Annual Report (2001)
Art & Design School Library Division, ARLIS NA

February 15, 2002

Submitted by Jill Patrick, Moderator

jpatrick@ocad.on.ca  Telephone: (416) 977-6000 ext. 348  Fax: (416) 977-6006

Leadership Update

Moderator: Jill Patrick, Ontario College of Art & Design
Moderator-elect: Alan Michelson, Art Library, UCLA
Update editor: Ellie Nacheman, Rhode Island School of Design
Website editor: Kari Horowicz, Rochester Institute of Technology 

Narrative

SPONSORSHIPS

The division co-sponsored the following sessions at the 29^th annual conference in Los Angeles:

- The Accreditation of Art Libraries: Benefit or Burden? (Moderators: Paul Glassman, New York School of Interior Design; Clayton Kirking, Parsons School of Design; Robert Craddick, Pacific Northwest College of Art)

- Managing Moving Image Collections in Art Libraries (Moderator: Claire Eike, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

The division successfully proposed the following for the 30^th annual conference in St. Louis.

- Seminar 1: Me, Myself  I: The Solo Professional (Moderators: Eumie Imm-Stroukoff, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Paul Glassman, New York School of Interior Design

- Seminar 5: Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words?: Information Literacy and the Visual Learner (Moderator: Paul Glassman, New York School of Interior Design)

- Session 8: Hey Now, What's that Sound, Anybody Know What’s Going On? (Moderator: Henrietta Zielinski, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

- Workshop 9: Public Speaking without Fear & Trembling (proposed by Paul Glassman, New York School of Interior Design)

ARLIS/NA STRATEGIC PLAN ACTION ITEMS

- (goal I.C Internship Roster) Division produced a list of art & design school libraries that are willing to accept unpaid interns. This list was to be included in the ARLIS/NA Internship Host Institution List (mentioned on the arlisna website at under Host Institutions). Jill Patrick contacted Tom Greives, Chair of Professional Development Committee, in January 2002. Tom Greives responded saying he would pass the information on to the PDC members to see who wishes to take responsibility for the list of host institutions. Note: the list produced by ADSL has not yet been given to the PDC. - The ADSL part is COMPLETED; PDC part is PENDING

- (goal I.G Division Website) Kari Horowicz assumed responsibility for designing the Division’s website and expects to have the work completed before our annual meeting in St. Louis. The site will be developed to include references and links to recommended print and electronic non-art interdisciplinary information resources – site COMPLETED; content TO BE DEVELOPED

- (goal I.E. Accreditation Roster) The Division created a list of art & design school libraries who have been, are currently, or will be involved in the accreditation process. This list was updated during and after our meeting in Los Angeles and will be made available on the division Web site - COMPLETED

- (goal II.D Guidelines for Poster Session Proposals) Last year, it was suggested that the Division could provide a set of guidelines to assist Art & Design School Libraries to propose poster sessions for the annual conference. No work was done on this action item – still PENDING.

- (goal III.A Clearinghouse of shared statistics) At the Los Angeles meeting, a working group was established to study the issues further. The group, including Marjorie Chenoweth, Moira Steven, Kathleen List and Nancy Blank-Bahr, was contacted by the moderator in January and there will be either a report or discussion at our annual meeting in St. Louis - still PENDING.

- Goal - Promote the inclusion of Division members on accreditation visiting teams. At the Los Angeles meeting, Marjorie Chenoweth, Claire Eike and Kaycee Hale volunteered to work on this action item. The moderator contacted them in January. Claire Eike volunteered to contact NASAD for further information and to map a course of action. A strategy will be discussed at the meeting in St. Louis, after which the ARLIS/NA Board will be asked to send a letter on behalf of ADSL members to NASAD.

ISSUES FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD

- Poster Session Proposals (goal II.D): Should ADSL proceed with developing guidelines for Poster Session Proposals, or has this already been done?

- Internship Roster (goal I.C): The ADSL has done its work and produced a list of ADSL members willing to accept unpaid interns. We are waiting for the PDC to identify a person responsible for including these names on an ARLIS/NA Internship Host Institution List. This does not yet exist but it is mentioned on the arlisna website at under Host Institutions.

- Accreditation Visiting Teams: The ADSL will draft a letter to NASAD after its meeting in St. Louis. The purpose of this letter is to recommend that an art & design school librarian be included on NASAD accreditation visiting teams. The ADSL will prepare a list of members willing to serve which can be attached to the letter. The plan is to bring this to the Post-Conference Board Meeting in St. Louis for approval. We would like the letter to be signed by the Moderator of ADSL and the ARLIS/NA President.