ARLIS/NA 46th Annual Conference

Session attendees will learn about four initiatives to integrate visual art scholarship into institutional repositories. Following the presentations, attendees will be able to participate in a moderated panel discussion.
 
The speakers will address best practices, current issues, and future possibilities for featuring visual artwork in institutional repositories or other open digital scholarship platforms. The panel conversation, which will engage both presenters and attendees, will explore big-picture, theoretical considerations such as scholarly communication in the arts, image copyright and open access, IRs as a site of information literacy education, and the value of visual artwork as scholarship.

Presentations:
Ashley Peterson and Andrea Schuler, "I want you to want this: Building institutional repository buy-in with art students and faculty"
Jennifer Akins, "In on the conversation: Establishing a MFA thesis collection in the university repository"
Larissa Garcia and Jaime Schumacher, "Art, Rights, and Repositories: Making Connections for Students through Information Literacy Instruction"
Kate Lambaria, "An exploration of fine arts faculty perceptions of institutional repositories"