Workshops & Events
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CURRENT WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
You are not alone: working solo in art, craft and design libraries
A half-day workshop for solo art librarians.
Education workshop, Crafts Council, London.
Friday 17th September 2010
1.00pm - 4.30pm.
The aim of this half day workshop is to give the solo librarian or those working in very small teams the opportunity to network and share best practice. We are bringing together speakers who have first hand experience of dealing with the challenges of this unique situation.
We aim to provide an opportunity to create a network of solo art library specialist for professional development and mentoring support.
It is expected to be a rewarding afternoon event with opportunities to meet and discuss experiences with others working solo in this specialised field.
Booking: Deadline 3rd September please contact Diane McCourt DMcCourt@ucreative.ac.uk
For further information - contact Rachel Brockhurst r_brockhurst@craftscouncil.org.uk or Diane McCourt: DMcCourt@ucreative.ac.uk
This event is organised by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee
Tracing copyright in Art and Design Archives
A practical workshop on identifying and tracing copyright holders, managing orphan works, dealing with agencies and risk management
PAST WORKSHOPS
Art Libraries and the book trade today: e4 libraries
Free seminar and social: Friday 20th August 2010, National Art Library
The ARLIS Cataloguing and Classification Committee held its second ´art libraries and the book trade´ evening event. An opportunity to discover where the book trade, libraries and technology meet and how this enhances services to the user. As well as presentations from experts in the field, there was plenty of opportunity to discuss the issues with colleagues from other art libraries and institutions.
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This event was organised by the ARLIS Cataloguing and Classification Committee
Children´s Illustrated Books in the British Library Collections
Monday 17th May
The British Library, London
An opportunity to spend half a day exploring various aspects of children´s illustrated books from the British Library´s fascinating comprehensive collections with talks by specialist curators: Susan Reed (Head of German Section) will cover children´s propaganda literature in the Third Reich; Alison Bailey (specialist Children´s Literature curator) will concentrate on illustrated books by William Stobbs; Morna Daniels (author of Victorian Book Illustration published by the British Library 1988) will uncover children´s book illustrators reflecting the Aesthetic Movement; Elizabeth James (Head of British Collections 1801-1914) will talk about penny dreadfuls; Candida Ridler (Curator Modern British Collections) will concentrate on fine examples of children´s illustrated books mainly from the golden age of illustration.
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This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee.
Taking The Plunge 2010: art librarianship as a career option
Saturday 6th March 2010
Education Rooms, National Gallery, London
This annual event offers an excellent opportunity for library school students, library assistants, and graduate trainees interested in careers in art librarianship. The event aims to provide information and guidance on routes and opportunities in the sector. It will feature a variety of speakers representing different roles in the profession - these include academic libraries, special collections, museum/gallery work and the art market.
This year we will be holding another CV Surgery, so you could also get expert advice on how to promote your skills and achievements. Throughout the day, there will be plenty of opportunities to network with fellow professionals and put questions to the panel of speakers.
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This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Students and Trainees Committee.
The Bigger Picture: Diversity and Art Libraries
Friday 26th February 2010
Chelsea College of Art Design, London
This study day was aimed at art and design librarians who would like to increase their knowledge of supporting increasingly diverse user populations. The day included information, advice and ideas about making library services to the arts more inclusive. Topics included dyslexia, widening participation and deaf awareness with practical information and advice from researchers and practitioners in the field.
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This was a workshop run by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee.
Planning Learning Spaces
Tuesday 15th December 2009, 10.00am - 4.30pm
Christie’s Education, Great Titchfield Street, London
How we utilize the space within our libraries is a critical element to the services that our libraries provide. The ideal of a learning space is constantly evolving and their development in response to the needs of our clients is highlighted through this course. The course aims to not only hear from those involved in the logistical redesigning of their learning environments but also those who facilitate the process of consultation through to design development. With opportunities to discuss ideas with colleagues and speakers as the day progresses, the day should be informative and constructive for those planning redevelopment on a budget.
Programme PDF
This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee.
Fear and Learning: Approaches to the Born-digital Challenge in Art & Design Archives
Wednesday 11th November 2009, 10.30am - 4.30pm
University College London, Malet Place, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
This study day is aimed at art and design practitioners, archivists and other information professionals, museum professionals and students interested in exploring the opportunities and challenges associated with born-digital objects. The day will look at the creation, management, development, preservation of and access to these objects. It will include specific case studies, address copyright issues and look at the challenge of dealing with born-digital archives in the context of more traditional records. Different areas of art and design will be considered: architectural plans, illustration, digital sound art and digital art.
