Posted by Heather Koopmans on December 10, 2009
Call For *virtual* presenters at ACRL-ARTS/ ALA Midwinter in Boston. Bryan highlighted this on the ArliSNAP blog a few weeks back http://arlisnap.org/2009/11/23/call-for-virtual-presenters-ala-arts-section/ . The deadline has been just been extended to DECEMBER 18, so there is still time to submit a proposal! This is a GREAT opportunity to add ‘oomph’ to your resume without having to travel or pay conference registration. See the original post for submission guidelines and contact info.
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(Cross posted from ARLIS-L) Love the arts? Wanna get some culture in Boston during ALA Midwinter? Be sure to check out ACRL Art Section’s ArtsGuide! This selective guide to cultural attractions and events will help you maximize your time outside of the convention center.
There’s also a helpful google map supplement:
http://tinyurl.com/y8euv86
Find the Boston guide, google map, and past guides at:
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/arts/artsguide/artsguide.cfm
Download the PDF to the Boston guide:
http://tinyurl.com/yeobyno
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ALA Midwinter attendees are cordially invited to participate in a FREE behind-the-scenes tour of the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, MA, on Friday, January 15, 2010. Highlights include the paper conservation labs where many of the nation’s most significant cultural heritage materials have been treated, and the Center’s Imaging Services department where the digitization and preservation microfilm units operate. Preservation Services staff will speak briefly about workshops and conferences on topics ranging from basic book repair to scrapbook preservation to digitization.
A BUS WILL BE PROVIDED, leaving Boston at 1:30 PM and returning by 5:30PM. The tour is offered free of charge. There are only a few spaces left – sign up today! RSVP by December 11, 2009 to Julie Martin, jmartin [at] nedcc [dot] org, or (978) 470-1010 ext. 217.
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Posted by Bryan Loar on March 27, 2009
All,
I was finding that I needed more flexibility to add other events and to slightly tweak Shed event times.
Below is a link to info on one way you can export your calendar information from Shed and customize it to your specific needs. Furthermore, free online apps like Google Calendar, CalendarHub, and 30 Boxes offer reminders via text message (SMS).
http://bryanloar.blogspot.com/2009/03/tweak-your-sched-through-google.html
Looking forward to seeing you at the con or over the interwebs,
BRYAN LOAR
Freelance Information Specialist
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Posted by rcooper on March 6, 2009
Have some knowledge of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis and social bookmarking? Then the Web 2.0 Tech Kiosk wants YOU! We are looking for volunteers to share their knowledge with other ARLIS/NA Conference attendees. The Kiosk is an informal setting to ask questions about various new technologies; start a dialogue on how libraries are using them and have hands-on time with the resources. Volunteer staffers help their colleagues to question, learn, and explore what’s going on in the world of social software and how art libraries of every type can take advantage of these tools.
Benefits of volunteering:
· Sharing your knowledge with others and adding to the art librarianship dialogue
· Expanding your network of ARLIS/NA members
· Gaining instruction experience in an informal setting
Interested in volunteering? Visit the Web 2.0 Tech Kiosk wiki to view the time slots needed, at: http://artlibrarytech.pbwiki.com/Staffing+Schedule To volunteer contact Rebecca Cooper at rebeccacooper@gmail.com or Kristen Mastel at klmastel@hotmail.com with your preferred date/timeslot.
The Web 2.0 Tech Kiosk was developed as a way of introducing art information professionals to the tools and uses of Web 2.0 technology. At the 2008 Annual Conference of ARLIS/NA, the Tech Kiosk invited attendees to get hands-on instruction in setting up a blog, posting to a flickr account, subscribing to RSS feeds, creating a wiki, and more. The goal of the kiosk was to provide a one-on-one learning experience, in which visitors could discover free tricks and tools and walk away with some hands-on experience and knowledge of how the world of art information is changing. What we found was that one-on-one became many-to-many, and before long visitors were all asking questions that led to other questions and inspired new ideas for other kiosk visitors. While the tech staff provided most of the answers, it was the questions that prompted the real learning, on both sides of the table!
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Posted by mmacken on December 3, 2008
While ArLiSNAP is officially a special interest group of ARLIS/NA, we have members in VRA (Visual Resources Association) as well. Would other ArLiSNAP members be interested in meeting informally in Toronto?
Here’s a link to the conference:
VRA 27th Annual Conference
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 18-21, 2009
http://vraweb.org/conferences/toronto2009/index.html
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Posted by rcooper on November 10, 2008
Efforts are afoot to create an ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Survival Wiki, and we’d like your input to get things started! The wiki is intended to complement the conference website and blog by providing a more generalized guide to the happenings of the Annual conference. Whereas the website and blog contain information particular to each individual conference and locale, the wiki is intended to provide valuable tips on what to expect… and to fill in information that first time attendees might not know.
With that in mind, what are some topics/categories that you think a wiki of this kind should cover? Here are some thoughts to get things rolling:
- Which meetings are open/which are invite-only
- Dress “code” (both general, and for special events)
- Money-saving tips
… What else?
Tracy and I will take your suggestions into account and create the basic structure for the wiki, and will then open it up for contributions from everyone… we’re sure that there are some experts out there that can really help to make it a useful resource!
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Posted by tbergstrom on October 31, 2008
Greetings from Indiana! We’re in full swing preparing for next year’s annual ARLIS/NA conference to be held in Indianapolis on April 16-21, 2009. If you haven’t yet seen it, the conference web site is now online.
Going along with the conference’s theme of start your engines, we need to get revved up about the pub crawl. We’re looking for someone local to Indy who can:
- figure out a logical and easily locatable meeting place
- plan us a route of pubs to crawl (including one with food…)
- get word of the event out to any and all who might be interested
We’ve also been thinking about how we might use ArLiSNAP to promote events where our readers could get together and meet face-to-face. To this end, we’d like to put out a call for a Connections Liaison (or two) to take up the responsibility of distributing info about opportunities for getting together. These might include:
- announcements of local ARLIS/NA chapter or student group meetings
- info on continuing education opportunities or lectures
- any other info on events that would facilitate us getting to know one another on a greater frequency than once a year.
We’re glad for any and all volunteers for either the Pub Crawl Organizer or Connections Liaison positions, so just leave a comment if you think you might be interested.
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Posted by Carter on May 9, 2007
Having just returned from the ARLIS/NA conference in Atlanta (which was tons of fun), I thought our group could chat a bit more about future possibilities for ARLIS/NA annual conferences.
I read blogswithoutalibrary, and just got around to Amanda’s conference ideas photoessay. The ideas she shares are incredibly cool – some would work well for ARLIS, although others probably wouldn’t fly.
In particular, I like the idea of an icebreaker or two (I know, icebreakers have a bad rap, but they are actually useful after the fact when you’ve made a contact), the loose-leaf “at a glance program,” and podcasting.
Do other ArLiSNAPers think these ideas have merit? Are there other engaging conference ideas you’ve heard of or experienced? Which ones would you like to see implemented in the future?
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