It is not too late to benefit from early booking for the
I spy with my little eye: new ways of
seeing
art information
ARLIS/UK & Ireland Annual Conference
Queen Mary College, London University, UK
Thursday 28th June to Sunday 1st July 2001
This year's Conference is looking at the future of image
management and the effects that the Internet, digitisation,
and virtualisation are having on art libraries and the library
community as a whole.
Speakers will include:
OliverVicars-Harris from the Tate talking about Tate
Insight,
JoanneLomax from HEDS and Catherine Grout from
JISC answering the question "Why digitise?"
ChristineWise from The Women's Library on the
digitisation of suffragette banners
KarenLatimer on PADDI, a web-based resource of
Irish Architecture literature
AliceAngus on Topologies, an initiative to commission
public artworks using visual, aural and tactile media.
JessicaCrilly and Liz Lawes talking about the London
Institute's i page
Contributions from ARLIS members include Doug Dodds'
update on the ARLIS Union List of Art, Architecture and
Design Serials and an "Ask ARLIS" session similar to the
one that proved so popular last year.
Workshops will deal with:
E-journals
Interactivelibrary tours
Self-helpnetworks
Preparationof bids for projects
Staffdevelopment
Having the East End of London as the location gives us the
opportunity to visit the Whitechapel Gallery, and the many
contemporary galleries in Hoxton. There will also be
architectural tours of Spitalfields and the London Docklands,
and a special evening reception and dinner at the Geffrye
Museum and Herb Garden.
A booking form and conference programme were sent out
in the March/April 2001 issue of the ARLIS News-Sheet.
Booking forms may also be downloaded from the ARLIS/UK
& Ireland website at http://arlis.org.uk
Please send completed forms to:
Sally Bannard, University of Westminster, Harrow IRS
Centre, Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow, HA1 3TP,
UK Tel: 020 7911 5956 Email:
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Judith Preece
Tel: 0208 223 7400/7444
