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News & Events ArchivesNews Headlines8 October 2012:Free Passes to the the First Designers & Books Fair Exhibition Hall Designers & Books has offered free passes to the Designers & Books Fair exhibition hall to ARLIS/NA members. Designers & Books publishes lists of books that internationally esteemed designers have identified as important and inspirational. A new list is published each week on the website which currently has over 130 book lists and more than 1,400 books. Featured are the book lists of architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product and industrial designers, and urban designers. The Fair exhibit hall will include approximately 35 U.S. and European design book publishers and booksellers and will be held on Saturday, October 27, and Sunday, October 28. Exhibition hall passes are accessible to ARLIS/NA members via the members only section of the ARLIS/NA website. 5 September 2012: 2013 Internship Award The Internship Award Sub-Committee is now accepting applications for the 2013 ARLIS/NA Internship Award. The award provides financial support for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. $2,500 is granted to the selected recipient to support a period of internship in an art library or visual resources collection. Applications are being accepted through October 15, 2012. Seeking Peer Reviewers for Art Documentation Art Documentation editor, Judy Dyki, is looking for peer reviewers for the journal. Reviewers in all areas of interest and expertise are welcome but those with the knowledge and background to be able to review articles about cataloging/metadata, digital collections, museum libraries, and new media/technology are specifically needed. Interested individuals should complete the short survey. ARLIS/NA Membership Incentive Announced The Membership Committee has annouced a new incentive for ARLIS/NA members. The membership form has been changed to allow new members to indicate who referred them to ARLIS/NA. Current members who have referred new members to the society will now receive a $25 credit for each new member who lists his or her name on the membership form. 18 May 2012: First ARLIS/NA-Hosted Study Tour The first ARLIS/NA-hosted study tour organized by the International Relations Committee was a big success. A group of German art and museum librarians participated in the April tour of New York, New Haven and Washington, D.C. Evaluation of survey results, emails with hosting institutions, and personal messages sent to hosts by several German participants indicate that the tour provided a great opportunity for learning and professional development for both Germans and Americans. Evelin Morgenstern, the German coordinator of the trip, in a thank-you note writes, "I am writing to you, on behalf of the entire group, to thank you and the ARLIS International Relations Committee for the huge amount of time and effort you devoted to the conception and organization of such an exciting and impressive Study Tour to New York, New Haven and Washington. In a word, the program was just fabulous: the itinerary was beautifully planned and executed, with a good balance between work and fun. If it were to be repeated, I would not change one single detail." Andrea Joosten, from Hamburg wrote, "In the two weeks of our study tour, I learned more than in ten years during my work in Hamburg. It was very interesting to see that our problems seem to be alike. That was different when I was in California 20 years ago. It seems to me that the world moved closer together. So we have to move closer too. The study tour was a good step forward towards that. You presented us a firework full of very nice people, wonderful places, good libraries, interesting museums. It was so good to stay with a colleague than being in a hotel. It made me feeling quickly at home in your city. New York was exciting, lively and full of very nice and helpful people - that made our tour so special. You made our tour so special and again thank you very much for all of this. Greetings and a big thanks to your colleagues as well." Photographs taken by Andrea Joosten in New York and Washington, D.C., and photographs from the farewell dinner illustrate how much everyone enjoyed the trip and include highlights of the tour. A high bar has been set for future study tours. The International Relations Committee thanks everyone involved including members who opened their homes to our colleagues, all the hosting institutions, and all involved in putting together a very successful program. Submitted by Katie Keller Past Chair, International Relations Committee Top of Page 13 April 2012: 2012 ARLIS/NA Awards Presented at Annual Conference ARLIS/NA is pleased to announce the 2012 award recipients. The awards were presented at the annual conference held March 29-April 2 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Rosemary Furtak RESEARCH AWARDS Worldwide Books Award for Publications Eric Michael Wolf, American Art Museum Architecture: Documents & Design, W.W. Norton and Co., 2010 H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Awards Heather Gendron, "Studio Archives: Voices of Living Artists, Their Assistants, and Archivists/Phase II: Artists Working in Digital and Video Media" Craig Bunch, "Collage and Assemblage in Texas: The Interviews" PUBLICATION AWARDS George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Windows on the War: Soviet Tass Posters at Home and Abroad 1941-1945, Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2011. Melva J. Dwyer Award The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas: The Natural History of the New World, Histoire Naturelle des Indes Occidentales, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011. STUDENT AWARDS ARLIS/NA Internship Award Lindsey Reynolds Gerd Meuhsam Award Katrina Windon TRAVEL AWARDS ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award Amy Ballmer, CUNY Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Librarianship Kathy Edwards, Clemson University Andrew Cahan Photography Award Adam Hess, Yale University AskART Conference Attendance Award Tony White, Maryland Institute College of Art ARLIS/NA Student Conference Attendance Award Stephanie Grimm, University of South Carolina-Beaufort Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Award Joyce Weaver, The Mint Museum Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance Effie Patelos, Concordia University Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance Megan Williams, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 5 April 2012: ARLIS/NA Hosts Its First Study Trip to the U.S. The International Relations Committee (IRC) along with members of the ARLIS/New York and D.C.-Maryland-Virginia chapters are hosting a group of German art and museum librarians from April 14-22 (26), 2012. The trip begins with a kick-off dinner chez Clayton Kirking and includes visits to the major New York museum, academic and public libraries and a day-trip to Yale, along with a tour of the Highline, a visit to David Zwirmer Gallery, and numerous hosted meals and receptions. This action-packed visit continues to the major Washington, D.C. libraries and museums along with more hosted meals (chez Kristen Regina and Gregg Most respectively) and receptions. Members in both cities are opening their homes for our guests. The committee is excited to host colleagues from Germany and thanks ARLIS/NA for its support. Please find more information about the study trip participants and their itinerary on the IRC website. Top of Page 4 April 2012: ARLIS/NA Executive Board Endorses ARL and VRA Fair Use Documents On March 15, 2012, the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) executive board endorsed two landmark documents on fair use. The Association of Research Libraries' Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (January 2012) was prepared in conjunction with the Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law at American University, and supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The code considers existing laws to provide guidance on issues concerning the digitization of copyrighted material--including video--for student use, the extent to which special collections can be digitized and made available online, and the archiving of websites for future research. The principle of fair use is examined and affirmed with regard to mission-centered library services as described on the association's website: The Intellectual Property Rights Committee of the Visual Resources Association (VRA) prepared a Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research and Study that offers similar guidance on fair use as it applies specifically to images by describing six categories of use, as described on the Center for Social Media's website: The ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee recommended endorsement of these documents as means of empowering educational and cultural institutions to apply long-standing principles of fair use in fulfillment of their missions, and to inform the scholarly community about the full extent of their rights under current copyright law. 3 April 2012: 2011 Wittenborn Award Announced at Annual Conference The 32nd annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award was presented at the ARLIS/NA annual conference. Windows on the War: Soviet Tass Posters at Home and Abroad 1941-1945 won the award. Read the press release for information about the award. Top of Page 16 March 2012: ARLIS/NA Executive Board Endorses Statement on Anti-Piracy Legislation The ARLIS/NA executive board has endorsed a statement prepared by the Public Policy Committee in response to proposed US legislation intended to prevent piracy of intellectual property: The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) urges the US Congress to craft legislation that strikes a balance between combating copyright infringement and intellectual property theft and preserving the open flow of information through electronic means. Proposed legislation such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, H.R. 3261) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA, S. 968) is intended to prevent foreign websites from making counterfeit and pirated content available, but as written, the laws would allow the US Department of Justice to compel US-based Internet service providers, credit card companies, and advertisers to cut ties with suspected Web sites before confirmation of infringement or theft, thus potentially restricting access to legitimate sources. The legislation would adversely affect internet service providers who would bear the economic burden of prosecution from copyright holders and suffer curtailment of revenue sources and provide greater incentive for Internet service providers to increase surveillance of users' online activity, a potential violation of privacy. Existing legislation, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, already provides the legal authority to remove specific instances of pirated content from a Web site; the proposed laws would penalize legitimate sites that may have inadvertently carried links to pirated material. ARLIS/NA joins the American Library Association and the Association of Law Librarians in support of legislation such as the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act (H.R. 3782 and S. 2029) that expands the power of the International Trade Commission's authority to enforce copyright and trademark violations without jeopardizing privacy and first amendment rights to free speech. More information is available on the American Library Association Washington Office website in the PIPA, SOPA, and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide and on the Legislative Action Center website page of the American Association of Law Libraries website. 18 January 2012: Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship in Third Printing Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship, co-published by ARLIS/NA and Scarecrow Press, is now in its third printing. The book, edited by Joan M. Benedetti and with a preface by Michael Brand, and an introduction by Ann B. Abid, has been adopted as a text by several library schools that offer courses in art librarianship and/or museum studies. (1/18/12) 13 December 2011: Visual Resources Assocation Releases Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study The Visual Resources Association, the international organization of image media professionals dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management, has released a "Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study". The statement describes six uses of copyrighted still images that the VRA believes fall within the U.S. doctrine of fair use. The six uses are: 1) preservation (storing images for repeated use in a teaching context and transferring images to new formats); 2) use of images for teaching purposes; 3) use of images (both large, high-resolution images and thumbnails) on course websites and in other online study materials; 4) adaptations of images for teaching and classroom work by students; 5) sharing images among educational and cultural institutions to facilitate teaching and study; and 6) reproduction of images in theses and dissertations. The statment draws from the academic community's longstanding practice of relying on fair use for teaching and learning, and highlights one area--the use of images in theses and dissertations--where the Association believes the community should return to its previous practices of being more assertive. The statement also relies heavily on recent fair use jurisprudence and aims to provide image users within the educational and cultural heritage communities with greater certainty when relying on fair use. The statement was developed by the VRA's Intellectual Property Rights Committee, with the guidance of a Legal Advisory Committee of preeminent copyright scholars and legal experts, whose members include: Robert W. Clarida (Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman), Jeffrey P. Cunard (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP), Jackie Ewenstein (Ewenstein & Young LLP), Georgia K. Harper (scholarly communications advisor, The University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin), Virginia Rutledge (PIPE Arts Group) and Jule Sigall (associate general counsel - Copyright, Microsoft; formerly associate register for policy & international affairs, U.S. Copyright Office). Top of Page 5 December 2011: 2011-2012 Intership Award Recipient Selected Lindsey Reynolds is the recipient of the ARLIS/NA 2012-2012 Internship Award. This prestigious award grants $2,500 to support a period of internship for a student preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. In addition to the $2,500 stipend, Ms. Reynolds will receive a one-year complimentary membership in ARLIS/NA. Lindsey Reynolds is currently a student in the Master of Library and Information Studies degree program at the University of Alabama. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in art from the University of Georgia. Ms. Reynolds has experience working in a variety of library settings including museums, public libraries, academic libraries, and archives and special collections. She has also worked with community-based arts organizations in developing collection management plans. She has contributed to projects in the areas of collection development and management, including archival theory. The Internship Award Subcommittee reviewed almost forty applications and is pleased to report that many of them were outstanding. While only one ARLIS/NA Internship Award is granted each year, ARLIS/NA does maintain a list of paid and unpaid internship opportunities; interested students and potential hosts are encouraged to visit the Internship Roster for more information. 