Materials Special Interest Group at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

1. Materials LibrariesSpecial Interest Group(MATSIG) VRA-ARLIS Annual Conference March 24, 2011 Carol Terry & Mark PompeliaRhode Island School of Design

2. Materials… More Questions than Answers Who is the target audience? How is the collection organized? Does the collection have a metadata schema? Do you maintain only current samples? Do you adhere to trends in material innovation? What areas do you target for collection development? What are your circulation policies for borrowing and item loss? What is the accommodation of physical space? How do you facilitate browsing? Storage Display Physical formatting

3. Materials… More Questions than Answers Role of manager Role of finding aides Print resources on site Exhibits Student work Laboratory testing Safety Product literature Budget for acquisitions Subscriptions Finished object vs. raw sample Product demonstrations “What are people looking for and why is it here?”

4. Materials… Library: too finite/complete? Lab: too scientific? Studio: too creative or messy? Collection: too limited? Center: just right??? Departments Schools Libraries Architecture Firms Engineering Construction Color and/or Lighting components? Blog names: materio, materia, materiality, materialize, etc…

5. Materials Products & Services Sweets Network building materials, products, manufacturers Construction Specifications Institute MasterFormat publication of CSI master list of numbers and titles classified by work results primarily used to organize project manuals and detailed cost information, and to relate drawing notations to specifications. Material Connexion Inventables

6. Material Connexion

7. Materials Library,Material Connexion

8. Materials Library,Material Connexion

9. Materials Library,Material Connexion

10. Materials Library,Material Connexion

11. Materials Library,Material Connexion

12. Active Matter,Material Connexion

13. Inventables

14. Inventables

15. Materials Bibliography & Research Materials Matter series by Material Connexion Ingredients series by Chris Lefteri Transmaterialseries by Blaine Brownell

16. Materials Site Visits Material Connexion Pratt Institute Materials Library CSDS Art Center College of Design CMTEL New York School of Interior Design University of Houston School of Architecture California College of Art

17. Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Pratt Institute

18. Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Pratt Institute

19. Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Pratt Institute

20. Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Pratt Institute Material of the Month Case Study Research Guide Eco Design Strategies Green Glossary Material Research Example Materials Research Questionnaire

21. Color Material Trends Exploration Laboratory (CMTEL)Art Center College of Design

22. New York School of Interior Design

23. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

24. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

25. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

26. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

27. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

28. Materials Research CollaborativeSchool of Architecture, University of Houston

29. New Materials Resource Center,California College of the Arts

30. New Materials Resource Center,California College of the Arts

31. New Materials Resource Center,California College of the Arts

32. Material Resource Center,Rhode Island School of Design

33. Material Resource Center,Rhode Island School of Design Material Resource Center The MRC will inspire the art and design community and provide access to a diverse range of materials and processes. The library will allow artist and student, professor and practitioner to explore technologies both new and old. The library will continue RISD’s unique tradition of the idea made tangible.

35. MATSIG Future? Updates from audience Communication Structure: Blog (+Wiki?) Future plans Plan to submit a materials paper for Visual Resources Curators session at the Southeast College Art Association (SECAC) Try to organize upcoming ARLIS/NA- or VRA -sponsored session at College Art Association Organize a session at ARLIS/NA 2012 in Toronto BLOG!