FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM: downloadable pdf version
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BRIEF PROGRAM: downloadable pdf version
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MAY 26 - TUESDAY (PRECONFERENCE)
FIRST TIME ATTENDEES WELCOME EVENT (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT)
MAY 27 - WEDNESDAY
COFFEE CHAT (1:00 - 1:30 PM EDT)
INTRODUCTION (1:30 - 1:45 PM EDT) - AALA President Sara Schumacher
PRESENTATIONS: Instruction Partnerships (1:45 - 2:45 PM EDT)
The Forbidden Library: Architectural Pedagogy as a Bridge Between Architecture and Library and Information Science
Ann Holderfield - Clemson University
Ufuk Ersoy - Clemson University
The People’s Library: Librarians as Consultants and Reviewers
Sara Schumacher - Texas Tech University
Pratana Klieopatinon - Texas Tech University
Hillary Veeder - Texas Tech University
Lindsey Jackson - Texas Tech University
From Concept to Capstone: The Librarian's Role in Preparing Architecture Students for E-Portfolios
Stefanie Hilles - Miami University
DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 1 + Q & A (2:45 - 3:00 EDT)
Duck Hunt: Promoting Serendipity and Close Attention in the Library
Nick Fagan - Kent State University
BREAK (3:00 - 3:15 EDT)
PRESENTATIONS: Research Methodologies & Scholarship (3:15 - 4:15 PM EDT)
Bridging Methods and Meaning: Supporting Design Research in Architecture Education
Tess Colwell - Yale University’s Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library
Nose to Tail: Moving Beyond the Collection to Address the Entire Life of Scholarship
Catherine Essinger - University of Houston
Constructing Research-Driven Spaces: A Framework for Evidence-Based Architecture
Aubree Tillett - University of Minnesota Libraries
DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 2 + Q & A (4:15 PM - 4:45 PM EDT)
Page to Structured Knowledge: A Digital Platform for 20th Century Architectural Periodicals
Phoebus Panigyrakis - Architectural Periodicals Database
Pre-lecture preview: Great Diverse Designers Library + Beyond the Built Environment (4:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT)
As a lead-in to Pascale Sablan’s keynote talk, we will hold a conversation about ways we as librarians have engaged with two of the digital resources Pascale Sablan has created: the Great Diverse Designers Library and Beyond the Built Environment.
KEYNOTE TALK (5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT) : Pascale Sablan
Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP is the Chief Executive Officer of Adjaye Associates’ New York Studio and a globally recognized architect, author, and advocate advancing equity in the built environment. With more than 18 years of experience leading and contributing to award-winning projects around the world, she brings visionary leadership grounded in design excellence and social impact.
DAILY WRAP-UP and SOCIAL EVENT (6:15 PM - 7:00 PM EDT)
MAY 28 - THURSDAY
COFFEE CHAT (11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT)
DISCUSSION PANEL (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT)
Tactile Approaches to Architecture and Design Education
Ann Whiteside - Harvard Graduate School of Design
Rebecca Price - University of Michigan
Brad Johnston - Ball State
Aubree Tillet - University of Minnesota
Katelyn Borbely - College for Creative Studies
Yasmeen Suleiman - VCUArts, Qatar
Billie Coxhead - Central St. Martins, London
DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 3 + Q & A (12:30 PM - 12:45 PM EDT)
Queerscape: Reinventing Queer Spatial Archive
Simon Liao - University of Waterloo
BREAK (12:45 PM - 1:00 PM EDT)
PRESENTATIONS: Visual Literacy and Object-Based Learning (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT)
Framing Responsible Engagement with Visual Generative AI: Context, Critique, and Advisement
Gabriella Karl-Johnson - Princeton University
The Built and the Book: Introducing Architects to Books as Objects
Shannon Marie Robinson - University of Southern California
Worth a Thousand Words: Evaluating Visual Literacy Competencies in the Age of AI-Generated Visual Content
Alisha D. Rall - Kansas State University
DIGITAL POSTER 4 + Q&A (2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT)
Counterbalancing Speed and Stillness: Building an Architectural Archive as a Solo Practitioner
Esther Zenzele - Independent Scholar
BREAK (2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT)
VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 1 + Q & A (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT)
Virtual Tour of the Architecture Library at Texas Tech University
Hillary Veeder - Texas Tech University
The Great Realignment: How Evans Reclaimed the Ground Floor
Marcella McGowan -Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
To Move or Not to Move (my Office), That is the Question
Cindy Frank - University of Maryland
It's Been Built for a While, but are They Coming? The Brown Fine Arts Library at Rice University
K. Sarah Ostrach - Rice University
WORKSHOP: ARCHITECTURE ON VIEW (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)
Architecture on View: Making the Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of CSU's Visual Arts Building
Anna Bernhard - Colorado State University
DISCUSSION SECTION : GROUP CHATS (4:15 PM - 5:15 PM EDT)
DAILY WRAP-UP and SOCIAL EVENT (5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT)
May 29 - FRIDAY
COFFEE CHAT (10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT)
DISCUSSION PANEL (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT)
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: on the theme of counter|balance in architectural archives
Saman Quraishi - Archivist and Assistant Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India
Santiago Arboleda Orozco - Archival Coordinator + Museographic Assistant, Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia
Katie Pierce Meyer - Head of Architectural Collections at the University of Texas at Austin
DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 5 + Q & A (12:15 PM - 12:30 PM EDT)
Visualizing Power: Reassessing Colonial Library Architecture and Its Imperial Legacy
Raymond Pun - University of Southern California
PRESENTATIONS: Archival Stewardship and Exploration (12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT)
滋賀重列 | SHIGA Shigetsura: A Case Study of Japanese and American Architectural Vocabularies
Emilee Mathews - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sitios (Sites), A Spatial Story of Puerto Rico’s Modernization: Georeferencing the Works of Henry Klumb
Robin Planas - University of Puerto Rico
Three Archival Donations: Simultaneously Stewarding Architectural Legacy Collections
Nilda Sanchez-Rodriguez, The City College of New York
CiU Docs: Reconnecting Architectural Archives of the Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid, Spain
Nicolás Mariné - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
BREAK (2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT)
DISCUSSION PANEL (2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT)
Collections in Unique Times: The Changing Landscape of Architecture Collection Development
Lane Goldszer - UCLA
K. Sarah Ostrach - Rice University
Andi Back - University of Kansas
Catherine Essinger - University of Houston
Sara Mautino - Oklahoma State University
DIGITAL POSTER SESSION 6 + Q & A (3:15 PM - 3:30 PM EDT)
An Alternative Approach to Material Libraries
Sam Neat - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 2 + Q & A (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT)
Balancing Access and Capacity: Shelf Signage and Space Planning at the Cunningham Architecture Library
Sara Mautino - Oklahoma State University
The Donation Problem / McEwen School of Architecture
Kat A. Hicks - Laurentian University
Thinking Accessibility at UC Berkeley's Environmental Design Library
Andrew Matsas - UC Berkeley
CLOSING REMARKS (4:15 PM - 4:30 PM EDT)
CLOSING SOCIAL EVENT (4:30 PM - 5:15 PM EDT)