29 November 2011: ARLIS/NA Webinar Recordings Available for Viewing Recordings of webinars hosted by the Education Subcommittee of the Professional Development Committee will now be available online. Recordings will be available to ARLIS/NA members only in the "Member Log-In" area of the website for a six month moratorium following the original event date. The most recent webinars accessible in the members area are "From Multiple Literacies to Managing Assessment" and "Collection Development, Stich by Stich". After the moratorium has passed, records will be archived on the main webinars page where they will be available to anyone. All webinars that have been recorded will be available; speakers have a right to refuse recording so not all webinars will be documented in this way. 4 November 2011: New 2012 Executive Board Members Announced The Nominating Committee has announced that the following individuals have been elected by acclimation to the 2012 ARLIS/NA Executive Board. Gregory P.J. Most, vice-president/president elect Deborah Barlow Smedstad, treasurer Daniel Payne, Canadian member-at-large Melanie Emerson, communications and publications liaison Top of Page 24 October 2011: MICA: Making History/Marking Art Wins Award MICA: Making History/Marking Art by Douglas L. Frost, a book published by the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), has been awarded the Arline Custer Memorial Award for 2011 by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARC). MICA's nearly two-century history is told through 336 pages of flowing narrative and more than 450 images. Texts and images from sources held in the MICA Archives at the Decker Library & Media Resources Collection and in other collections in Baltimore and beyond were used in the making of the book. 17 October 2011: Art Documentation Editorial Board Established The Communications and Publications Committee has announced that an editorial board for Art Documentation has been established. The Editorial Board was created as part of the process of partnering with the University of Chicago Press. Members of the board are recognized leaders in the visual arts who have substantive experience with art libraries, and who are deeply concerned with their sustenance and flourishing. At the invitation of ARLIS/NA President Jon Evans, the following individuals have generously agreed to serve as members: Judy Dyki, editor, Art Documentation (ex officio) Susan M. Allen, director, California Rare Book School, UCLA Department of Information Studies, Los Angeles, California Jonathan Brown, Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, New York Clive Phillpot, (formerly director of the library, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York) Fermley Press, London, United Kingdom Inge Reist, chief of Research Collections and Programs, Frick Art Reference Library, New York, New York Lucile Trunel, chef du secteur Art, Service Littératures orientales et art, Département de Littérature et Art, Direction des Collections, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France Roxana Velasquez, executive director, San Diege Museum of Art, San Diego, California Jayne Wark, professor of Historical and Critical Studies, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada The role of the board is to provide guidance and oversight for the general editorial program and long-range goals of Art Documentation, perform peer review upon request, act as a conduit for manuscripts, and participate in one annual editorial board meeting via conference call. For updated information about Art Documentation, see the University of Chicago Press Journals page on the JSTOR website. Top of Page 26 September 2011: 2012 Exective Board Slate of Candidates Announced The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for the 2012 Executive Board. This year's slate consists of Gregory P.J. Most, vice-president/president elect; Deborah Barlow Smedstad, treasurer; Daniel Payne, Canadian member-at-large; and Melanie Emerson, communications and publications liaison. Candidate statements and resumes are available for review by the membership. According to ARLIS/NA bylaws, the slate of nominees will be considered elected by acclamation if no comments are submitted to the Nominating Committee by this year's deadline, October 28, 2011. 23 September 2011: VRA Core Survey Analysis and Implementation Registry Available The VRA Core Survey Committee has announced that the VRA Core Survey Analysis is now available. The analysis gives insight into the needs of current and potential users of the VRA Core. The survey was conducted from February 1, 2010 to March 5, 2010, by the VRA Core Survey Committee as part of the continuing work of the Visual Resource Association's (VRA) Data Standards Committee (DSC). The purpose of the survey was to learn about both the Core's current and potential users. Current users were asked which version of the Core they use, and if that version was Core 4.0, they were asked to indicate their experiences and challenges with implementation. Potential users were asked to describe barriers in their adoption of Core 4.0. As a result of survey feedback, a VRA Core Implementation Registry has been established. The registry provides an opportunity for current and potential users to view publicly available implementations of the standard. If you would like to add your collection to the registry please contact Trish Rose-Sandler. 31 August 2011: Executive Board Accepts ARLIS/NA 2011-2015 Strategic Plan Over the summer the ARLIS/NA executive board accepted the 2011-2015 ARLIS/NA Strategic Plan which has been in the making for well over a year. The plan will shape the future direction of the society as it carries out its mission to foster excellence in art and design librarianship and image management in the years ahead. The ARLIS/NA president and executive board expressed deep appreciation of the Strategic Planning Committee for producing a well articulated and well structured plan. The members of that committee are: Pat Barnett (chair), Hannah Bennett, Jennifer Garland, Eumie Imm-Stroukoff, Barbara Rockenbach, Jamie Vander Broek (formerly Lausch), and Eric Wolf. The majority of the committee is pressing ahead with the vital second phase of the plan--the action plan component--that will provide more explicit direction, not only for the board, but also for the committees, divisions, sections, chapters, liaisons, and special interest groups within our society. ARLIS/NA members are encouraged to take a moment to review the plan and think about how they might resolve to help ARLIS/NA achieve one or more of its goals. Contact President Jon Evans or another member of the executive board if you care to discuss your ideas. Top of Page 24 August 2011: 2012 SEI Implementation Team Announced The ARLIS/NA executive board has announced the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management (SEI) Implementation Team for 2012. Under the direction of the executive boards of ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF), the Implementation Team (IT) is charged as the management group for SEI to provide or coordinate administration, local arrangements, registration, scheduling, fundraising, publicity, curriculum, instruction and teaching materials. The SEI Implementation Team is as follows: Co-chairs: Elizabeth Schaub (The University of Texas at Austin) and Betha Whitlow (Washington University in St. Louis) Faculty Liaison (incoming ARLIS/NA appointed co-chair): Amy Trendler (Ball State University) ARLIS/NA Curriculum Specialist: Sarah Falls (New York School of Interior Design) Development: Liz Gushee (The University of Texas at Austin) Local Planning Chair: Rebecca Price (University of Michigan) Treasurer: Rebecca Moss (University of Minnesota) VRA Curriculum Specialist: Beth Wodnick (Princeton University) Webmaster: Christine Hilker (University of Arkansas) ARLIS/NA Board Liaison: Sarah Carter (Ringling College of Art and Design) VRAF Board Liaison: Rebecca Moss (University of Minnesota) ARLIS/NA Endorses Statement on Copyright Reform The ARLIS/NA executive board has endorsed the statement on copyright reform issued on May 16 by the Library Copyright Alliance, whose members include the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries. The statement describes the key features that copyright reform proposals should include in order to constitute significant improvement over current law for libraries and their users. It addresses issues concerning orphan works, mass digitization projects, and modernization of Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act in the wake of the Google Books settlement rejection by Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York. ARLIS/NA joins other library organizations that advocate for reasonable copyright policy in the courts as well as in the U.S. Congress. Library activities already benefit from broad, flexible protection under the fair use doctrine and related provisions in current law, but technological advances in the means for storage and transmission have also brought new means of limiting access to copyrighted materials. We continue to support a balanced approach that preserves the intellectual property rights of creators and allows reasonable, non-exploitative access to works of scholarship and art. 13 June 2011: Deborah Kempe Wins Kress Travel Award The ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee and the Awards Committee has announced that Deborah Kempe has been awarded the Kress Travel Award. Deborah will be traveling to Mexico City this August to co-present a paper entitled "Latin American Art Resources North of the Border: An Overview of the Collections of the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)" at the IFLA Art Libraries Section conference on Latin American and Caribbean art bibliography and information networks. This conference is the kick-off to the ARLIS/NA study tour in Mexico City and Puebla. Top of Page 25 May 2011: ARLIS/NA and IFLA Study Tour in Mexico The ARLIS/NA and IFLA study tour in Mexico will be held from August 20 to August 25. The ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee, with the assistance of the IFLA Art Libraries Section Satellite Conference planners, has organized an exciting study tour of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries in the Mexico City region. The specially-designed tour will incorporate and extend the IFLA program at the Museo Franz Mayer, in order to offer attendees the unparalleled opportunity to visit many outstanding collections in the area. Applications will be accepted until all places are filled or by July 1, 2011. 24 May 2011: Digital Images of Yale's Vast Cultural Collections Now Available for Free Yale University has announced that it will provide free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale's museums, archives, and libraries. More than 250,000 images are available through a newly developed collective catalog. High quality digital images of Yale's vast cultural heritage collections that are in the public domain are openly and freely available. The images may be used without a license and without restrictions for study, publication, teaching, and inspiration. An article with more information can be viewed in the Yale Daily Bulletin. 28 April 2011: 31st Annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Awards Presented On March 25, 2011, the 31th Annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Awards were presented at the annual conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America. Established in 1980 to honor the memory of premier New York City art book dealer and publisher George Wittenborn, the awards are given each year to North American art publications which represent the highest standards of excellence in standards of content, documentation, and presentation. Two outstanding books published in 2010 were selected to receive the 31th Annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award. First place went to Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles: The Mary Hunt Kahlenberg Collection and honorable mention went to Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Read the press release for more information and to view images of the books. Top of Page 18 April 2011 University of Chicago Press and ARLIS/NA Announce Partnership to Publish Art Documentation The University of Chicago Press and the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) are pleased to announce a new partnership to publish Art Documentation, a leading journal for art librarians and visual resources professionals. The inaugural issue under the partnership is scheduled to publish in Spring 2012 (vol. 31, no. 1). Art Documentation is an indispensable forum for scholarship on art and architecture librarianship, visual resources curatorship, digital image management, visual arts technology, art publishing, and related areas. Published twice yearly, the peer-reviewed journal features original research, case studies, and historical articles that provide valuable perspective on the issues and challenges unique to the field. Read the press release for additional infomration. 14 April 2011: 2011 ARLIS/NA Awards Presented at Annual Conference ARLIS/NA is pleased to announce the 2011 award recipients. The awards were presented at the annual conference held March 24-28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Margaret Webster RESEARCH AWARDS: Worldwide Books Award for Publications Richard Minsky, The Art of American Book Covers Worldwide Books Award for Publications--Honorable Mention Kristen Regina, special issue of Slavic & East European Information Resources Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources Samantha Deutch, Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America H.W. Wilson Research Awards Robert Craig Bunch, Hamilton Middle School Hillary Veeder, Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries PUBLICATION AWARDS: George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles: The Mary Hunt Kahlenberg Collection, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award--Honorable Mention Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, by Aimée Brown Price Melva J. Dwyer Award Inuit Modern, by Gerald McMaster STUDENT AWARDS: Internship Award Bailey Diers, University of British Columbia Gerd Meuhsam Award Katherine L. Kelley, University of Wisconsin, Madison TRAVEL AWARDS: The ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award Karen McKenzie, The Art Gallery of Ontario The Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Librarianship Holly Hathaway, Yale University The Andrew Cahan Photography Award Matthew Carson, International Center of Photography The AskART Conference Attendance Award Sarah Osborne Bender, The Phillips Collection The ARLIS/NA Student Conference Attendance Award Diane Bockrath, Walters Art Museum The Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Award Nina Stephenson, University of New Mexico The Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance Anna Simon, Indiana University Top of Page 21 March 2011: Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships Awarded The ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute co-chairs announce the recipients of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for 2011: Melissa A. Gill, MLIS student, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Andrea Hagy, assistant registrar, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA Jennifer Kniesch, visual resources curator, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Jessica Shaykett, librarian, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN Emma Wolman, digital assets manager, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR SEI planners are grateful to the Kress Foundation for its continued support of this valuable institute. SEI 2011 will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from June 7 to June 10, 2011. It is an intensive workshop providing in-depth instruction in visual resources and image collection management. SEI 2011 will feature a curriculum that specifically addresses the requirements of today's professional. Expert instructors will cover intellectual property rights, digital imaging, metadata and cataloguing, the application of social and new media in visual resources, the product environment, strategic planning, professional development, and future directions for the profession. 9 March 2011: 2011 Gerd Muehsam Award Winner Announced The Gerd Muehsam Award Committee has announced that Katherine L. Kelley is this year's Gerd Muehsam Award winner. The Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. The award was established to honor the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students. Katherine L. Kelley is a second year student pursuing a master of arts in library and information studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. She received her bachelor of arts in 2008, majoring in art history at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. Her senior independent study focused on gender issues in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art evident in the work of Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein. A summer internship at the Smithsonian American Art Library spurred her decision to go into library studies. She hopes to continue her education next year, pursuing a master's degree in art history with the goal of a working in an art library. 