Programme and booking form PDF Word
This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Art Archives Committee.
An Introduction to Art & Design Reference Resources
Monday 9 November 2009, 10.00am - 4.30pm
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL
This popular course is essential for anyone new to the world of art librarianship and those interested in updating their skills in art and design enquiry work. The event takes place in the prestigious surrounds of the National Art Library at the V&A, the major public reference library for art enquiries. This year sees a fresh approach to enquiry work with new sessions dealing with virtual enquiries, academic library resources and enquiry referrals. Practical sessions will enable delegates to put what they have learnt to immediate use.
Programme and booking form PDF Word
This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Student and Trainees Committee.
Picture This! the art of cataloguing images in the digital age
Wednesday 9th September 2009, 10:00am – 4:30pm
This study day is aimed at both library cataloguers of print and electronic publications, who need or wish to find out about how to adapt their skills to visual resources, and at ‘ACADIans’, visual resources curators and anyone responsible for the management and discovery of digital images, whether in HE, Art Colleges, Museums, Galleries or Art Collections.
It will explore approaches to the business of cataloguing images, looking at different metadata schemas, data standards & controlled vocabularies & how these have been applied to real life resources including digital image collections, the moving image, art websites, material in digital repositories, and even primary art objects. Speakers include representatives from the museums world, Higher Education & the JISC.
Programme for Picture this!
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This workshop was run by the ARLIS Visual Resources Committee and Cataloguing & Classification Committee
Art libraries and the book trade today:
An evening introducing Book Industry Communication (BIC)
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An informal early evening meeting with Peter Kilborn of Book Industry Communication (BIC). Sponsored by the leading professional bodies in publishing, bookselling and librarianship, BIC exists to promote standards in bibliographic data used and provided by the book trade and its customers. Clearly they have a lot in common with those responsible for cataloguing and documentation within libraries, and there is scope for more conversations between us at all levels.
Here is your opportunity to find out more about the current trade developments that can promote efficiency and enhance resource discovery and management in libraries: EDI, ONIX, RFID, new roles for subject classification, the e4Books and E4libraries accreditation that enables you to select the best providers.
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This is a talk organised by the ARLIS Cataloguing and Classification Committtee.
Showcasing your Collections: using libraries as exhibition spaces
Friday 5 June 2009, 10:15am-4:00pm, Rootstein Hopkins Centre Space , Room 133, London College of Fashion (UAL), Oxford Street, London
This will be of particular appeal to new graduates working in special collections areas, providing opportunities to hear different case studies of display and exhibition work and offering practical skills for good exhibition/display work. Key speakers are already lined up from Winchester School of Art and Tate.
Booking form & programme
Please return your booking form by either post or email to Catherine English, Preservation and Stack Management, The London Library, 14 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LG cathye@talk21.com
Deadline for booking
This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Student & Trainees Committee.
*For the dates of further future workshops see the ARLIS Calendar of Events 2009
Archiving the Artist
Friday 12 June 2009, 10.00 am –6.00 pm, Auditorium, Tate Britain, London
£25 (£15 concessions)
Bringing together leading artists, archivists and art historians, this study day explores artists’ archives. How should artists and archivists approach the management of ‘all this stuff’? How may we interpret the notebooks, sketches, letters, recordings and other materials that artists leave behind? At what point may the artist’s archive become an art work itself? Speakers include: Artists Jane & Louise Wilson and David Batchelor; Anna McNally (former Tate Archivist and Naum Gabo cataloger); biographer Jane Stevenson; Thanasis Velios and Antony Hudek from the John Latham Archive (Flat Time House) and Matthew Hearn from Locus+.
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This is a workshop run by the ARLIS Art Archives Committee.
The Art of Virtual Learning: VLEs in art and design settings
Tuesday 14th April 2009, Docklands Campus, University of East London
This one day workshop is aimed at those interested in sharing experiences of using VLEs in art and design settings. Speakers will explore the following:
• How have VLEs changed with the advent of social networking
• The pros and cons of using VLEs in art and design colleges.
• Hands-on experience of using VLEs and evaluating good and bad design.
Booking form
Updated Programme
This was a workshop run by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee.
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