture librarian UNLV will moderate a panel discussion of management issues in library practice. Panelists include Tom Riedel, Melisa Nicoud, and Jeanne Brown.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Keynote Address Drawn to Yellowstone: artists in America’s first national park. Peter H. Hassrick, former director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and founding director emeritus of the Charles M. Russell Center for theStudy of the Art of the American West, will present a program on artists who have depicted the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park since before its official designation in 1872.
6:00pm - 7:00pm	Closing Reception at BBHC.
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Dinner on own or at designated restaurant.
OCTOBER 27 8:00am	SUNDAY No-host breakfast at Sunset House Restaurant Tour of Buffalo Bill Historical Center, shop a bit, and bid farewell to Cody.