Poster Sessions

Informal 30-minute presentations on specific topics; designed to maximize the interchange between listeners and presenter.

• Norine Duncan, Curator/Librarian for Art, Brown University, "IRIS Cooperative: Implementing VRA Core Categories"

  The Image Resource Information System (IRIS), an application of FileMaker Pro, was designed cooperatively by the curators of seven academic visual resource collections to implement the VRA Core Categories, version 2.0.   Smith College, a member of the IRIS Coop, now intends to contract with a professional software developer to re-invent IRIS to bring it into compliance with version 3.0 of the Core Categories.

• Stephanie Frontz, Art Librarian, University of Rochester, "Scare Fair, University of Rochester's River Campus Libraries' Halloween Event"

  The "Scare Fair" is a campus-wide Halloween party, presented by the U. of Rochester libraries as an innovative way for students to learn how to retrieve materials from the library stacks.  The timing of the event takes advantage of a convergence of scary things in a student's life: Halloween, the writing of their first research papers, and the fact that students have identified the old library stacks as "scary."  The event combines library orientation with other fun activities, including a visit to the library tower, which is usually off-limits to students.  Costumed library staff members provide directions and candy treats as the students successfully search for their books.  Refreshments are served in the spooky "Addams Family dining room" which is usually recognized as a large study room. Students decorate the exterior of the library and faculty dress in costume for a student contest to guess their real identity.  The Scare Fair has become a unique and much-heralded campus event attracting many students, faculty, staff, and faculty children.

  The poster session will include photos, examples of the books included in the hunt, comments by students and faculty, and an assessment of its success in teaching students about the library stacks and as a public relations tool.

• Sarah E. McCleskey, Gunnin Architectural Library, Clemson University, "Electronic Books: A Technological Odyssey"

  The Electronic Book Pilot Project was designed to meet an immediate need for information by providing texts for a group of students and faculty participating in Clemson"s Summer Humanities Academy in Genoa, Italy.  Each student and faculty member was given a Rocket ebook pre-loaded with a number of titles to take to Italy.  At the conclusion of the Summer Academy, the ebooks will be used to introduce Clemson students and faculty to the use of electronic books in campus libraries.  Students and faculty will try out and evaluate this new technology that may have a major impact on the future of information access, use, and portability.

  The poster session will describe the initial problem (providing multiple texts in a portable format), development of the grant proposal, implementation of the program for the trip to Italy as well as on campus, and a conclusion based on evaluations of the ebooks.

  A Rocket ebook will be available for attendees to see and try out.

• Kathleen Stacey, Head Librarian, Walters Art Museum, "Baltimore Art Resources Online Consortium (BAROC): An Innovative Partnership"

  Presented in this poster session will be the background and history of the BAROC partnership; descriptions of the main BAROC projects (Database of Maryland Artists, Website, Public Workshops, Joint Automation Project); a discussion of funding strategies, both local and national; and future plans for the Consortium

• Pamela Born, Slide Librarian, Department of Art & Art History, Tufts University, "Artifact: An Interactive Study Tool for Art History Courses at Tufts University"

  Artifact is a web-based curriculum tool for art history classes at Tufts University.  Currently images for thirteen courses are available for study on campus.  Some unique components of Artifact include side by side image comparison, flash card and memory matching games, and a student art gallery which enables students to create their own thematic exhibitions.

• Margaret A. Boylan, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, "New Strategies to Support Access to VCU's Art Exhibition Catalog Collection by Visual Arts Faculty and Students"

  In 1993, Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts gave one of the largest art exhibition catalog collections in the Southeastern U.S. to VCU"s main library, Cabell Library.  The exhibition catalogs were cataloged and integrated into the main library"s collection occurred during 1993-1997.  This poster presentation will discuss recent steps that have been taken to facilitate access to the collection by visual arts faculty and students.

• Carole Ann Fabian, Librarian, University at Buffalo, and Kari Horowicz, Art & Photography Librarian, Rochester Institute of Technology, "Enrich & Enlighten: Models for Chapter Programming"

  This ARLIS/WNY poster session will describe notable programming activities including our 25th Anniversary Celebration (Fall 1998); a joint meeting of ARLIS/WNY and VRA/Upstate (Spring 1999); and "Seeing the "Wright" Things in Buffalo" (Spring 2000).

• Monica Fusich, Reference Librarian, Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno and Lorelei Tanji, Fine Arts Librarian, University of California, Irvine, "The Art of Instructing: Librarians as Instructors"

  Librarians play an important role as instructors in academia.  With the increase of information via the Internet and other electronic resources, the librarian's role has become even more essential in terms of providing research strategies and promoting critical filtering techniques.  The traditional library-based assignment has shifted to a broader research-based assignment, where students are asked to utilize any resource at their disposal.

  This poster session will examine issues of critical thinking, teaching portfolios, designing a course, teaching outside the library, and partnering with faculty in curriculum design. It will highlight some tips and tricks for instructors. And it will share some selected resources where librarians can keep up-to-date on trends in the arts and educational technology.

• Miguel Juarez, Fine Arts & Photography Librarian, University of Arizona, "Developing Collaborative Art Web Sites at the University of Arizona Library"

  This poster session will illustrate the use of two web sites to create collaborative relationships between Art Faculty and the University of Arizona Library. "Grant$ and Residencies for Artists" was created for a Fibers Instructor for two classes in which students were required to research and apply to artist residency opportunities.  This collaboration has resulted in the creation of an extensive site which includes an abundance of useful information for visual artists.  Use of the site has gone beyond the classroom and is also being utilized by community artists.

  The second site, developed in collaboration with a Visual Communications faculty member, is  "Design for Social Change."  It is designed for Visual Communications students who are examining multimedia and web development as vehicles to convey messages for the betterment of world, via political, personal expression and/or social environmental change. Using skills they have learned in graphic design methodologies, semiotic theories, and the production of art, they will develop projects that will have social, political or cultural agendas to communicate with the public. It will also feature sites that students have selected as class projects, as well as examples of related projects, resources, and historical and inspirational information.