News: Association of Architecture School Librarians in Houston

Last March the AASL met in conjunction with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Houston. Janine Henri, formerly of the University of Texas at Austin, served as vice president and planned the conference. Her planning committee consisted of ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter members Margaret Culbertson, Catherine Essinger, Mark Pompelia, and Jet Prendeville. After the business meeting, Janine Henri moved into the role of president.

While in Houston, members attended workshops on information literacy and online tutorial creation. A panel discussion on scholarly communication was also held. Hilary Ballon of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chuck Henry of Rice University Press, and Ann Whiteside of MIT's Rotch Architecture and Planning Library and SAH's Architecture Visual Resources Network served as panelists.

AASL members also toured historic downtown Houston, the University of Houston campus, the Rice University campus and its Library Storage Center, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Live Oak Friends Meeting House, and the Menil Collection.

AASL will next meet in Portland, Oregon in Spring 2009.