7 March 2011: New Fashion, Textile & Costume Special Interest Group Formed The newly formed Fashion, Textile & Costume (FTC) Special Interest Group (SIG) of ARLIS/NA is a forum for sharing ideas pertinent to fashion, textile, and costume librarianship. Participants will capitalize on the shared experiences and knowledge of the FTC library community. The group is composed of members from academic, public, museum, and corporate libraries concerned with developing professional skills in areas such as reference, library instruction, and collection development. Sandra Ley, fine arts & fashion librarian at Pima Community College, will serve as the group's first moderator. Top of Page 9 February 2011: ARLIS/NA Seeks Professional Resources Editor The ARLIS/NA executive Board invites applications for the position of professional resources editor. Kraig Binkowski, who has held this position with distinction for over five years, will be stepping down after the ARLIS/NA conference in Minneapolis. The professional resources editor identifies and manages the publications, in print and/or electronic format on the ARLIS/NA web site (AWS), of a wide array of materials that are valuable to librarians, visual resources curators, students, teachers, and vendors with an interest in the arts, including (but not limited to) the ARLIS/NA Occasional Papers series, member-produced papers, surveys, and annotated bibliographies. For a full description of responsibilities, see the ARLIS/NA Policy Manual No. R-21. The professional resources editor is appointed by the ARLIS/NA president for a two-year, renewable, term and receives an honorarium from the Society. S/he works with the AWS editor, and participates on the Communications and Publications Committee. ARLIS/NA members with proven editorial experience, knowledge of research methods and documentation of art history, and familiarity with art publishing and resources are encouraged to apply. Letters of interest and résumés, and inquiries about the position should be sent to Jonathan Franklin, chair of the Communications and Publications Committee. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2011. A subcommittee of the Communications and Publications Committee will review submissions, and interview candidates at the annual conference in Minneapolis. However, attendance at the conference is not required, and all qualified applicants will be given full consideration. Call for ARLIS/NA Executive Board Nominations The Nominating Committee has issued a call for interest in candidacy for the following executive board positions: Vice-President/President Elect Treasurer Canadian Member-at-Large Communications & Publications Liaison Nominations may also be made by any ARLIS/NA member eligible to vote; a second by another member eligible to vote is required. Qualifying nominations should be filed with the Nominating Committee by April 10, 2011. The committee may identify other qualified candidates for each office to be filled. A slate of candidates will be announced in the autumn of 2011. The newly elected individuals will begin their terms of office at the 2012 ARLIS/NA Conference. ARLIS/NA 2011 Nominating Committee Daniel Starr, chair Anne Champagne Nancy Norris Irene Puchalski Laura Schwartz Top of Page 24 January 2011: Strategic Planning Feedback Survey The ARLIS/NA Strategic Planning Committee seeks participation from the ARLIS/NA membership in the strategic planning process. The committee is developing a strategic plan that will move ARLIS/NA in a strong new direction relevant for 2011-15 and values member input in that process. The Committee has worked hard over the past month to move the planning process forward. They have reviewed and edited the six preliminary goals and objectives already circulated to the membership, and have completed the design of a short survey that will give every ARLIS member an opportunity to review, comment on, and expand the preliminary goals. The survey should take no more than ten to fifteen minutes to complete. Your responses are needed to improve on the goals and will form the basis of an Action Plan that will allow the society to achieve these goals. The committee hopes that the strategic goals capture and reflect the most important aspects of members' daily work, as well as their professional development, and their impact on the development of the Society in the critical years ahead. 18 January 2011: Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships Announced ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) are pleased to announce the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for the 2011 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has generously agreed to sponsor five scholarships for SEI2011 which will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 7-10, 2011. The intensive workshop will feature a curriculum that specifically addresses the requirements of today's professional, and will include hands-on and lecture modules. Expert instructors will cover intellectual property rights, digital imaging, metadata and cataloging, the application of social and new media in visual resources, the product environment, strategic planning, professional development, and future directions for the profession. Scholarship recipients will each receive $625 for tuition, room, and incidentals. The deadline for submitting applications is February 11, 2011. 28 December 2010: ARLIS/NA Supports "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" Exhibition On December 23, the ARLIS/NA Executive Board endorsed the following statement prepared by the Public Policy Committee regarding the recent decision by the Smithsonian Institution to remove David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly (1987) from the exhibition "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture": "The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) joins the College Art Association, the Association of Art Museum Curators, and the Association of Art Museum Directors in protesting the removal of David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly (1987) from the exhibition "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture", on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution G. Wayne Clough ordered its removal on November 30 in response to outside pressure and the implied threat of funding cutbacks by several members of Congress. As an organization of museum, academic, and public library professionals dedicated to the enhancement of information access for research in the visual arts, ARLIS/NA wholeheartedly supports freedom of expression and scholarly inquiry as essential to understanding and preserving our cultural heritage. We recognize and commend the Federal Government's long-standing support of endeavors that have produced research of lasting value despite the possibility of controversy or disagreement. This exhibition, organized by David C. Ward, an art historian at the National Portrait Gallery, and Jonathan Katz, director of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, is a landmark examination of a topic seldom treated in a major museum, and it deserves to be presented without prejudice as devised by the curators and approved by the Smithsonian Institution. ARLIS/NA strongly encourages all members in the United States to inform their senators and representatives that they support the exhibition, its curators, and the National Portrait Gallery." The P.P.O.W Gallery and The Estate of David Wojnarowicz has issued a statement regarding the removal of the work from the exhibition. 6 December 2010: ARLIS/NA 2010-11 Internship Award Recipient Announced The ARLIS/NA Internship Award Subcommittee has announced Bailey Diers as the 2010-11 Internship Award recipient. This prestigious award supports a period of internship for a student preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. In addition to a stipend, Ms. Diers will receive a one-year complimentary membership in ARLIS/NA. Bailey Diers is presently a student in the Master of Library and Information Studies degree program at the University of British Columbia. She holds a bachelor of arts in journalism and art with a minor in design from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Diers has experience working in a variety of library settings including public libraries, academic art libraries, archives, and special collections. She has contributed to projects in the areas of assessment, user education, and collection development. Her career plans are to continue her investigations into digital libraries, combining this interest with her skills and knowledge of assessment of library users and library instruction. The subcommittee reviewed many outstanding submissions and is pleased to report that more than fifty applications were received. While only one ARLIS/NA Internship Award is granted each year, ARLIS/NA maintains a list of paid and unpaid internship opportunities; interested students and potential hosts are encouraged to visit the Internship Roster for more information. Top of Page 8 November 2010: New Executive Board Members Announced The ARLIS/NA membership has accepted the proposed slate of candidates for the 2011 executive board. The new board members are: Deborah Kempe, Vice-President/President Elect Alan Michelson, Secretary Rina Vecchiola, Development and Membership Liaison Sarah Carter, Education Liaison Laurel Bliss, Chapter Liaison 25 October 2010: New Materials Special Interest Group Formed The ARLIS/NA executive board has approved a request to form a Special Interest Group (SIG) for materials collections. Mark Pompelia, visual resources librarian at Rhode Island School of Design, proposed the SIG and will serve as the group's representative. Mark's proposal to the board stated, "These entities vary from institution--sometimes called labs, centers, libraries, collections, etc.--but they share a common interest in acquiring, presenting, and educating users on the properties and creative possibilities of physical materials in the areas of architecture, design, and all the fine arts that are the purview of an association such as ARLIS/NA." A Materials Special Interest Group web page will be added to the ARLIS/NA website in the near future. 5 October 2010: Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library and ARTstor awarded IMLS National Leadership Grant The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University and ARTstor have been awarded a $974,998 three-year National Leadership grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The funds will be used to support the new Built Works Registry (BWR), a collaborative project to develop a freely available registry and data resource for architectural works and the built environment. The project will include development of the BWR policy framework, metadata structure, technical infrastructure, and a body of seed content. The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University and ARTstor will be the principal collaborators for this project. The Getty Research Institute (GRI), nine other institutions, and an international advisory council will also participate throughout the three-year project development cycle. BWR will be available for contributions and use by scholars, catalogers, and other users across all types of academic and cultural heritage organizations, both in the United States and worldwide. "Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access"--NEW Maintenance Guidelines ADDED This important Online Publication now includes an additional chapter, written by Anne Simmons and Linda Psomas, devoted to maintenance recommendations. The new recommendations cover all the essential practicalities of creating and maintaining an artist files collection: classification of the files, assigning locations, physically creating the files, labeling, housing, and filing and circulation. The new chapter on maintenance recommendations joins MARC cataloging recommendations to represent indispensible documentation needed to create and provide access to an artist file collection. In conjunction with the Artist Files Revealed Online Directory, this publication provides vital and authoritative guidance for creating and making available an artist file collection. The complete Online Publication provides much-needed documentation that helps the art librarian catalog, arrange, and provide local, national, and international access to artist files collections. Included are general guidelines for creating MARC records representing artist files, and an abundance of additional information that includes links to online collections, conference papers, professional societies and much more. Top of Page 21 September 2010: New Online Publication: Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices: Name and Title Access Points This new Online Publication, written and compiled by Lynda Bunting, Sherman Clarke, Marly Helm, Elizabeth Lilker, Elizabeth O'Keefe, Sarah Quimby, and Daniel Starr, provides invaluable recommendations for creating name and title access points when cataloging exhibition catalogs. It illuminates all the particular issues and challenges associated with these main and added entries. How are exhibition venues traced? Who is the main entry--artist or author? Thorny questions such as these are answered concisely and with real-world examples. The cataloging of exhibition publications poses unique challenges to new and experienced catalogers alike. These types of publications often require more use of a cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying data. Decision-making about the choice of a primary access point can be quite involved, and local practices and guidelines greatly affect how an exhibition publication is cataloged. This latest section of best practice guidelines (Name and Title Access Points) is offered to users completely free of charge. The entire series of best practice guidelines for cataloguing exhibition catalogues (Title and Statement of Responsibility; Notes; Subject headings; and Name and Title Access Points) are available from the Online Publications section of the ARLIS/NA website. 10 August 2010: ARLIS/NA Endorses RLG Guidelines for Providing Online Access to Digitized Versions of Unpublished Materials The ARLIS/NA executive board recently accepted a Public Policy Committee recommendation to endorse OCLC's "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online." The guidelines seek to restore balance in rights management by promoting a practical approach to identifying and resolving rights issues in a manner consistent with ethical and professional standards. ARLIS/NA joins the Joint National Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums (CALM) and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) as well as more than two dozen individuals from the academic and museum library community in supporting this approach. Top of Page 14 June 2010: "The Future of Art Bibliography in the 21st Century" "The Future of Art Bibliography in the 21st Century" meetings were convened in New York City, April 20-21, by the Getty Research Institute. The Getty received a grant from the Kress Foundation to convene an international task force of art librarians, art historians, and information specialists to discuss the future of art bibliography in the 21st century. The goal of the meetings was to review current practices, take stock of changes, and seriously consider developing more sustainable and collaborative ways of supporting the bibliography of art history in the future. For additional information, read the report of the meetings. Alyssa Resnick Receives ARLIS/UK & Ireland International Delegate Award Alyssa Resnick has received the ARLIS/UK & Ireland Annual Conference International Delegate Award for attendance at their annual conference to be held at the University of Edinburgh, July 14-16, 2010. After the conference, Resnick will be joining other ARLIS/NA members for the UK Study Tour, July 18-24, organized by the International Relations Committee. Jeff Gunderson Receives Worldwide Books Award for Publications The 2009/2010 Worldwide Books Award for Publications has been awarded to Jeff Gunderson, librarian and archivist at the Anne Bremer Memorial Library, San Francisco Art Institute, for his essay, "A Combination of Accidents: The San Francisco Art Scene in the 1940s." This essay is included in the exhibition catalog, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 75 Years of Looking Forward. The exhibition will be up until January 2011. Gunderson's essay tells of the relationship between the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and the San Francisco Museum of Art (now the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art) and their two dynamic directors, Douglas MacAgy and Grace McCann Morley. Both directors were instrumental in promoting avant-garde, abstract-expressionist, and modern art ideas in conjunction with a host of vibrant artists and faculty members that included David Park, Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Adaline