The Program Co-Chairs welcome submissions in English from librarians, visual and media resource specialists, archivists, curators, museum professionals, gallerists, educators, artists, designers, architects, historians, researchers, practitioners and others.

As a metaphor for creative thinking, “colouring outside the lines” suggests openness to change, willingness to risk, confidence to lead, and courage to reaffirm values and traditions. As a programmatic framework, it enables a focus on professional excellence from diverse viewpoints, sharing knowledge, celebrating innovation, exploring alternate formats, and promoting collaboration. It provides opportunities to showcase creative thinkers from community-based arts organizations in one of the most multicultural cities in the world.

THEMATIC AREAS
The Program Committee welcomes responses that extend and develop these themes in areas that will engage attendees in sharing different perspectives and provoke speculation about the future direction and development of art librarianship in the twenty first century.

ACCESSIBILITY (Diversity & Equity, Inclusive Art & Design/Universal Design Principles, Open Access & Creative Commons Licensing, Ethics & Social Responsibility); FUTURE OF ART LIBRARIANSHIP (New Voices, Alternate Voices/Inclusive, Diverse, International, Multiplicity of Viewpoints and Perspectives: Community-Building, Collaboration, Partnerships, Mentoring and Succession Planning); COLLECTION MANAGEMENT (Visual Resources & Image Management/Digital Content & Rights Management, Acquisition & Licensing Practices, Collecting for Inclusivity & Diversity, Collecting New Information Objects, Documenting the Un-collectable); EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (Systems, Repositories, Platforms and Tools, Digital Imaging and Preservation, Conversion, Close-Captioning, Reformatting, E-Learning, Distance Education/Streaming Media & Pod-casting, Social Media, Networking); VALUES & TRADITIONS (Cataloguing, Description, Metadata, Documentation, Preservation, Conservation, Standards, Principles, and Best Practices, Research & Publication, Professional Identification & Advocacy); ENABLING LEARNING (Education of Librarians/Librarians as Educators, Faculty & Curatorial Liaison/Collaboration, Information Literacy, Reference, Instruction, Understanding Learning Styles/Creating Learning Environments); LEADING CHANGE (Effective Outreach & Communication, Needs Assessment & Strategic Ideation, Proof-of-Concept/Demonstration of Value, Experimenting with Innovative Programming/Testing New Service Models, Planning for Sustainability)

Further information on thematic areas can be found within the online submission form.
Call for Papers: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6DVTLJZ

In October 2011 we will issue another Call for Poster Sessions, Moderators, and User Group/Special Interest Group Meetings.

If you have any questions, contact the Toronto 2012 Program Co-Chairs: Jill Patrick, University Librarian & Director of Library Services, OCAD University jpatrick@ocad.ca or Stephanie Frontz, Art Librarian and Head of the Art/Music Library, University of Rochester sfrontz@library.rochester.edu