Workshops
Cataloging Cultural Objects and Practical Applications in the Library (8:00am– 4:00pm)
Cost: $100
Maximum Number:
40
This workshop is aimed towards those who work in image collections and libraries with collections of objects or visual material. The workshop will provide participants with an understanding of how the VRA Core 4.0 and Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) fit into the larger metadata landscape. We will also demonstrate database applications that incorporate the Core and CCO, showing how complex works can be cataloged, exporting to XML to various end user interfaces. There will also be a practicum focusing on practical cataloging with CCO. The day workshop will feature multiple interactive components, with instructors available for personal, hands-on assistance.
The workshop will cover three broad topics: how CCO fits into the broader metadata landscape and how it is used in different contexts (libraries, archives, museums, VR collections); the VRA Core and how the Core and CCO are implemented in specific institutions; and a hands-on practicum in learning how to use CCO.
Workshop organizer: Ann Whiteside
Speakers:
Ann Whiteside, Head, Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning, MIT
Margaret Webster, Director, Knight Visual Resources Facility, Cornell University
Elizabeth O'Keefe, Director, Collection Information Services, Morgan Library and Museum
Johanna Baumann, Metadata Associate, ARTstor
ARLIS/NA Mentoring Program Workshop (8:00am – 12:00) FULL
Cost: $0
Maximum Number: 20
Workshop leaders and organizers: V. Heidi Hass & Tony White
In order to facilitate optimal matching of mentor/mentee pairs, a short application form is required; it can be found at: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/pdc/mentoringform.htm
Attendance at this free Mentoring Program workshop is mandatory for participation in the year-long program.
This Mentoring Workshop is separate from the Conference Mentoring Program; the Conference Mentoring Program is coordinated by Alba Fernandez-Keys and will take place as usual.
This four-hour workshop will be modeled on the successful Banff workshop led by Margaret Law that kicked off the year-long ARLIS/NA Mentoring Program. The workshop, which will be facilitated by Heidi Hass and Tony White, will feature an introduction to mentoring, viewing of a dvd of the Banff workshop, discussion, role-playing, and breakout sessions with mentor/mentee pairs. Characteristics of mentors, mentees, and the mentoring relationship; methods of communication; and benefits and potential pitfalls of mentoring will be discussed. ARLIS members who want to participate in the year-long mentoring program will fill out an application to facilitate matching, and will be required to attend the workshop.
Participants:
Co-facilitator: V. Heidi Hass, Head of the Reference Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum (vhhass@themorgan.org)
Co-facilitator: Tony White, Head, Fine Arts Library, Indiana University (antmwhit@indiana.edu)
Medium Matters: Photography in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (8:00am – 12:00) FULL
Cost: $50
Maximum Number: 20
Participants are introduced to photographic and photomechanical processes likely to be encountered in art libraries and archives. The emergence and use of these technical processes in publishing and art reproduction is covered, with an emphasis on works from the first 150 years of photography’s history (1839-1989). Useful resources are introduced. Study samples are provided for hands-on examination and identification, allowing for the comparison of techniques, materials and condition. The purpose of the workshop is to enable participants to identify the processes employed in reproduction, and to make informed decisions in acquisition, cataloging description, and special handling.
Workshop leaders: Laura Harris, Librarian, Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lucy von Brachel, Collections Manager, Department of Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Everyday Leadership: How to Increase Your Influence at the Institutional Level (12:30pm - 4:30pm) FULL
Cost: $50
Maximum Number: 15
Workshop leader: Pat Wagner
Which leadership principles can art and design librarians apply in order to increase influence, enhance resources, and cultivate political support? Learn how to optimize the performance of your area, as well as your own professional contribution. We will address critical leadership skills, including collaboration, alliances, and managing expectations.
These and other questions will be addressed:
- Why are leadership skills necessary for all art and design library professionals and associates, no matter what their job titles?
- How does leadership differ from library administration and management skills?
- How do we assess the big-picture issues of influence and risk?
- How do we foster vision and character?
- What are some practical ways to improve my leadership score?
Pat Wagner has worked with Pattern Research, Inc. and its predecessor, the Office for Open Network, since 1977. She is an educator, trainer, writer and consultant, focusing on personnel, management, leadership, marketing, career and strategic planning issues. She has special interests in conflict management, project management, community outreach, and future studies. Most of her current clients work with and for libraries of all kinds, as well as for library boards, foundations, friends groups, and national, state, and regional library organizations. Pat also works for innovators in universities, schools, nonprofit institutions, local government and professional, business and trade organizations, as well as medical, scientific, and research institutions.
Workshop organizer: Paul Glassman, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
They Never Covered This in Library School: Maps and Atlases
Denver Public Library (12:30pm – 4:30pm)
Cost: $50
Maximum Number: 25
Come to the Rocky Mountains and discover the fascinating world of maps and atlases, a complicated, subtle intersection of time and space, art and language, even bias and intention. Maps make the abstract concrete and the invisible visible; they give form to the world, but one always skewed by perspective.
Designed for both beginners and those with experience, this four-hour workshop will guide participants through issues unique to maps, such as developing map and atlas collections (both historical and modern); reference and instruction for art, architecture, and planning courses; the use of maps in public service settings; and collaborating with map librarians. Presenters will demonstrate online mapping sites & applications useful for research and instruction (including Google Earth, mashups, and sample sites using WebGIS).
Workshop leader: Amy Ciccone, Associate Coordinator Collection Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Speakers:
Kathryn Lage, Map Librarian, University of Colorado, Boulder
Christopher J. J. Thiry, Map Librarian, Colorado School of Mines
Jennifer Parker, Art & Architecture Librarian, University of Colorado, Boulder
