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Dear Colleagues,

Take a break from the stress of this semester and join us virtually for the Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/SE) 2021 Annual Conference, hosted from the University of South Carolina Beaufort, on October 14-15, 2021!

We are hosting 90 minutes of lightning round presentations on topics of open access in the arts, engaging faculty through service design, collection development policies for small academic libraries, assessment, creativity in libraries, accessibility of ARLIS/NA’s video content, and building communities of practice in makerspaces.

We are also very proud to present Artist/Librarian Sauda Mitchell as our keynote speaker! Sauda Mitchell will discuss the role of archival research in the creation of her prints and artist books.

Other programming events include a morning drawing meditation by USCB art professor Joanna Angell, a live virtual tour of the Reconstruction Era Museum in Beaufort (where Reconstruction began), access to asynchronous virtual programming on the history of Beaufort,  virtual ocean minutes, a raffle, mentoring opportunities, and a happy hour presentation about a  local old school video game, Bugs ‘N Boo Hags, by USCB professor Dr. Brian Canada, and more.

To register for the conference and see the detailed conference program, take a look at our conference site. Once the conference begins and you are registered, you will be provided with access to a special site for attendees.  Conference rates are $35 for regular conference attendance, $20 for first-time attendees, and $10 for students/retirees/in-between positions.

We hope you join us,

2021 Program Planning Committee

Ann Holderfield, Chair

Karyn Hinkle

Maggie Murphy

Lindsey Reynolds

Leah Sherman

Dear Colleagues,

The Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/SE) is accepting proposals for presentations at the 2021 Annual Conference, which will be held online on October 14th – 15th, 2021. More information about the conference, including online registration, can be found on our chapter’s conference website.

This year we will be hosting both lightning round and poster presentations:

• Lightning round presentations are to be talks c. 10 minutes in length and may include several presentation slides.
• Poster presentations are to be 3-5 minute elevator talks about the project alongside a single slide in poster format.

Both types of presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Presentations may discuss, but are not limited to, the following topics and themes:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Library initiatives or projects, mentoring, critical librarianship
• Assessment: Assessment Plans, Performance Funding Metrics, Altmetrics
• Collections: Archives, Special Collections, Open Educational Resources, Collection Development
• COVID-19: Agility and innovations in response to online instruction, reference, etc. as they pertain to Arts Librarianship
• Digital Scholarship: Digital Humanities, Born-Digital Resources, Metadata, Scholarly Communication, Institutional Repositories, Asset Management
• Instruction: Information Literacy, ACRL Frameworks, Curriculum Development, Embedded Librarianship, Instructional Technology, Professional Development
• Outreach: Marketing, Promotion, Institutional Partnerships, Subject Liaisons, Programming
• Spaces: Makerspaces, Renovations, New Construction, Learning Labs

Please submit proposals of no more than 250 words for poster or lightning via this Google Form by September 7th, 2021. Accepted proposals will be notified by September 10th, 2021. Send any questions to Lindsey or Leah. We look forward to reading your proposals, and to “seeing” you at the conference!

Sincerely,

2021 Program Planning Committee

Ann Holderfield, Chair

Karyn Hinkle

Maggie Murphy

Lindsey Reynolds

Leah Sherman