Tuesday April 3, 2001

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m

• B. J. Kish Irvine, Fine Arts Librarian, Indiana University
• Tom Greives, Reference Librarian/Fine Arts Bibliographer, Arizona State University

Sponsors:

• Academic Library Division; Reference and Information Services Section (RISS)

Classroom and online instruction by art librarians in academic, museum, and art school libraries have undergone dramatic changes in the last decade. Traveling between the worlds of print media and cyberspace demands capacity and enthusiasm for change, innovation, and technological savvy coupled with respect and knowledge of traditional art historical resources. Topics covered will include how to keep pace with rapid and constant changes in the field, institutional support for hardware and software changes, and how to evaluate instruction, i.e., the "teaching portfolio." Representing art school, museum, and university art libraries, the speakers will explore and discuss the varied approaches to instruction which mandate the need to bridge our historical roots with the vastness of cyberspace.

Speakers:

• Maya Gervits, Art Librarian, Rutgers University, "Subject-Integrated Instruction in the Art Library"
• Christina Gjertsen, Reference Librarian, Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library, Parsons School of Design, "Teaching in the Art School Library"
• Miguel Juarez, Fine Arts and Photography Librarian, University of Arizona Library, "Developing an Online Teaching Portfolio to Assess Bibliographic Instruction"
• Lauren Lessing, Reference Librarian, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago, "From Member to Curator: Tailoring Instruction for the Spectrum of Museum Library Patrons"

Related Event:

• Poster session by Monica Fusich, "The Art of Instructing," Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.am-10:30 a.m.am