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 Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Third Office, a strategic advisory practice operating at the intersection of design, development, leadership, and social impact. With nearly two decades of experience, she has built an international reputation for advancing equity, visibility, and innovation within the built environment through architecture, advocacy, public speaking, and cultural programming.
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 University
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
Pedro Ortiz - 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)