FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2014

ARLIS/NA Launches Learning Portal

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) announces the launch of its Learning Portal, which includes on-demand access to the Society’s webinars, virtual conferences and educational initiatives. The Learning Portal provides opportunities for ARLIS/NA members and interested others to participate in online learning modules focused on current issues most important to the art library community in our fast-paced and changing environment.

The ARLIS/NA Learning Portal presents the Society’s first virtual conference — four compelling “Art + Politics” themed tracks recorded at the 2014 Washington, DC annual conference are now available along with additional supporting materials:

• Fostering Creativity: Collaborative Projects in Open Access: Enhancing Discoverability of Your Collections via DPLA
• Power and Agency: Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Art Historians
• Of, By and For the People: The Politics of Change: Digital Humanities
• Preserve and Protect : Picturing Dissent: Documentation of Labor Movements’ Actions from the Late 19th Century to the Present

In addition, the Learning Portal provides on-demand access to ARLIS/NA’s popular lunchtime chat series and webinars such as the spring 2014 ACRL co-presented webinar, “Perspectives in Art Publishing: Past, Present, Future and Open.”

For more information on ARLIS/NA Learning Portal registration, access and rates contact: learning@arlisna.org

About the Art Libraries Society of North America

Founded in 1972, the Art Libraries Society of North America is a dynamic, international organization of 1,200 individuals devoted to fostering excellence in art and design librarianship and image management in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The membership includes architecture and art librarians, visual resources professionals, artists, curators, educators, publishers, students, and others interested in visual arts information. To serve this diverse constituency, the Society provides a wide range of programs and services within an organizational structure that encourages participation at all levels.

ARLIS/NA Media Contact

Elizabeth Berenz, ARLIS/NA Media Relations Coordinator
Email: media.relations@arlisna.org
Telephone: (773) 930-4178
Web: www.arlisna.org

Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference
October 8-9, 2014
#lib2014 (conference hashtag)

Welcome and Information: http://www.library20.com/2014
Accepted proposals: http://www.library20.com/forum/categories/library-2-014-accepted-proposals/listForCategory

“Everyone is invited to participate in this FREE forum designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.”

Please note that all sessions will be recorded. Library 2.013 session recordings can be found at: http://www.library20.com/page/2-013-recordings

Call for Papers

The Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies is accepting submissions for publication for 2014 and early 2015. We primarily publish research papers but also welcome review papers, and short reports. Conference, exhibition and book reviews are also available for submission.

The Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies is a fully peer-reviewed, open access journal. It has an overall focus on the care and exhibition of collections. Topics that are encouraged for submission are (but not exclusively):
• collection and exhibition management
• critical approaches to conservation
• museum collections and exhibitions
• learning, communication, interpretation and evaluation of museums and exhibitions
• materials science and technical studies of objects, collections and conservation materials
• participatory processes
• professional and ethical issues
• remedial or preventive conservation

Submit Now: We accept online submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the Editor-in-Chief for more information.

JCMS publishes as soon as articles are ready, meaning there is no delay in research being released. Submissions can be sent throughout the year, however editorial deadlines are:
• March 31st
• October 31st

All back content can be viewed here, 100% free and open access. Research published this year includes:

Argyropoulos, et al. Museum Education and Archaeological Ethics: An Approach to the Illicit Trade of Antiquities. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021210
Vasileiou. Ethics in Action at the Refurbished Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, Epirus, Greece. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021212
Gazi. Exhibition Ethics – An Overview of Major Issues. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021213
Bounia. Codes of Ethics and Museum Research. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021214
Saunders. Conservation in Museums and Inclusion of the Non-Professional. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021215
Youngman & Fruk. A Nanochemist and a Nanohumanist Take a Walk Through the German Museum: An Analysis of the Popularization of Nanoscience and Technology in Germany. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcms.1021216

You can also see the ongoing Special Collection on Museum Ethics here.

Please feel free to forward this message to mailing lists of colleagues that you think may be interested.

Editorial Team
Renata Peters, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
Dr Anastasia Sakellariadi, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
Emma Payne, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
Seiko Tokuda, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK

Editorial board
Eleni Asderaki, Archaeological Museum of Volos, Greece
Dr Kalliopi Fouseki, UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage, UK
Dr Alan J. Hogg, University of Michigan, USA
Emily Kaplan, National Museum of the American Indian, USA
Dr Barry Knight, The British Library, UK
Dr Theano Moussouri, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
Eric Nordgren, The Mariners Museum Norfolk, USA
Prof. Elizabeth Pye, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
Prof. Bethania Reis Velloso, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dr Cordelia Rogerson, The British Library, UK
Devorah Romanek, The British Museum, UK
Tracey Sweek, The British Museum, UK
Crispin Paine, Museums and Heritage Consultant, UK
Dr Stavroula Golfomitsou, UCL Qatar, Qatar

2014 Information Summit

Where’s the Balance? Next Steps in Access to Information and Privacy
September 19th at Robson Square.

The Summit will examine new challenges to information rights in BC, and discuss the possibilities for proactive responses that protect privacy and promote transparency.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Elizabeth Denham: BC Information and Privacy Commissioner
• Herb Lainchbury: President of Open Data BC
• Sylvie Therrien: Award-winning federal government whistleblower
• Catherine Boies Parker: Associate counsel, Farris Law
• Carmen Cheung: Senior Counsel, BC Civil Liberties Association
• John Tuck: Barrister and Solicitor, Ministry of Attorney General in the BC government
• Brent Olthuis: Counsel, Hunter Litigation Chambers
• Jon Woodward: Award-winning reporter for CTV News in Vancouver

Full speaker and programming details are available on our website at http://www.infosummit.ca.

Lawyers are eligible for 6.5 CPD credits for attending Information Summit 2014.

Early bird Summit registration is now open and regular registration begins on September 2nd. Our secure registration system will be available through the Information Summit website.

FIPA would like to thank our Info Summit sponsors and our community partners. Stay up to date with all sponsorship and program information by checking http://infosummit.ca regularly, or following us on Twitter.