Kent, Edward Weston, Marcel Duchamp, and Clay Spohn. Jeff Gunderson has worked at the Anne Bremer Memorial Library since 1981 and has been library director since 1983. He is currently working on a collection of essays about swimming. Kitty Chibnik Receives Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources The 2009/2010 Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources has been awarded to Kitty Chibnik, head access and support services, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. The Avery Library is in the process of digitizing its New York Real Estate Brochure Collection, which consists of over 9,200 advertising brochures, floor plans, price lists, and related materials documenting residential and commercial real estate development in the five boroughs and outlying vicinities from the 1920s to the 1970s. Visitors to the project website are able to search brochures by address, neighborhood, architect, and owner. Currently the site contains digitized brochures from buildings in Brooklyn (over 3,000 images of approximately 800 buildings). The completion of digitizing Manhattan apartment brochures is anticipated later this spring. H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant Awarded to Tom McNulty The 2009/2010 H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant has been awarded to Tom McNulty, librarian for fine arts, New York University Libraries. McNulty is beginning production of a revised edition of his book, Art Market Research: A Guide to Methods and Sources (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2006). The revised edition will include print and online resources for the valuation of works of fine and decorative arts, as well as collectibles. Since the late 1980s McNulty has been involved with art market issues first as researcher, and for the past fifteen years as an associate appraiser. The first edition of Art Market Research: A Guide to Methods and Sources was selected as a core text for the Sotheby's Institute of Art's master's in art programs; as a result, in 2006 McNulty was invited to teach the course Research Methods at the Institute. Top of Page 1 June 2010: Awards Announced at Annual Conference The following travel award winners were announced at ARLIS/NA's 38th annual conference held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 23-26. Travel Awards: ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award Sonja Staum, IUPUI University Library ARLIS/NA Student Conference Attendance Award Marie Botkin, Valdosta State University Judith A. Hoffberg Award for Student Attendance Rachel Isaac-Menard, University of Toronto Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Librarianship Elizabeth Schaub, The University of Texas at Austin Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance April Fernandez, University of Albany-SUNY AskART Conference Attendance Award Lee Viverette, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Howard & Beverly Joy Karno Award Gilda Santana, University of Miami Samuel H. Kress Foundation Award for European Travel Holly Hatheway, Yale University Student Awards: ARLIS /NA Internship Award Allison Schulte, Tom of Finland Foundation Gerd Muehsam Award Diane Bockrath for The Walters Islamic Manuscript Digital Project Research Awards: Worldwide Books Award for Publications "A Combination of Accidents: The San Francisco Art Scene in the 1940s" Jeff Gunderson, San Francisco Institute of Art Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources "New York Real Estate Brochure Collection" Katharine Chibnik, Columbia University H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grants Art Market Research: A Guide to Methods and Sources (for the revised and expanded edition, 2012) Tom McNulty, New York University Publication Awards: Melva J. Dwyer Award A Bauhausler in Canada: Andor Weininger in the '50's, Winnipeg, MB: Gallery One on One; Oshawa, ON: Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2009 Oliver A.I. Botar George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Mrs. Delany & Her Circle Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, editors. Marcel Duchamp. Étants donnés, by Michael R. Taylor Michael R. Taylor Mary Cason Top of Page Strategic Planning Committee Re-appointed In February 2010 the ARLIS/NA executive board re-appointed a Strategic Planning Committee to develop the next five-year plan (2011-2015). The new committee consists of Patricia Barnett, chair; Jon Evans, board liaison; and committee members: Hannah Bennett, Eumie Imm-Stroukoff, Jamie Lausch, Barbara Rockenbach, and Eric Wolf. Over the next few months the committee will seek input from the membership in order to develop a plan that meets the economic and technological challenges facing our profession today. The goal is to have a completed Strategic Plan for 2011-2015 by late December, 2010. 19 April 2010: Two New Online Resources Illuminate the Path for Artist Files The Communications and Publications Committee announces the availability of two new online resources: Artist Files Revealed: Online Directory and Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access These pioneering web-based resources represent a giant step forward in providing access to one of the most important "hidden" collections in art libraries, the artist files. The online directory is an interactive resource of institutional holdings of artist files that allows for efficient browsing of collection statements and provides links to further artist files resources. The documentation and access resource provides much-needed documentation that helps the art librarian catalog, arrange, and provide local, national, and international access to artist files collections. 15 April 2010: Sponsors of the 2010 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Each year ARLIS/NA benefits from the generosity of a great number of sponsors. This year, 34 generous sponsors have stepped forward to provide support for the annual conference. The contributions enable ARLIS/NA to fulfill its mission to foster excellence in the field through the sharing of ideas, the funding of awards, and the opportunity for networking. ARLIS/NA gratefully acknowledges the support and contributions of the following organizations and individuals: Society Affiliate Gold Sponsors Ars Libri F.A. Bernett Books Society Affiliate Silver Sponsors H.W. Wilson Foundation Society Affiliate Bronze Sponsors ARTstor Joan Benedetti Simmons College - GSLIS Worldwide Books Society Affiliate Sponsors Erasmus Award Sponsors AskART Howard Karno Books, Inc. H.W. Wilson Foundation Worldwide Books Samuel H. Kress Foundation Other Sponsors and Donors ARLIS/Central Plains ARLIS/DC-MD-VA ARLIS/Delaware Valley ARLIS/Midstates ARLIS/Mountain West ARLIS/New York ARLIS/Northwest ARLIS/Northern California ARLIS/Ohio Valley ARLIS/Southeast ARLIS/Southern California ARLIS/Twin Cities ARLIS/New England Casalini Libri Christie's Duncan Systems Specialists, Inc. Fine Arts Library, Harvard University HARRASSOWITZ Michael Shamansky Bookseller Inc. OMI - Old Manuscripts and Incunabula Swann Galleries Top of Page 5 April 2010: Diane E. Bockrath Wins Gerd Muehsam Award The 2010 Gerd Meuhsam Award recipient is Diane E. Bockrath, a student in the Master of Library Science program at the College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park. Diane is also a digitization specialist at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore where she has been part of the museum's efforts to digitize its collection of medieval manuscripts. Previously, she spent nine years in the communications field working as a publications editor for Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests lie in the history of bookbinding, particularly 18th-century painted vellum bindings. The Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. This award was established to honor the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students. Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for SEI Pro 2010 The recipients of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for SEI Pro 2010 are: Christine M. Fritsch-Hammes, assistant curator, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara; Leigh Gleason, curator of collections, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside; Elizabeth Margaret Knazook, photographic specialist, Special Collections, Ryerson University Library and Archives; and Liz Muller, metadata librarian, Cornell University Library. The Kress Foundation is devoted to the arts and the professions that support the arts and has generously sponsored four scholarships for SEI Pro 2010 which will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, June 8-June 11. SEI Pro is an intensive workshop that provides advanced instruction in visual resources and image collection management. 1 April 2010: New York Art Museum Library Consortium Featured in New York Times Article The New York Art Resources Consortium comprised of the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art was featured in an article in the New York Times on Sunday, March 14. The consortium is an integrated library system formed in 2007 and supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Last year, three of the four museum libraries united their collections in one catalog, called Arcade. Library directors Milan Hughston, Museum of Modern Art; Deborah Kempe, Frick Collection; Deirdre Lawrence, Brooklyn Museum of Art; and Ken Soehner, Metropolitan Museum of Art, were all quoted in the article. Top of Page 18 March 2010: Sue Maberry Collaborates on "Pacific Standard Time" Exhibition at OTIS Sue Maberry, director of the library and instructional technology at Otis College of Art and Design has been collaborating with Meg Linton, gallery director at OTIS to organize an exhibition about the Los Angeles Woman's Building which will open in Fall 2011. OTIS received an Exhibition Planning Grant from Getty to plan the exhibition for the Getty initiative "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980." As part of the research phase, Sue and Meg recently spent three days in Washington, DC, doing research at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for the exhibition. After DC, they traveled to Clarksville, Tennessee, to interview Cynthia Marsh, an artist/designer extensively involved in the Woman's Building and a previous chair of the Otis Communication Arts Department. Sheila de Bretteville, the founding chair of Communication Arts at Otis, was one of the founders of the Woman's Building and her work will also be featured in the exhibition. Several video interviews with artists involved are being produced now and will appear soon on the Woman's Building Playlist at Otis YouTube Channel. The Getty Foundation awarded Otis a new grant (in addition to its initial research and planning grant) for the exhibition and publication of "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building" set to open at the Ben Maltz Gallery on October 1, 2011 as part of the "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" project. ARLIS/NA Member Institutions Participate in Getty "Pacific Standard Time" Project Several ARLIS/NA member institutions are participating in "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980," a joint initiative of the Getty Foundation and the Getty Research Institute. The project aims to document the history of art in Los Angeles in the post World War II decades. Archival Grants and Exhibition Planning Grants have been awarded to several ARLIS/NA member institutions for cataloging archival records documenting postwar art in Los Angeles and for conducting research and planning for exhibitions relating to this period. Exhibitions will open between September 2011 and June 2012 across Southern California, including a major survey exhibition at the Getty Museum. New Special Interest Groups (SIGS): Photography and Interlibrary Loan Two new Special Interest Groups have been established in ARLIS/NA. The Photography Librarians group is being co-moderated by Laura Harris, associate museum librarian at the Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library & Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Jon Evans, reference librarian at the Hirsch Library of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Interlibrary Loan Special Interest Group is moderated by Jon Evans. Both groups will be meeting at the annual conference to be held in Boston, April 23-26. Grants Awarded to Maine College of Art Library The Joanne Waxman Library of Maine College of Art was awarded two grants this year from the Morton-Kelley Charitable Trust ($5000) and the Maine Charity Corporation ($2500). The funds are being used to make special book purchases for the contemporary art and design collections. Top of Page 15 February 2010: Sponsorship of the 2010 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management The SEI Pro 2010 Implementation Team is seeking sponsors for the 2010 institute. All levels of sponsorship are welcome. Many opportunities for named sponsorship at various levels are available, including faculty/instructor support ($250 and up), a reception ($750 and up), and breaks ($125-$250). All interested vendors, corporate colleagues, and individual contributors are invited to visit the sponsorship web page. SEI Pro 2010 will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from June 8 to June 11, 2010. This new program has been designed to build on the core competencies taught in previous institutes and to offer more advanced instruction to help participants acquire skills they need to meet the challenging opportunities of the profession. Please join the SEI Pro 2010 Implementation Team, along with the organizational sponsors, ARLIS/NA and VRAF, in making the first SEI Pro a success! 22 January 2010: ARTstor Announces Travel Award Program The ARTstor Travel Awards program will provide five research travel awards in the amount of $1,500 each to support educational and scholarly activities. The awards have been established to recognize the importance of engaging with original works and sites, conducting onsite research in archives that hold primary source material, or attending conferences with colleagues engaged with similar issues. ARTstor will provide five research travel awards in the amount of $1,500 each (to be used by September 1, 2011) to help support the educational and scholarly activities of graduate students, scholars, curators, educators, and librarians in any field in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. To be considered for a research travel award, applicants must create and submit an ARTstor image group (or a series of image groups) and a single accompanying essay that creatively and compellingly demonstrates why the image group(s) is useful for teaching, research, or scholarship. The five winning submissions will be determined by ARTstor staff. These submissions will help ARTstor to understand better the uses that scholars and teachers are making of ARTstor's content and tools, and will provide us with insights into how we can continue to improve our efforts to serve the educational community. 