More Than Meets the Eye? Retrieving Art Images by Subject - Organizer and Moderator: Karen Kessel, Art and Art History Department, Sonoma State University
Speakers: Patricia Harpring, Getty Vocabulary Program; Judy Weedman, San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science; Dustin Wees, ARTstor; Hans Brandhorst, Iconclass
Abstract: In the past, image collection curators, with limited staffing, urgent deadlines, lack of authority sources, and the broad range of subjects their collections represent, found little time for indexing their materials by subject. As we develop shared online cataloging with other collections and with libraries, we should have more time and incentive to engage in subject indexing to enable access to a broader group of users. The panelists will define subject indexing, discuss why it is important, describe some of the challenges in applying subject terms, but also demonstrate how we can create effective tools to make it easier to do.
ARLIS/NA Art and Design School Libraries Division Meeting - Co-Moderators: Elinor Nacheman, Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design and Gabrielle Reed, Morton R. Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Agenda
1. Welcome and Attendance Sheet
2. Introduction of current officers (Elinor Nacheman and Gabrielle Reed)
3. Announcement of next year’s co-moderators (Heather Koopmans and Deborah EvansCantrell)
4. Volunteers for incoming vice-moderators
5. Announcement of conference sessions involving ADSL members
6. Open Forum Topics:
ARLIS/NA Cataloging Section Meeting - Organizers and Co-Moderators: Laurie Chipps, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago and Dan Lipcan, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Speakers: Elizabeth O'Keefe, Morgan Museum and Library; Penny Baker, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Abstract: "The Morgan/Clark RDA Survey Experience" - Elizabeth O'Keefe and Penny Baker will share their institution's experiences during the national testing phase of RDA.
Transforming Publishing Practices in the Arts - Organizers: Deborah Ultan Boudewyns, University of Minnesota and Patrick Tomlin, Virginia Tech University
Moderator: Patrick Tomlin, Virginia Tech University
Speakers: Petra Chu, Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide; Christine Kuan, ARTstor; Niels Schaumann, William Mitchell College of Law
Abstract: This session illuminates the expanding field of scholarly communication in the visual arts. Presenters will address the emergence of open access publications, new initiatives for the use of images in publishing, and the increasingly complex relationship between arts scholarship and copyright law in the digital environment. Presenters in this session are key contributors to the newest directions in publishing and the visual arts, including Petra Chu, Managing Editor, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide; Christine Huang, Chief Content Officer & VP of External Affairs, and Coordinator for Images for Academic Publishing, ARTstor; and Niels Schaumann, Vice Dean for Faculty, William Mitchell College of Law.
Organizational Collaboration: Building Bridges between ARLIS/NA and VRA - Elaine Paul, organizer
The ARLIS/NA-VRA Joint Task Force on Collaboration submitted its final report in 2008. It contains specific recommendations for "a more fertile infrastructure for information exchange between the two organizations and a corresponding reduction in redundancy, while maintaining the individual identities of each group." Where do we stand as affiliated organizations three years later? Where are we going over the next several years? This discussion forum is an opportunity for the members and leaders of both groups to communicate about the most promising possibilities for collaboration between our organizations, and how we might continue moving forward with implementing and sustaining them.
