Annotated Schedule

First Night :: Wednesday March 7

5:00-6:30 :: Meet and Greet @ SoleFood @ Loews Hotel @ 12th and Market Streets
The Loews Hotel was formerly the PSFS Building, arguably the first modern skyscraper,
which was designed by Howe and Lescaze and completed in 1933.

6:30 :: Dinner
Suggest joining in small groups to visit these or other nearby Center City restaurants.  
There are many restaurants in the vicinity of the Avenue of the Arts ( S. Broad Street).
SoleFood (seafood) @ Loews Hotel (215.231.7228)
Jones (comfort food) @ 7th and Chestnut Streets (215.223.5663)
Caribou Cafe (French bistro) @ 1126 Walnut Street ( 215.625.9535)

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Day One :: Thursday March 8

@ Loews Hotel :: Congress Room B (4th floor)

8:00-8:30 :: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 :: Intro to Philadelphia (Martin Aurand, Carnegie Mellon)

9:00-10:15 :: AASL Business Meeting (John Schlinke, RWU)

10:30-12:00 :: Instruction in Support of Architecture Programs:
Perspectives on Information Competencies
(Dorothy Tao, SUNY at Buffalo: "Information Competencies and the Architecture Library:
Teaching Strategies for Diverse Populations;"
Hannah Bennett, Yale: "Cut Loose from the Curriculum: Challenges in Aligning Information Competencies
with Graduate Student Research;"
Ruth Wallach, USC: "Negotiating through Information Literacy in a Specialized Academic Library;"
Jeanne Brown, UNLV: "Assessment Approaches: Documenting Information Competencies")
Sequel to the roundtable discussion, The State of Instruction in Architecture School Libraries,
at the 2006 AASL annual meeting in Salt Lake City.

12:00-12:45 :: Interlude (optional) :: Wanamaker Organ Recital
@ Macy's @ 13th and Market Streets
Experience a Philadelphia tradition: a noontime recital on a National Historic Landmark pipe organ.
Go to the “Wanamaker eagle” in the center of Macy’s.

Lunch on your own :: e.g. Reading Terminal Market @ 12 th and Arch Streets
The historic Reading Terminal Market is a popular Philadelphia institution with many food options.
It is located behind and under the Pennsylvania Convention Center across from the hotel.
There are other lunch options near the hotel and near Penn (see below).

Travel to University of Pennsylvania @ 220 South 34th Street
Taxis are always a transportation option in Philadelphia.
The best mass transit route is the Subway Surface line (Green Line). Take any trolley except the #10.
Board at the Juniper Street station, which can be entered via the 13th Street subway station at
13th and Market Streets near the hotel. Get off at the 36th Street station. You will exit facing the University of Pennsylvania. Nearby lunch options include the 3400 block of Sansom Street. Proceed along 36th Street into the Penn campus and turn left on Locust Walk, the first major intersection within the pedestrian part of the campus. Proceed to the Fisher Fine Arts Library, a florid brick and terra cotta building designed by
architect Frank Furness in 1888-1890. Meet in the entry hall / stair tower.
The University of Pennsylvania is on spring break.

2:00-2:45 :: Fisher Fine Arts Library (Bill Keller, Penn)
Includes architecture collections and supports undergraduate architecture program,
the esteemed graduate School of Design (PennDesign), and other academic programs.

3:00-3:45 :: University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives
(Bill Whitaker and Nancy Thorne, Penn)
Important regional architectural archives includes the Louis I. Kahn Collection.
Selections from the Venturi, Scott Brown Collection and other holdings will be on display.

4:00-5:00 :: Architectural walking tour (David Brownlee, Penn)
Tour will include work by Furness, Kahn, Venturi, etc., and will
proceed to The Woodlands, in Woodlands Cemetery.

5:00-6:30 :: Tour and Reception @ The Woodlands
(Jamie Jacobs, HABS; Jean K. Wolf, Woodlands)
The Woodlands is one of the finest Federal style houses in America. It was the centerpiece of an
eighteenth-century estate, and is now surrounded by a mid-nineteenth century rural cemetery.
The Woodlands is currently in the early stages of restoration

Dinner on your own
There are dinner options around this part of Penn, especially near 40 th Street;
but most people are expected to return to Center City via the Subway Surface line (Green Line),
which can be boarded at an above-ground station opposite the entrance to Woodlands Cemetery,
to exit at the Juniper Street station.

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Day Two :: Friday March 9

Breakfast on your own

Travel to The Athenaeum of Philadelphia @ 219 S. Sixth Street
Walk down Walnut or Locust Streets, take a taxi, or take a bus on Chestnut Street.
The Athenaeum is a preeminent special collections library focusing on regional architecture and
interior design history. It occupies America’s first Renaissance Revival building, designed by architect
John Notman in 1845, facing Washington Square.

9:00-9:30 :: Library Case Study :: Drexel University (Ann Keith Kennedy, Drexel)
Introduction to architecture school librarianship at Drexel supporting the undergraduate
Department of Architecture within the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
Drexel's degree programs facilitate concurrent professional work experience.

9:30-11:00 :: Architectural Archives and Special Collections:
Best Practices for Libraries Supporting Schools of Architecture
(Janine Henri and Beth Dodd, UT at Austin; Elizabeth Byrne, UC Berkeley)
Practical advice on managing architectural archives and special collections, including issues related to
collection building and preservation, access and user services, public relations, and standard practices.
Examples will be drawn from the Environmental Design Library at the University of California at
Berkeleyand the Architecture and Planning Library and its Alexander Architectural Archive at the
University of Texas at Austin.

11:15-12:00 :: Crossing the Lines: Building Collaborative Digital Collections (of Buildings)
(Jeffrey A. Cohen, Bryn Mawr)

Interlude (optional) :: Dream Garden
@ Curtis Center, Sixth Street between Walnut and Chestnut Streets
Experience an amazing Tiffany mosaic installation designed by Philadelphia artist Maxfield Parrish.

Lunch on your own :: e.g. The Bourse
The Bourse houses a food and shopping court in an historic commodities exchange building.

1:30-3:30 :: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia (Bruce Laverty, Athenaeum)
The Athenaeum will showcase the following resources and projects:
Library and Architectural Archives
Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project
Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
Regional Digital Imaging Center

4:00-5:00 :: Carpenter's Company Library
(Roger Moss and Christy Thompson, Carpenter's Company)
We will proceed as a group to Carpenters’ Hall to visit this extraordinary collection of architecture books.
We are very privileged to have access to this collection. The visit will include a tour of Carpenter’s Hall.

5:30 :: Group Dinner @ The Plough & the Stars @ 2nd Street near Chestnut Street
The restaurant is a short walk from the Carpenter’s Company Library, and most people are expected to proceed directly there. We will walk past some significant buildings and sites on the way. The restaurant is located in part of the Corn Exchange Building (1900-1901). This meal was paid for with conference registration, excluding drinks. The restaurant recommends returning to hotels by taxi; but there also are subway and bus options on Market Street, and people could walk up Market Street in groups.

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Day Three :: Saturday March 10

@ Loews Hotel :: Lescaze Room (33rd floor)
The Lescaze Room, named after architect William Lescaze, is one of the original PSFS Building boardrooms.
It features modern design and spectacular views of Philadelphia and beyond.

8:30-9:00 :: Continental Breakfast

9:00-12:00 :: AASL Information Forum
Share your activities and ideas with your colleagues. Everyone will get a chance to speak.

12:00 :: Dutch Treat Leadership Lunch or Lunch on your own
Officers are expected to attend the Leadership Lunch. Others may choose to attend.

Afternoon on your own :: see Philly Site Map