11 January 2010: New 2010 Executive Board Members The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced the newly elected 2010 Executive Board members: Vice-President/President Elect: Jon Evans Treasurer: Thomas Riedel Communications and Publications Liaison: Sandra Brooke Canadian Member-at-Large: James Rout The new executive board members will be formally installed at the annual membership meeting at the ARLIS/NA conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, in April. Top of Page 7 January 2010: 2009/2010 Internship Award Recipient Announced Allison Schulte has been awarded the 2009/2010 ARLIS/NA Internship Award. She is presently a student in the Library and Information Science graduate degree program at San Jose State University, specializing in archives and special collections. Ms. Schulte holds a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from California State University, Northridge, and a master in fine arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). In ARLIS/NA, Ms. Schulte has revived and is co-coordinating the LGBTQ Special Interest Group, and was appointed Society of American Archivists Representative. Her current position is library director & international liaison for the Tom of Finland Foundation. Ms. Schulte's experience to date is in special collections of erotic art focusing on collection management, exhibitions, and digitization of archival material. She has applied her specialist training in contemporary art to curating and teaching, as well as networking with artists and publishers in the fields of erotica and pornography. Her career plans are to continue her investigations into collections of erotic art, a subject that is less represented within universities and art libraries, in order to facilitate discovery of these collections for researchers and advance scholarly discourse on themes in erotic art. Member Susan Craig Wins Kansas Governor's Arts Award Susan Craig, librarian at the Murphy Art & Architecture Library, University of Kansas, and 2007 recipient of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award, has won the 2010 Kansas Governor's Arts Award in the Arts Advocate category. The Kansas Governor's Arts Awards are given annually to distinguished Kansas artists, organizations, patrons and educators by the governor and the Kansas Arts Commission. Top of Page 14 December 2009: 2010 Executive Board Candidates Announced The Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for the 2010 executive board. The slate includes: Vice-President/President Elect: Jon Evans Treasurer: Thomas Riedel Communications and Publications Liaison: Sandra Brooke Canadian Member-at-Large: James Rout 1 December 2009: William J. Dane to Retire from Newark Public Library William J. Dane, the keeper of prints, posters, and works of art on paper at the Newark Public Library, is retiring at the end of December. Dane plans to mark his retirement by delivering the John Cotton Dana Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, December 9, at 6 p.m. in the Main Library's Centennial Hall. Dane began his career at the library in 1947, after serving in the Second World War. Under Dane's stewardship, the library's Special Collections Division has thrived, and today boasts of more than 23,000 fine prints and photographs, 5,000 posters, and 1,000 rare books. The collection includes works by Rembrandt, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Kandinsky, Picasso, Matisse and Miro. Dane expanded the collections by including unique artists' books, commercially produced pop-up books, and even shopping bags. Dane has curated more than 300 exhibitions at the library, including such major displays as "A Salute to the Society of American Graphic Arts: 1915-1994," "Hidden Treasures of Japanese Art," and "The World in Prints." He is a board member of the Victorian Society in America, sits on the advisory board of the Printmaking Council of New Jersey, and is a member of the Grolier Club, as well as the Art Libraries Society of North America. Dane is also listed in Who's Who in American Art. Dane said he plans to spend his retirement traveling and visiting museums and galleries. His first stop will be Puerto Rico in February where he has vacationed annually for the last 50 years. For additional information, see the Newark Public Library press release. Top of Page 30 November 2009: The Transitions Motivated by the unfortunately-growing number of ARLIS/NA and Visual Resources Association (VRA) members who recently have been either laid off or forced into retirement because of current harsh economic times, Maureen Burns, Leigh Gates, and Margaret Webster have established both a Google Group and a related LinkedIn Group named "The Transitions" to provide a forum for visual resource or art library professionals who, for whatever reason, are in transition in their careers. The Google Group will provide a private environment while the contents of the LinkedIn Group will be publicly visible to anyone who wishes to access it. The hope is that these sites will be used to discuss issues of concern, share experiences, post documents of interest, keep in touch with professional colleagues, and to gain access to relevant resources. It is anticipated that these groups will develop organically and take shape in ways which will provide practical career management information and emotional support to those who choose to join. Initially posted on the Google Group site is an Online Resources page where useful links are listed for job searching, volunteer opportunities, and networking. Also posted are some professional opportunities which had not appeared on ARLIS_L or VRA_L and an ongoing discussion of what make an effective curriculum vitae or resume. Both the ARLIS/NA and VRA executive boards have agreed to support these efforts, and a web presence and an open invitation to join should appear soon on their respective web sites. After the initial invitation to members of both organizations was made in early August, over 20 people joined The Transitions. These members included those who have retired, been laid off, or are actively searching for professional or volunteer positions. It is hoped that participation in these groups will encourage those who, for whatever reason, are going through a career transition to remain active and vital within their profession. As a group member one will be able to engage in discussions, add and edit documents, invite new members, and connect with colleagues. In order to preserve membership privacy, it is asked that anyone interested in joining the Google Group inquire directly to Maureen Burns, Leigh Gates, or Margaret Webster. It is hoped that ARLIS/NA and VRA members will spread the word to both former and current colleagues who might benefit from participation. 29 October 2009: ARLIS/NA-VRAF SEI PRO 2010 ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) announce SEI Pro 2010: ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management. In the current climate of abrupt organizational change and widespread financial cutbacks, many visual resource professionals are realizing that they need to broaden their expertise and re-focus their activities and services in order to survive and thrive in an ever-evolving technological landscape. In response to the current climate this year's SEI is designed to serve those with more advanced experience who need to acquire new skills and expertise. SEI Pro 2010 is also targeted at anyone who needs an intense, rapid introduction to managing image or digital asset collections and we encourage participation. The SEI Pro 2010 will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from June 9 to June 12, 2010. Participants will receive a dated Certificate of Completion, signed by the president and/or director of the ARLIS/NA and VRAF. Top of Page 7 October 2009: New ARLIS/NA Reviews on Web Site Editors Doug Litts and Terrie Wilson have announced that the Otober/November 2009 ARLIS/NA Reviews have been published on the ARLIS/NA web site. Reviews previously published online and those published only in Art Documentation are also available for viewing. 29 September 2009: Design a New Cover for Art Documentation The Communications and Publications Committee has announced a competition to redesign the cover of Art Documentation, ARLIS/NA's flagship journal. The prize will be a free one-year membership in ARLIS/NA or the cash equivalent, and a credit printed in the journal. ARLIS/NA members and design students at ARLIS/NA members' institutions are eligible to participate. See the submission guidelines for additional information. ARLIS/NA members will have the opportunity to view the submitted designs and vote on a shorlist, from which the winning design will be selected by a jury. The winning design will be announced in early 2010 and will debut with the Spring 2010 issue of Art Documentation. 21 September 2009: Internship Award 2009-10 The ARLIS/NA Internship Award Sub-Committee is now accepting applications for its annual Internship Award. The award provides financial support for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. The award grants $2,500 to the selected recipient to support a period of internship in an art library or visual resources collection. The deadline for applications is October 15, 2009. 24 August 2009: The Education Subcommittee Announces Lunchtime Chats The ARLIS/NA Education Subcommittee will periodically host Lunchtime Chats via Meebo on topics related to art librarianship and visual resources management. The first chat will be held on Friday, September 18, 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time. Barbara Rockenbach will moderate the chat titled "Visual Literacy in Your Library." (09/16/09) New Online Publication on Best Practices in Cataloging Exhibition Publications Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices: SUBJECTS was written and compiled by Lynda Bunting, Sherman Clarke, Marly Helm, S. Isidor Justeson, Elizabeth Lilker, Elizabeth O'Keefe, Sarah Quimby, Daniel Starr, Lori Van Deman. This new Online Publication provides invaluable insights into cataloging subject heading fields for exhibition catalogs--illuminating the particular issues and challenges associated with these 6xx fields, including meeting names, named works of art, and the use of genre terms. This publication of best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21. The cataloging of exhibition publications poses unique challenges to new and experienced catalogers alike. These types of publications often require more use of a cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying data. Decision-making about the choice of a primary access point can be quite involved, and local practices and guidelines greatly affect how an exhibition publication is cataloged. This new online publication is the third devoted to providing best practice guidelines for cataloging exhibition catalogs. The first two in the series are: Title and Statement of Responsibility Note Fields Top of Page 29 July 2009: 2008 ARLIS/NA Research Awards The following ARLIS/NA Research Awards were announced at the 37th annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, in May 2009. H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant The 2008 H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Grant award winners are Michael Young, University of Connecticut, and Ian McDermott, Yale University. Michael Young's award will support research travel to Italy for his project "Santa Casa in Bohemia Sacra: Czech Baroque Copies in the Holy House of Loreto" leading to a scholarly article. Ian McDermott's award will support research travel to Los Angeles for his project "Views of Los Angeles: a Historical and Statistical Analysis of Ed Ruscha's Artist's Books" leading to an online publication that will include an exhibition that will map locations in Ruscha's books along with critical texts about the locations. Worldwide Books Award for Publications The 2008 Worldwide Books Award for Publications recipients are Hee-Gwone Yoo, New York Public Library, and Kristen Regina, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, for their book Visual Resources from Russia and Eastern Europe in the New York Public Library: A Checklist. This work is an essential resource for anyone interested in Slavic visual materials. Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources The 2008 Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources recipients are Lynda Bunting, Skye Lacerte, and Julie Yamashita for their online exhibition "MOCA Exhibition Archive." The "MOCA Exhibition Archive," which documents the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, is an excellent model for projects similar in nature and serves a broad audience for those interested in contemporary art. 20 July 2009: Melva J. Dwyer Award The recipient of this year's Melva J. Dwyer Award is Dr. Serena Keshavjee for her book Winnipeg Modern: Architecture 1945-1975 published by University of Manitoba Press. The award is given to the creators of exceptional reference or research tools relating to Canadian art and architecture. 29th Annual George Wittenborn Book Awards The 29th Annual George Wittenborn Book Awards were presented by ARLIS/NA at the annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 17. One outstanding book published in 2008 was selected to receive the award and a second was selected for honorable mention. The award winner is Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe by Thomas Krens, Alexandra Munroe, and Cai Guo-Qiang, and published by the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Muraqqa' Imperial Mughal albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin by Elaine Julia Wright and published by Art Services International in Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded honorable mention. Top of Page 7 May 2009: 2009 Study Tour to Germany The International Relations Committee of ARLIS/NA is happy to announce the 2009 study tour to Germany, which will take place October 19-23 (immediately following the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 14-18). The trip will officially begin in Berlin on the morning of October 19. The group will visit Berlin and Munich, with a possible side trip to Dessau (Bauhaus) and an optional extension of the trip (Saturday, October 24) to Weimar. For more information, contact Linda Seckelson. ARLIS/NA Announces 2009 Conference Travel Awards The following travel award winners were announced at the 37th annual ARLIS/NA conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 16-21. ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award Rodica Tanjala Krauss, Frick Art Reference Library Student Conference Attendance Award Meredith Kahn, Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, University of Michigan and Graduate Student, University of Michigan School of Information Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance Allison Schulte, Tom of Finland Foundation and Graduate Student, California State University, San Jose Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Janine Henri, UCLA Arts Library Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance Caroline Caviness, Rutgers University AskART Conference Attendance Award Krista Ivy, University of California, Riverside Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Award Martha Gonzalez Palacios, University of Texas at Austin Visit the awards Web page for information about conference travel awards. Top of Page 13 April 2009: Handbook and List of Members for 2009 Now Available The Handbook and List of Members for 2009 is now available in the members' area of the ARLIS/NA Web site. Members may login using the MemberClicks username and password; click on the link "Download the 2009 Handbook." For the first time, the handbook is being made available exclusively in portable document format (PDF). The content and appearance follows the precedent set by earlier editions, and contains administrative information, leadership and group rosters, sponsorship and awards information, as well as alphabetical lists of individual, institutional, and business affiliate members of record as of March 16, 2009 (hence the new single-year designation). Member indexes by institution and by geographic location conclude the document. 2009 Conference Sponsorship Announced The Development Committee has announced that thrity-two sponsors have generously provided support for the 2009 annual conference in Indianapolis. These contributions collectively enable ARLIS/NA to fulfill its mission to foster excellence in the field through the sharing of ideas, the funding of awards, and the opportunity for networking. ARLIS/NA recognizes and thanks all our sponsors listed below. SOCIETY AFFILIATE GOLD SPONSORS ARTstor Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Indianapolis Museum of Art SOCIETY AFFILIATE SILVER SPONSORS AskART F.A. Bernett Books SOCIETY AFFILIATE BRONZE SPONSORS Betty Jo Irvine Proquest Richard Minsky Worldwide Books SOCIETY AFFILIATE SPONSORS Erasmus Herron School of Art and Design J. Paul Getty Trust AWARD SPONSORS AskART Howard Karno Books, Inc. H.W. Wilson Foundation Puvill Libros Worldwide Books OTHER SPONSORS AND DONORS ARLIS/DC-MD-VA Chapter ARLIS/Delaware Valley ARLIS/Midstates ARLIS/Mountain West ARLIS/New York Metropolitan ARLIS/Northern California ARLIS/Ohio Valley ARLIS/Southern California ARLIS/Texas-Mexico ARLIS/Twin Cities Artprice Casalini Libri Duncan Systems Specialists, Inc HARRASSOWITZ Indiana University Library, Bloomington IUPUI University Library Indiana University Press Michael Shamansky Bookseller Inc. OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Swann Galleries Visit the Indianapolis conference sponsorship Web page for more information about the sponsors. Top of Page 2 April 2009: ARLIS/NA Seeking an ARLIS/NA Reviews Editor The executive board invites applications for the position of ARLIS/NA Reviews Editor. Joan Stahl, who has held the position starting with the winter 1992 issue of Art Documentation, is stepping down this year. ARLIS/NA Reviews, an online feature available on the society's Web site, provides insightful evaluations of new and recent publications in a wide range of topics in art, design, architecture, and related fields, with particular emphasis on scholarly, professional, and reference publications. The ARLIS/NA Reviews Editor is appointed by the president for a two-year, renewable, term. The incumbent works with the ARLIS/NA Web site editor and participates on the Communications & Publications Committee. The reviews editor is responsible for all content posted to the reviews feature on the ARLIS/NA Web site. The editor works closely with publishers, reviewers and the society's Web site editor to establish a posting timetable and determine feature content. Major responsibilities include preparing reviewer guidelines, soliciting review copies from publishers, assigning reviews and mailing titles to reviewers, collecting signed publication agreements from reviewers, obtaining "cover art" image files from publishers for reviewed titles, editing all reviews, preparing "Books Received" bibliography, and formatting all reviews and submiting them in required format to the Web site editor. Members with proven editorial experience, knowledge of research methods and documentation of art history, and familiarity with art publishing and resources are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and resume (electronic format preferred) to Roger Lawson, chair of the Communications and Publications Committee, by May 1, 2009. Any inquiries about the position may also be directed to Roger Lawson. An evaluation subcommittee consisting of the chair of the Communications and Publications Committee, ARLIS/NA appointed editors, and a representative from the Reference and Information Services Section will review applications. Candidates who submit resumes by April 15 and plan to attend the annual conference in Indianapolis will be invited to meet with a member of the subcommittee for an interview, but all qualified applicants will be given full consideration. The subcommittee will make a recommendation to the executive board for appointment no later than May 15, 2009. 