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Call for Proposals ARLIS/NA 2025 Virtual Conference
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Posted by: Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
Deadline: Mon, September 23rd, 2024
Call for Proposals
ARLIS/NA 2025 Virtual Conference
May 12-16, 2025
Proposal Deadline September 23, 2024
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) will hold its 53rd annual conference online May 12-16, 2025. TOGETHER: Activating Community is the first ARLIS/NA conference that has been planned virtually and will be executed entirely online. This year of experimentation with an online format democratizes the conference experience, enabling more people to participate and attend. This virtual format aligns with ARLIS/NA’s’ strategic goals of inclusivity, accessibility, and financial sustainability, marking a significant milestone in our journey. We hope you share our interest in exploring creative and dynamic approaches to virtual professional development and networking. While we recognize some things will be missed, we are excited to explore new ways of coming together for our conference, and this move is a proactive step towards supporting our community’s diverse needs and our organization’s long-term resilience. We look forward to a robust program and hope you will join us!
The deadline for proposals is Monday, September 23, 2024 at 5 pm EST.
The Conference Program Committee invites librarians and library professionals, archivists, curators, museum professionals, visual resources specialists, publishers, educators, artists, designers, architects, students, and scholars to propose papers, sessions, workshops, and speakers that reflect the theme TOGETHER: Activating Community as it relates to the practice of visual arts information and scholarship. The committee also encourages submissions that stretch the bounds of traditional conference scholarship in terms of format and delivery.
The program committee encourages submissions that include, but are not limited to:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Advocacy, Social Justice, Anti-Racism, Public Policy, and Activism
Archives, Rare Books, and Special Collections
Collection Development and Management
Critical Librarianship
Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship
Alternative Publications, Artists’ Books, Graphic Novels, Zines, etc.
Teaching and Pedagogical Practice
Fair Use and Copyright Issues Leadership,
Mentoring, Management, and Professional Development
Visual Literacy
User Experience
Types of Submissions
PAPERS: An individual paper presentation, potentially addressing new research, a case study, or an innovative idea with a total time of 15-20 minutes. Presentations provide attendees with new tools, strategies, or inspiration that they can apply in their own practice. The Conference Program Co-Chairs and the Conference Program Committee will group individual presentations into paper panels with a common topic or theme, which will run from 60 to 90 minutes, including a Q&A.
LIGHTNING TALKS:B A short individual presentation (5-10 minutes maximum) addressing a topic that is particularly timely or specific in scope. Lightning talks provide attendees the opportunity to hear about a range of innovative projects or ideas from a broad and varied group of colleagues in a short amount of time. Lightning talks will be grouped into sessions that may or may not be themed. Lightning talk sessions will be 60 minutes, including a Q&A.
PRE-COORDINATED PANELS: A pre-coordinated session of up to 4 presenters with a moderator addressing a common topic or theme with a total time of 60-90 minutes, including a Q&A. Panels provide attendees with multiple views/strategies on a single topical area, a comparison of tools or methods, or a number of case studies on related topics. It is not necessary to identify all potential presenters before submitting. Naming a moderator, who will advocate for and develop the session, is required, and the moderator cannot present on the panel.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: Small, informal group discussions around a common theme or issue. In the abstract field, facilitators should identify a topic and submit at least three potential questions that will keep the discussion moving. Roundtable discussions are 60 minutes in length. WORKSHOPS: An opportunity to teach and explore current and emerging topics in an intimate atmosphere. Workshops encourage a focused, engaging experience led by experts who combine presentation, active learning, collaboration, and discussion. They may last one and a half or three hours.
Posted on Fri, September 6th, 2024
Expires on Mon, September 23rd, 2024
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