VRA Data Standards Committee Meeting - Johanna Bauman and Kari Smith, Co-chairs
The VRA Data Standards Committee will meet as a full committee followed by breakout meetings for working groups and task forces.
Growing New Professionals through Mentorship: A Two Way Street - Organizers: Rebecca Moss, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota and Marcia Focht, Binghamton University
Moderator: Rebecca Moss
Speakers: Marcia Focht, Binghamton University; Kim Collins, Emory University; Maggie Portis, New York School of Interior Design; Kathe Hicks Albrecht, Katzen Art Center, American University; Jacqueline Protka, Corcoran College of Art and Design; Melanie Clark, Architecture Library, Texas Tech University
Abstract: This collaborative session will have three parts: First, an overview on the value of mentoring and the variety of mentoring opportunities available to us. Included will be specific information about mentoring in both organizations, and new ideas, approaches and tools that are on the horizon for both VRA and ARLIS/NA.
Next will be two examples of successful mentors and mentees who will discuss their mentoring experience within ARLIS/NA and VRA. The mentor/mentee relationship can forge bonds lasting throughout our professional careers, and they often start with a successful pairing at our conferences.
Finally, a paper on the introduction of a Mentoring Program for librarians at Texas Tech University, detailing the goals and the planning process; the successes and hurdles that were overcome; and how it led to new collaborative opportunities and other growth among the librarians at TTU. Examples will be included of what things worked better than others and how mentoring is a two-way street with rewards at both ends.
Inside Out: Examining Studio Artists’ Perceptions, Representations, and Actual Use of the Fine Arts Library - Moderator: Gabrielle V. L. Reed, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Morton R. Godine Library
Speakers: Henry Pisciotta, Pennsylvania State University Libraries; Anna Simon, Indiana University
Abstract: As art information professionals, we find ourselves comfortably ensconced in the world of the art library, often taking for granted the underlying systems that orchestrate the library on a daily basis. This session encourages fine arts librarians and visual resource professionals to take a step backward in an attempt to examine the library through the eyes of one our most valued (yet elusive) constituencies—the studio artist. Presenters will explore the romantic and practical conceptions—and misconceptions—of studio artists’ interactions with the library. Gabrielle Reed will briefly introduce a recent project undertaken at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design library and IT departments to measure how their studio arts-based community view their services. This web-based project, called the MISO (merged information services organizations) survey, created quantitative results and insight into a unique institution. Henry Pisciotta examines artworks from 1962 to the present that challenge and redefine the traditional image of the library, while Anna Simon presents use-evidence from over 200 undergraduate studio students on their interactions with the library at different points in their program. Armed with insights from this broadly applicable research, the speakers posit how we can support studio practices by demystifying the library.
ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Meeting
Alyssa Resnick, Chair