19 March 2009: 2008-2009 Internship Award Recipient Selected Adrienne Lai is the 2008-2009 recipient of the ARLIS/NA Internship Award. Lai is a candidate for Joint Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies graduate degrees at the University of British Columbia. She holds a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in Vancouver, B.C. and a MFA from the University of California, Irvine. She currently serves as events coordinator and communications director for the Special Library Association's student chapter at the University of British Columbia. Ms. Lai is on a career trajectory for employment in an academic art library or visual resources collection. Top of Page 19 January 2009: Judith Hoffberg (May 19, 1934-January 16, 2009) ARLIS/NA mourns the passing of Judith Hoffberg, May 19, 1934-January 16, 2008. Ms. Hoffberg was a co-founder of ARLIS/NA and served as the society's first chairman in 1973 and as executive secretary from 1974 to 1977. She also edited the ARLIS/NA newsletter from 1972 to 1977. An interview of Ms. Hoffberg about the early years of ARLIS/NA was published in the Spring 2008, v.27, no.1, issue of Art Documentation. In 1978 Ms. Hoffberg founded Umbrella Associates and began issuing Umbrella, a newsletter about artists' books and publications that had a transformational impact in the field. Ms. Hoffberg's many accomplishments and the founding role she played in ARLIS/NA will be celebrated at the membership meeting at the 37th Annual Conference in Indianapolis. 16 January 2009: New Online Publication on Best Practices in Cataloging Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices: NOTES, authored by the Cataloging Advisory Committee, provides invaluable recommendations for cataloging the "Notes" fields in records for exhibition catalogs--illuminating all the particular issues and challenges associated with these 5xx fields. The best practices publications are devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21. This first cataloging best practices publication is devoted to the title and statement of responsibility fields of the MARC record. Online publications are available free of charge on the ARLIS/NA Web site. Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship Goes into Second Printing A second printing of Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship (ARLIS/NA Occassional Paper no.16) has been announced by co-publishers ARLIS/NA and Scarecrow Press. The second printing, though not considered a second edition, includes extensive changes, including an augmented index. Top of Page 4 December 2008: Communications and Publications Committee Announces New Online Publication Fine Arts and Visual Resources Librarianship: A Directory of Library Science Programs in North America compiled and presented by Sarah Carter, Rebecca Cooper, and Karan Rinaldo, compiles and presents the extensive survey information from 39 of the 56 American Library Association accredited library science programs in North America and includes at least concise information about each program. This free, online publication is intended to provide useful information to those seeking a master's degree in library and information science with the goal of entering into art librarianship or visual resources as a career. 12 November 2008: New Executive Board Members Announced The Nominating Committee has announced the incoming 2009 Executive Board members. Vice-President/President Elect: Marilyn Russell Secretary: V. Heidi Hass Education Liaison: Tony White Development and Membership Liaison: Kim Collins Chapters Liaison: Vanessa Kam For information about the new board members, read their candidate's statements and resumes. Changes to Art Documentation Kathy Zimon will be stepping down as contents co-editor of Art Documentation with the Fall 2008 issue. During her seven-year tenure, Kathy was dedicated to making Art Documentation the valuable professional resource that it is today. As the publication moves forward, Judy Dyki will continue as content editor and Eileen Markson will continue as copy editor. Beginning in 2009, Art Documentation will become a peer-reviewed publication. A recent membership survey indicated that this is an important consideration for many potential authors when submitting articles for publication; it will also enhance the overall quality of the journal. The editors will collaborate with members of the Communications and Publications Committee to develop a new review process, contributor guidelines, and production schedule which will be in place for the Fall 2009 issue. The Spring 2009 issue will use a modified peer review process during the transition. Top of Page 24 October 2008: Pratt & Brooklyn Museum Awarded IMLS Grant for Museum Library Education The Pratt School of Information and Library Science and the Brooklyn Museum have received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to support a project titled M-LEAD (Museum Library Education and Digitization). Pratt and the Brooklyn Museum will recruit and provide scholarships to thirty students, educating them for careers in museum librarianship in the digital age. The project partners will also produce and widely disseminate a study of the current state of museum library education. For more information, visit the M-LEAD Web site. Digital Karnak Project Website Launched The Digital Karnak Project announces the launch of its web site. The Project, based at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to make the ancient Egyptian site of Karnak more accessible to students and instructors in the English-speaking world. Web site features have been designed to provide easily accessible, up-to-date, expert material relating to the famous temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, located in modern day Luxor, Egypt. 15 September 2008: Patricia Barnett Retires from Frick Art Reference Library After thirteen years as the Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Patricia Barnett has retired from the Frick Art Reference Library. Her accomplishments under three directors of The Frick Collection redefined the Library for the twenty-first century as a welcoming center for research with expanded services and resources. Ms Barnett intends to enter the next phase of her professional career by serving the broader art library and information communities through consulting. Top of Page 9 September 2008: Kristen Regina Edits New Publication Kristen Regina has edited Visual Resources from Russia and Eastern Europe in The New York Public Library, A Checklist, the first attempt to analyze the Library's illustrated books and works on paper in detail. Regina, chief art librarian of the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Art Research Library in Washington, D.C., also wrote the introduction. The publication will be available on November 1, 2008. 8 July 2008: New ARLIS/NA Treasurer President Ken Soehner has announced that Ted Goodman has agreed to fill the recently vacated treasurer position on the executive board. Mr. Goodman is a former ARLIS/NA president (2001) and served as treasurer (1992-1993). In addition, he served as co-chair of the conferences held in New York in 1990 and 2004, chair of the Development Committee in 1994 and the Wittenborn Committee in 1991, and chair of the New York chapter in 1999. 27 May 2008: IRC Study Tour of the Netherlands The International Relations Committee (IRC) has organized a study tour of the Netherlands to be held from October 26 to November 1, 2008. Highlights of the tour will include the Amsterdam Public Library; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; University of Utrecht Library; Delft Technische Universiteit Library; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and a review of the project to digitize Van Gogh's letters; Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica manuscript collection; Special Collections of the University Library of Amsterdam housed in three 17th century houses; a hardhat tour of renovations to the Stedelijk Museum; and an evening canal cruise. Members of the study tour will also participate in an international discussion with the Dutch hosts about different library practices in North America and the Netherlands. The study tour will be able to accommodate ten to twenty ARLIS/NA members. An application form including additional information is available on the IRC Web site. Applications are due July 1, 2008. Top of Page 22 May 2008: New ARLIS/NA Conference Speaker Fund Announced The Alternative Voices Speakers Fund has been set up to bring a diversity of voices to the annual conference by encouraging the participation of non-ARLIS/NA speakers from traditionally underrepresented racial or ethnic groups. The fund supports attendance costs and a small honorarium for recommended speakers who self-identify with one or more traditionally underrepresented racial or ethnic groups. To support the selection of speakers, an Alternative Voices Speakers Fund Committee will be established consisting of the current conference program chairs, Diversity Committee chairs, and the ARLIS/NA liaison to the ALA Office for Diversity. Proposals will be submitted as part of the regular conference session proposal process. Diversity had been a priority of the Society for over 15 years and this fund enables diversity to be a key part of all its national conferences going forward. Samuel H. Kress Foundation Contributes to ARLIS/NA-VRA SEI The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has made a generous contribution to underwrite attendance at the ARLIS/NA-VRA Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management for currently enrolled library school students. For year one (SEI 2008) up to four students will be selected to receive funds to offset expenses. Year two, SEI 2009, will entail a competitive process and will allow two students to attend SEI with all conference costs covered. 24 April 2008: New Online Publication Announced: Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices--Title and Statement of Responsibility The Publications Committee announces the launch of a new ARLIS/NA publication, Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices--Title and Statement of Responsibility. The publication of best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee, is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21. This first section of best practice guidelines is devoted to the title and statement of responsibility fields of the MARC record. This division of record elements follows the data field divisions set forth by the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD): title and statement of responsibility area; edition area; type and extent of resource area; publication, distribution, etc., area; physical description area; series area; note area; standard number (or alternative) and terms of availability area. The online publication is availabe free of charge on the ARLIS/NA Web site. Ringling College of Art and Design Library Funding Goal Reached and New Staff Announced Kathleen List, director of library services at the Ringling College of Art and Design Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library, reports that the Ringling College Library Association announced that they have completed their initial funding goal of $2,000,000 for an endowment they established in 1999. The endowment is an important component of the library association's strategic financial planning to ensure perpetual support of library acquisitions for the library. The announcement follows closely on the heels of their announcement in April of $2,000,000 toward the construction of a new library for the college. The Ringling College Library Association is an independent, volunteer organization founded in 1975 to support the education of visual artists and designers through the ongoing development of the Kimbrough Library. Sarah Carter has joined the staff of the library as instruction and research services librarian, a newly established position beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year. She is a graduate of Indiana University's dual degree program, and holds an MLS in library science and an MA in art history. Sarah has taken over responsibility for the library's instruction program and expanded the research and reference services offered. College of Visual Arts Receives IMLS Connection to Collections Bookshelf Kathryn Heuer, library director at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, is pleased to announce that the library has been selected to receive the IMLS (Institute of Museums and Library Services) Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. The contents of the bookshelf were selected by a panel of conservation and preservation experts; it includes an essential set of books, online resources, and a user's guide that can help small libraries and museums care for their collections. The IMLS Bookshelf was made possible by a cooperative agreement with the American Association for State and Local History and with support from the Getty Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Chilin Yu Retires from Columbus College of Art & Design Chilin Yu has retired from the Columbus College of Art & Design Packard Library after forty-six years of service as library director. Gail Storrer has been appointed library director. Gail has a degree in music education from Alfred University and an MS in Library Science from Simmons College. ARLIS/NA and VRA Joint Task Force on Collaboration Issue Final Report ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) Joint Task Force on Collaboration has issued it's final report. The task force was established to investigate the relationship between the two associations and to recommend collaborative possibilities. Top of Page 4 March 2008: 2008 Conference Sponsorship Announced The Development Committee has announced that fifty sponsors have generously provided more than $35,000 in support of the 2008 annual conference in Denver. These contributions collectively enable ARLIS/NA to fulfill its mission to foster excellence in the field through the sharing of ideas, the funding of awards, and the opportunity for networking. In particular, the committee recognizes the Society Affiliate Gold, Silver, and Bronze sponsors, as well as the stalwart award sponsors: GOLD Saskia Denver Art Museum SILVER Ars Libri, Ltd. F.A. Bernett Books BRONZE ARTstor Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer Proquest AWARDS Andrew Cahan Photography Award AskART Conference Attendance Award H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award Howard & Beverly Joy Karno Award Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award [new this year; anonymously sponsored] Worldwide Books Award for Publication Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources For a complete list of sponsors, visit the Denver conference Sponsorship page. 2008 Annual Conference Travel Awards Announced The Travel Awards Committee has announced the travel award recipients for 2008. The awards will be presented at the Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 2nd, at the 36th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award: Ellie Ward, Akron Art Museum Student Conference Attendance Award: Rebecca Cooper, Society of the Cincinnati Library Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance: Yolanda Koscielski, University of British Columbia, School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture: Alan Michelson, University of Washington, Architecture and Urban Planning Library Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance: Tiffany Chao, University of Michigan School of Information Andrew Cahan Photography Award: Tom Caswell, University of Florida AskART Conference Attendance Award: Gabriela Zoller, G. Robert Strauss Jr. Memorial Library, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Award: Sandra Wiles, Phoenix Art Museum Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Research Library Recieves Grant The Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass has received a Save Our History Grant from The History Channel for the Stories from the Crystal City project. The library will partner with the High School Learning Center, an alternative public school program for at-risk youth, to collect oral histories from Corning-area glassworkers. The students will create a documentary tracing the history of the glassmaking industry in Corning. In addition to the documentary, students will create an exhibit that will include recordings from their interviews and photographs of the factories, workers, and glass products. The exhibit will be shown at the Corning Museum of Glass. Top of Page 20 March 2008: The Research and Scholars Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Launches Online Newsletter The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Research and Scholars Center has a new online newsletter. The inaugural issue was launched in the fall of 2007, and a spring issue will be forthcoming shortly. 