AASL Miami Conference Schedule

 

Thursday, March 18

 

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.                   Gather in Roney Pub for meeting and greeting

 

6:30 p.m.                               Group Dinner in Breezes Restaurant

 

Friday March 19 – Brickell Room

 

8:00 –  8:30 a.m.                  Continental breakfast and greeting time

 

8:30 – 10:30 a.m.                 AASL Business Meeting (Barbara Opar, Syracuse University)

 

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.               Break

 

10:45 – 12:00 p.m.               Session:  Teaching Information Literacy for Architecture (Jennifer Benedetto Beals, University of Tennessee, coordinator)

Speakers: Jennifer Beals (University of Tennessee), Ann Lindell (University of Florida) and Patricia Kosco Cossard (University of Maryland)

 

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.                 Lunch on your own and travel to Wolfsonian Museum (a 5-minute taxi ride from hotel) 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (www.wolfsonian.org)

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.                   Visit Wolfsonian Library and Museum collections

4:00 p.m.                               Enjoy South Beach and dinner on your own

Saturday March 20 – Brickell Room

 

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.                   Breakfast on your own (options will be outlined in information packet)

 

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.                   NAAB Conference Report (Janine Henri, University of Texas at Austin)

EPIC Conference Report (Barbara Opar, Syracuse University)

 

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.                   Case Study:  Architectural Education and Libraries at Florida International University (Stephanie Brenenson, FIU)

 

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.                 Case Study:  Architectural Education and Libraries at the University of Miami (Phyllis G. Robarts, University of Miami)

 

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.               Break

 

10:15 – 12:00 p.m.               GIS and Architectural Education (Matt Cook and John Dorr, Illinois Institute of Technology)

                                                [includes time for general discussion]

 

1:00 – 6:00 p.m.                   Tour of Art Deco District, Downtown Miami, Coconut Grove, and other areas.  End with cruise on Biscayne Bay.

 

7:00 p.m.                               Group dinner in South Beach

 

Sunday, March 21

 

8:30 a.m.                               Leadership Breakfast, Breezes Restaurant

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