[Metadatalibrarians] CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ACRL Image Resources Interest Group at 2012 ALA Annual Conference

[Shilpa Rele]

*Call for Proposals: ACRL Image Resources Interest Group ALA Annual
Conference Program*

*Sunday, June 24th 2012 *
*4:00-5:30pm*
*GRAND-Sequoia North, Ballroom E*

The ACRL Image Resources Interest Group (IRIG) is seeking proposals for
short presentations at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim on Sunday, June
24th from 4:00-5:30pm. Presentations will be brief (15 minutes or so) and
highlight current innovative practices, tools, or issues. The format will
be informal with ample time for Q&A discussion.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

•    Visual literacy standards implementation
•    Metadata and image discovery
•    Embedded librarians and use of image resources
•    Developing interdisciplinary image collections, e.g., Digital
humanities projects
•    Developing image collections in an institutional repository
•    Outreach to image users across disciplines
•    Marketing image collections to campus community
•    Creating transformative collections (or exhibits)

To submit a proposal, please email us a brief description of your proposed
topic by Monday, May 7, 2012.

Thank you for your participation!

Shilpa Rele
Convener, ACRL Image Resources Interest Group
shilpa.rele at lmu.edu

Robin Leech
Incoming Convener, ACRL Image Resources Interest Group
robin.leech at okstate.edu