5 March 2008: ARLIS/UK & Ireland Announces International Delegate Award for Annual Conference ARLIS/UK & Ireland is pleased to announce its 2008 Annual Conference International Delegate Award, designed to encourage attendance and participation in the 2008 Annual Conference for art information professionals who reside outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The conference will be held at the University of Liverpool in the UK, July 23-25, 2008. For information about the conference and the award, see the conference Web site. 18 February 2008: B.J. Kish Irvine Graduate Scholarship Established at Indiana University In an effort to see the art librarianship specialization continue in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Betty Jo (B.J.) Kish Irvine has contributed funds to establish the B.J. Kish Irvine Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship will support students who are pursuing fine arts librarianship including specializations in print, image, digital and electronic collections and applications. During her forty years at Indiana University, Ms. Kish Irvine distinguised herself as the quintessential art librarian, responsible for the planning, administration, collection development, and reference services of the Fine Arts Library. In addition, she established and served as the director of the Specialization in Art Librarianship program in the School of Library and Information Science, and taught, mentored, and encouraged students in all areas of art and visual resources librarianship and art history. For more information about the scholarship and how to contribute, contact Tony White, head, Fine Arts Library. Elinor Nacheman Publishes Reference Book Elinor Nacheman has published a reference book titled Unveiled: A Directory and Guide to 19th Century Born Artists Active in Rhode Island and Where to Find Their Work in Publicly Accessible Rhode Island Collections. A culmination of two sabbatical leaves, the book is self published with the help of an ARLIS/NE Wolfgang Freitag Award and faculty development funding from the Rhode Island School of Design, and is being distributed to participating institutions. Those interested in purchasing a copy of the book may contact Ms. Nacheman. Top of Page 4 February 2008: Registration Open for July 2008 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management (SEI) Registration for the fifth joint ARLIS/NA and Visual Resources Association (VRA) sponsored Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management (SEI) is now open. The 2008 SEI will be held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from July 7 through July 13. It is an intensive five-day workshop intended to provide instruction in visual resources and image collection management. ARLIS/NA and VRA have developed a special curriculum to provide intensive training in these areas--training that is often not found in library and information science degree programs. The Summer Educational Institute will be relevant for beginning visual resources professionals as well as experienced professionals requiring new skills and knowledge. Instructors will be drawn from professionals in the field of visual resources and library and information science. Tuition will be $675 for ARLIS/NA and VRA members and $725 for non-members. Accommodations in a James Madison University air-conditioned dormitory will be available for approximately $31 a night. A cafeteria-style meal plan will also be offered at approximately $22 per day. Information on instructors, the syllabus, accommodations, and registration procedures are available on the SEI Web site. Cincinnati Art Museum Awarded a Library Servies and Technology Act Full Grant The Cincinnati Art Museum has been awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Full Grant for $125,002 to support the automation project of its Mary R. Schiff Library in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Libraries. The automation project will allow users nationwide greater access to the rich and extensive collection of visual arts resources housed in the Art Museum's library. The project will convert the library's paper catalog to an automated system and will make it possible to add the resources to the statewide OhioLINK system. Top of Page 19 December 2007: ARLIS/NA Announces New Executive Board Members The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced that the candidates presented to the Society have been approved by acclamation. Amy Lucker, Rijn Templeton, Liv Valmestad, and Barbara Rominski will join the ARLIS/NA Executive Board in 2008. They will begin their terms at the Membership Meeting at the annual conference in Denver as Vice-President/President Elect, Treasurer, Canadian Representative, and West Regional Representative respectively. Please see the Members' Area for statements from the incoming Board members. ARLIS/NA Member Bill Dane in the News An article celebrating William J. Dane's work as Keeper of the Prints at the Newark Public Library appeared in the New York Times on December 18. The article, "Keeper of an Unlikely Trove, Gutenberg to Warhol" by Andrew Jacobs, can be seen on the New York Times Web site. For further reading about Mr. Dane, read "A Journal to Mr. Dewey's 700s: Speaking with Bill Dane," an interview conducted by Tom Jacoby and Eileen Markson published in the Spring 2005 issue of Art Documentation (vol.24, no.1, p. 42-49). 14 December 2007: Shilpa Rele Receives ARLIS/NA 2007-2008 Internship Award Shilpa Rele, a MLIS candidate in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California Los Angeles, has been awarded the ARLIS/NA 2007-2008 Internship Award. The prestigious award grants $2,500 to support a period of internship for a student preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. In addition, Ms. Rele will receive a one-year complimentary membership in ARLIS/NA. Ms. Rele also holds masters degrees in art history from the University of Minnesota and in history from the University of Mumbai in India. She is focused on a career as a visual resources professional and is particularly interested in issues related to information retrieval and digital preservation of visual collections. For additional information about the Internship Award visit the award Web page. While only one ARLIS/NA Internship Award is granted each year, ARLIS/NA does maintain a list of paid and unpaid internship opportunities; interested students and potential hosts are encouraged to visit the Internship Roster Web site for more information. Top of Page 16 November 2007: Brown University Library Awarded a Collaborative Planning Grant The Brown University Library has been awarded a Collaborative Planning Grant by the Institute of Library and Museum Services for the purpose of working with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum and the Fleet Library at RISD to develop a new database architecture for the Gorham Company Archive. The proposed database will allow libraries and museums to share knowledge concerning the Gorham Manufacturing Company and its silver products. Additional information about the project can be found on the Brown Library Web site. 10 November 2007: Harvard University Art Museums Receives Award from Getty Foundation's Archival Grants Program The Harvard University Art Museums received an award from the Getty Foundation's Archival Grants Program. With the help of this grant, the Art Museums will continue to analyze and catalog much of its archival collections, ensuring the preservation of the papers of esteemed Art Museum principals of the 20th Century, such as Edward Forbes, Paul Sachs, and Agnes Mongan. 9 October 2007: ARLIS/NA and VRA Announce Plans for Joint Conference in 2011 ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) have announced that they will hold a joint conference in Minneapolis in 2011 on March 23-29 at the Hilton Minneapolis. The conference will offer a unique opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in a culturally exciting venue. A number of exciting developments over the past few years in the Twin Cities should make the meeting in Minneapolis compelling. The memberships will greatly benefit from visiting a city with so much cultural progress and an area where the art information profession has been directly affiliated with this growth. 8 October 2007: ARTstor Support for Conference Speakers ARTstor has generously offered to direct its support of ARLIS/NA toward conference speakers. ARTstor's support will help ARLIS attract high quality speakers to its conferences. Their continuing support in the form of a $1500 annual contribution to underwrite a conference speaker or speakers to be selected by the conference planners is greatly appreciated. The non-member speakers will provide expert voices on topics potentially as diverse as visual literacy, networked environments, interoperability, digital media, intellectual property, and beyond. In addition to its support of conference speakers, ARTstor continues to support the ARLIS/NA and VRA Summer Educational Institute in its critical mission. Top of Page 2 August 2007: Barnes Foundation's Archives and Library Department Completes Grant Project The Barnes Foundation's Archives and Library Department has recently completed a major processing project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The 2004 grant provided funding for a full-time processing archivist and for supplies and technical assistance to re-house, arrange, and create finding aids and catalogue records for early records of the Barnes Foundation and its founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes. For more information, visit the Barnes Foundation's Archives and Library Web site. 13 July 2007: Tom Caswell Publishes Article Tom Caswell recently published "Museum Studies: Online Resources for Students and Practitioners" in the Internet Resources section of the v.68, no.7, July/August 2007 issue of C&RL News. 4 May 2007: New York Studio School Receives NEH Preservation Grant The John McEnroe Library at the New York Studio School recently received a National Endowment for the Humanites Preservation Assistance Grant. The grant will cover the cost of a consultant to assess the library's archival holdings of audio and audio visual materials and how best to preserve them. The archive consists of recordings of artists, critics, and art historians discussing various topics, and dates from the mid-1960's. Speakers include Philip Guston, John Cage, Kiki Smith, Louis Finkelstein, Karen Wilken, Robert Rosenblum, Bill Jensen, Sir Anthony Caro and Elizabeth Murray. Top of Page 3 May 2007: Ontario College of Art & Design Receives Gifts and Grants Ontario College of Art & Design has been awarded over $650,000 in gifts and grants toward the development of collections, content, and services. The library accepted 6,400 gifts-in-kind, including the inventory of an entire design bookstore, valued at $408,000. As a member of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), the school was allocated $101,900 of a $19 million federal grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation for digital content development in social sciences and humanities. As a member of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), the library received another $101,900 in matching provincial funding from the Ontario Research Fund for the CRKN project. OCUL applied for and received two grants of $750K each from Ontario Buys for an OCUL E-Books Service and an Ontario Data Extraction and Infrastructure Service (OCAD's share is approximately $6,750 of each of these grants). OCAD also received an additional $30,000 in new digital content as a result of an $8 million investment by the Ontario Government to Knowlege Ontario for the Ontario Digital Library. Knowlegege Ontario is a collaboration of libraries, cultural heritage organizations, and educational institutions with a focus on connecting Ontarians to digital content to support their information and learning needs. School of Visual Arts Library Opens Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives In October 2006, the Visual Arts Library at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City opened the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives. The Archive seeks to collect, preserve, and make accessible design works of significant historical and artistic value. The founding gift was from designer/illustrator Milton Glaser, an instructor and board member at SVA since 1961. The collection provides a complete overview of Glaser's work--approximately 700 pieces of original art, 1,700 sketches, 380 posters, 150 prints as well as newspapers, magazines, album covers, menus, letterhead and other items designed by Mr. Glaser. The archive also holds an extensive collection of printed work by the design firm Chermayeff & Geismar; the Henry Wolf Collection, documenting the career of art director/designer/photographer Henry Wolf; and the Ed McCabe Collection of advertisements designed by McCabe. The Archives will continue to acquire materials in various formats with the intent of documenting the design process from concept to completion, especially by artists and designers of special renown who have been affiliated with SVA. Diane Sammet Receives Career Development Grant Diane Sammet, research and instruction librarian at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has received a Career Development Grant from the American Association of University Women to pursue her MFA in illustration at the University of Hartford. Diane will continue in her present position while undertaking the low-residency MFA program. She is also about to have a non-fiction piece she wrote titled "Circus to the Rescue" published in the May issue of AppleSeeds, a children's magazine. Jeff Gunderson Essay Published Jeff Gunderson, librarian at the San Francisco Art Institute, wrote the title essay for The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts published by Chronicle Books in July 2006. The book is by Stephanie Comer and Deborah Klochko. Top of Page 16 April 2007: Art Museum Libraries and Librarians Just Published Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship, co-published by ARLIS/NA and Scarecrow Press, and edited by Joan M. Benedetti, is now available. It covers every facet of art museum librarianship in sixty-one essays written by over forty practicing art museum librarians. Topics range from the day-to-day activities of museum librarianship to major capital projects and management challenges common to this highly specialized and under-examined field. For more information, see the press release. Online Contributions to the Getty Vocabularies The Getty Vocabulary Program is now able to accept online contributions of new terms/names for the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), and Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). For more information, see the program Web form. Bulk contributions may be submitted via the Getty's prescribed XML format. Please contact the Getty Vocabulary Program with questions or for more information. 