VRT Guide to Annual, 2013
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VRT Meetings
Membership and Executive Board Meeting
- Monday, July 1, 8:30 am - 11:30 am
HILTON-Marquette Room - Meeting Agenda (call for items; check ALA Connect periodically before conference)
VRT Combined Programs
The more things change, the more they stay the same……or do they?
- Saturday, June 29, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Place Convention Center, S404d
Description: How has Hollywood’s portrayal of minorities changed over the years? Or has it changed? How do we as librarians weigh diversity sensitivity against a desire to have retrospective collections? Join representatives
of various ALA divisions, caucuses, and round tables as we discuss the role of libraries in handling these issues as well as presenting authentic voices for our patrons.
Speakers: Elizabeth Myers, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Linda Ueki Absher, Portland State University, Latasha C. Baker, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, BCALA,Daisy Dominguez, The City College of New York, AILA, Marti Goddard, San Francisco Public Library, ASCLAJoel Nichols,
Free Library of Philadelphia, GLBTRT
Co-Sponsors: GLBTRT, American Indian Library Assocation
Transformations in Performing Arts Librarianship
- Sunday, June 30, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
McCormick Place Convention Center, N427a
Description: The study of the performing arts is being transformed by new methods and technologies, presenting challenges and opportunities to librarians. This session features two panelists, Doug Reside, Digital Curator for the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts, and Susan Wiesner, 2011 Innovation Fellow for the Council of Learned Societies, who will discuss their own groundbreaking work and suggest ways that librarians can engage with new initiatives in the performing arts.
Speakers: Doug Reside, Digital Curator - NYPL, Susan Wiesner, Independent Scholar
Co-Sponsors: ACRL ARTS
VRT Dinner
- Friday, June 28, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
The Berghoff Restaurant, 17 W Adams St Chicago, IL- (312) 427-3170http://www.theberghoff.com/ See Google Map for Directions
Details: We have room for about 30 attendees - VRT members or anyone interested in media in libraries! If you are interested in attending, please contact Anthony Anderson at (anthonya@usc.edu) so that he can give the restaurant a head count. Please let him know if you will be bringing guests. It would also be helpful to include a phone number or email for reaching you while in Chicago. Hope to see you there!
Additional information and the list of related meetings and programs are located on ALA Connect: connect.ala.org/node/