January 31, 2001
Submitted by: Sarah E. McCleskey, Moderator

E-mail: smccles@clemson.edu
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The business meeting in Pittsburgh on March 20, 2000 was chaired by Moderator Tom Riedel. He introduced Sarah McCleskey as Vice-Moderator/Moderator Elect and Update column editor.

Old Business:

• There were three programs sponsored or co-sponsored by the Academic Division at the Pittsburgh Conference:

Workshop II: "They Never Covered This in Library School: Basic Resources in Ancient Art and Archaeology." Half-day pre-conference workshop that will cover both print and electronic resources from the various disciplines needed to research ancient sites and objects.
Coordinators/ Moderators: Barbara Prior, Head, The Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin College; Barbara Polowy, Art Librarian, Hillyer Art Library, Smith College

Ask ARLIS 6: "The Art Librarian in the 21^st Century." As our libraries and our profession change to meet the demands of the 21st century, we must explore how we are preparing to meet the challenges we face. These challenges include increasing focus on international connections as the boundaries of our libraries are disappearing in the electronic age, the impact of automation on the design of our facilities, the services our libraries offer, and education for art librarianship.
Moderator: B.J. Kish Irvine, Fine Arts Librarian, Fine Arts Library, Indiana University
Co-Sponsors: Academic Division, Museum Division

Session 15: "Library Support for Distance Education: New Concepts, New Technologies, New Challenges." The rise of new technologies over the past decade has had a great impact on the way nearly all libraries and visual resource collections do business. Our catalogs are online, print indexes have been transformed into databases, and we are digitizing our slide collections. At the same time, the Internet has broken down physical barriers to access. The implications of the changes extend beyond quicker and more efficient access to information within our workplaces as more and more students are able, and elect, to take courses or do research from off-campus. Distance education allows virtual delivery of instruction as well as information, but rather than obviate the need for librarians, it has made us indispensable in new ways. We are tackling new methods and technologies, faced with the challenges of electronic reserves, proxy servers, copyright, and licensing agreements, while still serving the reference and instruction needs of our clientele.
Moderator: Betsy Peck Learned, Architecture Librarian, Roger Williams University

• Tom led a discussion regarding the ARLIS/NA Strategtic Plan. Detailed information regarding the discussion can be found in the minutes from this meeting.

• Update columns were published in April 2000 and August 2000. Publication of the December 2000 issue has been delayed.

• The officers for 2000/2001 are:

Moderator: Sarah E. McCleskey (Clemson University)

Vice-Moderator/Moderator Elect: Miguel Juarez (University of Arizona)

Update Column Editor: Miguel Juarez (University of Arizona)

• Members had many ideas for programs for the L.A. conference, and these are detailed in the minutes from the 2000 meeting. Programs that have been accepted for the L.A. conference are:

Workshop 3: "They Never Covered This in Library School: Basic Resources in Costume, Art Direction, Film, and Artists' Videos." Daylong workshop. Continuing the success of the previous "They Never Covered This in Library School" series at ARLIS/NA conferences, this workshop will cover both print and electronic resources needed to research films, time arts, and their creation. The development of both the feature film industry and the new time art will be described, the strengths and weaknesses of specific tools discussed, and collection development strategies laid out. Preservation, storage, and space planning issues for these media will also be addressed.
Co-sponsors: Academic Division, Reference & Information Services Section (RISS)

Workshop 4: "Approval Plans: Review, Preparation, and Selection." Half-day workshop. This workshop is intended to benefit all art library professionals who are responsible for acquisitions. Approval plans save time and facilitate the selection of current imprints. They can assist with collection building in public and university art libraries, art & design school libraries, and art museum libraries.
Co-sponsors: Academic Division, Collection Development Committee

Session 8: "Copyright, Fair Use and the Disappearing Public Domain: What Art Information Specialists are Doing and What You need to Know." The world of copyright is confusing, in particular because of the Internet as a new communication medium. What are the effects on libraries, visual collections, museums, and artists as a result of new intellectual property legislation including the Bono Term Extension Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, anticircumvention measures, database bills, and UCITA? How is the creation of new work as well as public access, public spaces, and fair use affected by the new legislation? Librarians have an obligation to uphold the law, yet still provide quality information to their users. The panel will look at recent examples and respond from a variety of perspectives.

Session 9: "Classroom Odyssey: Teaching Adventures in the Art Library & Cyberspace." 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.
Co-sponsors: Academic Division; Reference and Information Services Section (RISS)

• Sarah McCleskey and Miguel Juarez will be issuing a call for volunteers or nominees for officers for the 2001/2002 year. We plan to come to L.A. with a slate of candidates in place, and with a list of ideas for the 2002 conference as well. This should allow us to conduct the meeting at a more relaxed pace, with more time for discussion among members.