Dates:

May 11th-13th, 2021
12:00 PM (UTC)
60 Minutes

The 2021 Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference will be hosted in an interactive virtual conference platform that supports all the hallmarks of the ARLIS / NA annual conference: sessions, workshops, keynotes, discussion forums, posters, space for vendors, tours, and networking events. There will be many opportunities to connect with colleagues and meet new members throughout the conference. We will also have opportunities for a little armchair travel as we visit some of Montreal’s cultural institutions via virtual tours.

What You’ll Learn:

• “Wikidata for Art Librarians” workshop (5/10)
• “Linked Data for Art Libraries: New Approaches to Metadata” (5/11)
• “Telling Stories with Library Data: Visualization Projects and Tools” (5/11)
• “Tracing the Past I” including “Exploring Provenance: Research Methodology and Digital Discoverability” and “Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Enhancing Research Capabilities on Art Auction Catalogs” (5/12)
• “Creativity at Work: Teaching in the New Virtual Environment” (5/12)
• “Diversity Forum: Accessibility in Art Libraries” (5/12)
• “New Voices in the Profession” including “Computer Vision for Visual Arts Collections. Looking at Algorithmic Bias, Transparency, and Labor” and “Exploring Replay Integration of Web-Archived Art Resources in Digital Repositories” (5/13)
• “Outreach in the Time of COVID-19: How Academic Art Libraries Are Pivoting Their Services to a Virtual Environment” (5/13)

… + more listed in the agenda

Some pre-conference business meetings (which do not require conference registration) of potential interest to DLF members include…

• Digital Humanities SIG meeting focused on Wiki* projects (4/26)
• Museum Division meeting focused on The New Art Museum Library publication (4/27)
• Web Archiving SIG meeting featuring updates on various collaborative web archiving projects (4/28)

… + more listed in shared calendar

“On behalf of the ARLIS / NA Executive board and the 2021 conference planning committee, I am pleased to invite you to participate in the 2021 ARLIS / NA Virtual Conference. Our conference theme is “Convergence = Creativity + Collaboration” and these ideas are woven throughout the program. Panel sessions, talks, discussion forums, and other events will feature new and continuing projects, explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on libraries and arts institutions, and showcase the scholarship of our members. Hosted by the ARLIS / NA MOQ (Montréal, Ottawa, Québec) Chapter, this year’s annual conference promises to be a dynamic online event that will feature highlights from the city, museums, and libraries of Montréal.”

Amy Trendler
ARLIS / NA President