13 April 2007: 2007 ARLIS/NA Conference Travel Awards Announced The Travel Awards Committee announces the recipients of the travel awards to attend the 35th annual conference in Atlanta. The Conference Attendance Awards go to Laura Schwartz, University of Texas at Austin, and Elizabeth Berenz, Roger Williams University. The Andrew Cahan Photography Award recipient is Karen Rinaldo, Princeton University. The AskART Conference Attendance Award winner is Christine Hennessey, Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance winner is Tang Li, University of Maryland; and the Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance recipient is Sarah Carter, Indiana University. The Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Awards go to Christine Sala and Paula Gabbard, both from Columbia University. The Puvill Libros Award recipients are Anna Maria Poma-Swank, PoloMuseale Fiorentino, and Michel Nijhoff, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Congratulations to all travel award winners! For more information about ARLIS/NA travel awards, visit awards and honors. 10 April 2007: 2007 ARLIS/NA Research Awards Announced The Worldwide Books Award for Publications goes to Martin Aurand, librarian and archivist, School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, for his book, The Spectator and the Topographical City, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2006. The Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources is shared this year between Jeanne Brown, head, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library, for her resource, "Las Vegas Architects and Buildings Database" and Susan Craig, head librarian, Murphy Art and Architecture Library, University of Kansas, for her work, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)." Congratulations to the three ARLIS/NA Research Award recipients! Should Art Documentation be Peer-Reviewed? In March of 2007, the ARLIS/NA Publications Committee invited all Society members to participate in a brief survey on the topic of peer review, with particular regard to the journal Art Documentation. Analysis of the responses is now underway and recommendations are forthcoming. Supporting this survey were two documents that informed Socity members about the issues surrounding peer review and Art Documentation. Rebecca Price's study on peer review and Art Documentation co-editor Judy Dyki's list of selected journals and their peer-reviewed status remain accessible in the Society's Online Publications section. Top of Page 27 March 2007: Feedback Needed on the Assessment Task Force Report and Recommendations! The Assessment Task Force report including recommendations for restructuring ARLIS/NA is now available in the Members' Area of the Web site under "ARLIS/NA Organizational Assessment." The task force encourages all ARLIS/NA members to read the report and make your opinions heard. A blog has been set up for you to provide your comments about the report. You can add comments by selecting "What are your thoughts?". Annonymous comments can be made by skipping the name, mail, and website boxes. If you want to start a new thread/topic, you will have to register first. To register, select "Register" under "Meta." 23 March 2007: Survey on ARLIS/NA and Visual Resources Association (VRA) Collaboration The ARLIS/NA-VRA Joint Task Force on Collaboration seeks input from members of both organizations about collaborative opportunities and challenges. Complete the survey to contribute your creative thoughts and opinions on this topic. Discussions with the task force will also be scheduled at the ARLIS/NA and VRA conferences. The session at the ARLIS/NA conference will be held on Saturday, April 28, 5:00-6:30 p.m., in the Highlands Room, Sheraton Colony Square Hotel. The discussion at the VRA conference will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the Conference Suite 141, at the Intercontinental Kansas City at the Plaza. 19 March 2007: Survey on Peer Review of Art Documentation The ARLIS/NA Publications Committee invites all Society members to participate in a brief survey on the topic of peer review, with particular regard to the journal Art Documentation. Your responses will help determine if this approach would be appropriate for this publication; your opinions will also assist the editors in their continuing efforts to present timely, relevant, and well-written articles to the journal's pages. Before responding to the questions, we encourage you to read committee member Rebecca Price's study on peer review and Art Documentation co-editor Judy Dyki's list of selected journals and their peer-reviewed status. The Publications Committee, chaired by Roger Lawson, thanks you for your time and attention. Top of Page 12 January 2007: ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee Announces New 2007 Executive Board Members The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced that the candidates presented to the Society have been approved by acclamation. Kenneth Soehner, Rebecca Price, Amy Trendler, Cate Cooney, and Elizabeth Schaub will join the ARLIS/NA Executive Board in 2007. They will begin their terms at the Membership Meeting at the annual conference in Atlanta as Vice-President/President Elect, Secretary, Midwest Regional Representative, Northeast Regional Representative, and South Regional Representative respectively. Please go to the Members' Area for statements from the incoming Board members. 2006 Nominating Committee: Laura Schwartz, Chair Ellen Corrigan Ed Teague Allen Townsend Laurie Whitehill-Chong 6 November 2006: Committee seeks submissions to the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award competition The ARLIS/NA George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Committee requests submissions of notable art books to its George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award competition. The award is presented annually to publications demonstrating excellence in art publishing. Books, exhibition catalogues, and new periodical titles in any language, published in 2006 and originating from a North American publisher will be considered. Specific criteria used for selection can be found in the Selection Guidelines. For more information about the award and the submission process, visit the Award Web page. Announcement of the awards will take place in April 2007. The awards will be presented during the opening convocation of the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Award winning titles and individuals associated with them can expect to receive wide recognition in newspapers and journals of the library and publishing professions via press release announcements by ARLIS/NA. 5 October 2006: Recent Publication Sara Jean MacDonald, public services librarian and archivist at The University of the Arts has co-authored, with Eugene A. Bolt, Jr., the first book ever published on the history of the University. The University of the Arts was released in August, 2006, by Arcadia Publishing. Top of Page 26 July 2006: Member Mari Russell Receives Scholarship to Attend ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute Mari Russell, Ph.D., director of library programs at the Institute of American Indian Arts, has been selected to receive one of two Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) scholarships to attend the 2006 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. The institute will be held on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 6-12. The purpose of the scholarships is to support the participation of academic and research library leaders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities or those employed at Tribal Colleges and Universities. The institute is limited to 100 attendees. 14 July 2006: Interested in hosting the 2008 ARLIS/NA-VRA SEI? The ARLIS/NA and VRA Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management Committee is taking applications for hosting the 2008 and later SEIs. The hosting application can be found on the SEI Web site under "SEI Updates:". Questions should be directed to the committee co-chairs: Amy Lucker (lucker@fas.harvard.edu), ARLIS/NA co-chair and Karin Whalen (whalen@reed.edu), VRA co-chair. 10 May 2006: Wittenborn Book Award Winners Announced Read the Press Release 4 May 2006: Art Documentation Article by ARLIS/NA Member Dorothy Tao Receives Honors "Bibliographic Instruction for a Diverse Population: Understanding, Planning, and Teaching in the Twenty-First Century" by Dorothy Tao has been selected as one of the Top 20 Library Instruction articles of 2005 by the American Library Association Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT). Dorothy's article appeared in the volume 24, number 1, spring 2005, issue of Art Documentation. The article was reviewed by the Top 20 Committee of LIRT and selected from all the library instruction articles published in 2005. A citation for the article will be included in the annual "Top 20" list published by LIRT, which is an important resource for instruction librarians in all disciplines. Congratulations to Dorothy for this honor and to the Art Documentation editorial team--Judy Dyki, Kathy Zimon, and Eileen Markson--for supporting publication of such high-quality work. Top of Page 5 April 2006: Hillwood Library Awarded IPAM Grant Hillwood Museum & Gardens has been awarded an International Partnership Among Museums (IPAM) grant that will be used to create a Web-exhibition on the traditions of imperial Russian illustrated art books and journals. Hillwood's art librarian Kristen Regina is partnering with Olga Kudryavtseva, senior art researcher of The State Russian Museum Art Library in St. Petersburg, Russia, to conduct research for the exhibition and a corresponding brochure. The grant will fund six weeks of travel for each librarian to do research at the other's institution. For inquiries regarding the IPAM grant and Hillwood's Library, contact Kristen Regina. 15 March 2006: ARLIS/NA and VRA Annouce SEI Long-Term Planning Task Force ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) announce the appointment of a joint Summer Educational Institute (SEI) Long-Term Planning Task Force. The task force will be co-chaired by Eileen Fry, University of Indiana, and Amy Lucker, Harvard University. Other task force members are Hemalata Iyer, SUNY Albany; Trudy Jacoby, Princeton University; Jeanne Keefe, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Martha Mahard, Simmons College. The task force is charged with establishing a five-year strategic plan to develop the pedagogical goals for the SEI and exploring the long-term management, direction, and structure of the SEI. The SEI Long-Term Planning Task Force will report to the boards of ARLIS/NA and VRA and will meet for the first time at the ARLIS/NA conference in Banff in May 2006. A final task force report with recommendations will be submitted to the boards of both organizations in March 2007. 16 February 2006: NEW! Core Competencies and Core Curricula for the Art Library and Visual Resources Professions (Occasional Paper No. 15) By Heather Ball, Bella Karr Gerlich, Tula Giannini, Paul Glassman, B. J. Irvine, Amy Lucker, Joan Stahl, Mary Wassermann. An invaluable tool that guides art librarians and visual resource professionals through the issues and challenges of creating competency standards and allied curricula. This resource includes the ARLIS/NA core competency guidelines for art information professionals, bibliographies, and a selection of papers on management and competencies related to the visual resources profession. Also included are course materials, descriptions and curricula outlines from exemplary LIS programs focusing on arts, humanities, museum, and digital librarianship. 140 pages. Spiral Bound. $40.00. ISBN 0-942740-21-1 CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR COPY ONLINE. 13 February 2006: ARLIS/NA Compensation Survey Available Online A new ARLIS/NA online publication, ARLIS/NA 2004 Art/Architecture Librarians and Visual Resource Professionals Compensation Survey is now available on the Society's Web site. Compiled by Kathrin Dodds and Heather Ball, the survey promises to be a timely and valuable management and resource tool. The document is the result of an exhaustive survey and includes statistical analysis that, for the first time, provides an accurate representation of current pay levels for art, architecture, and visual resource professionals in the United States and Canada. Go to "Online Publications" to view all ARLIS/NA online publications. 7 February 2006: Mary Kandiuk Receives Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Award Mary Kandiuk, ARLIS/NA member and Visual Arts, Design & Theatre Librarian at York University Libraries, has been awarded the sixth Canadian Association of University Teachers' Academic Librarians' Distinguished Service Award. Kandiuk received the award for her outstanding service in furthering the status and working conditions of academic librarians and for her leadership skills. She was nominated by colleagues who said her work had influenced their advancement and participation as academic librarians. An announcement of the award and a photograph of Kandiuk receiving the award are included in the CAUT January 2006 Online Bulletin. 12 January 2006: Digital Image Database Standards Checklist Available The Standards Committee has announced the availability of the Digital Image Database Standards Checklist that may be used freely as a guide to evaluate digital image databases, presentations systems, or image repositories. The checklist was created by a subcommittee that includes Don Juedes, Deborah Boudewyns, Carole Ann Fabian, Trudy Jacoby, and Alan Michelson. The Standards Committee welcomes feedback from the ARLIS membership and encourages downloading the checklist and tailoring it for local use. Marilyn Carbonell Appointed Head of Nelson-Atkins Library Services The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced that Marilyn Carbonell has been appointed the new head of library services beginning January 2006. Carbonell previously held positions at the University of Missouri Kansas City University Libraries, most recently as assistant director for collection development for 18 years. Top of Page 20 December 2005: NEW Bibliographic Notes Now ONLINE! The topic is "Disaster Planning for the Art Library." 2 December 2005: Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines Available The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (UPDIG) is available for download and use without charge at: http://www.updig.org. The UPDIG aim to clarify issues affecting accurate reproduction and management of digital image files. The guidelines have three primary goals: digital images look the same as they transfer between devices, platforms and vendors; digital images are prepared in the correct resolution, at the correct size, for the device(s) on which they will be viewed or printed; digital images have metadata embedded that conform to the IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) standards, making the images searchable, providing usage and contact information, and stating their creators or copyright owners. Top of Page 17 October 2005: ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee Announces New 2006 Executive Board Members The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced that the candidates presented to the Society have been approved by acclamation. Deborah Ultan Boudewyns, Frances Y. Scott, Marilyn Nasserden, and Susan Koskinen will join the ARLIS/NA Executive Board in 2006. They will begin their terms at the Membership Meeting at the annual conference in Banff as Vice-President/President Elect, Treasurer, Canadian Representative, and West Regional Representative respectively. Click here to read statements from the incoming Executive Board Members [members only] 2005 Nominating Committee: 4 October 2005: Int'l Center of Photography & Eastman House Launch New Web Site The prototype of PhotoMuse.org, the collaborative Web site of the International Center of Photography and the George Eastman House can be viewed at http://www.photomuse.org. The Web site includes information about collections, joint exhibitions, and educational programming. New features will be added in 2005 with a planned launch of the Web site in 2006. 3 October 2005: Call for Proposals: Bliznakov Prize Call for proposals for the 6th Annual Milka Bliznakov Prize for research that advances knowledge of women's contributions to architecture and related design fields. The prize was created to encourage the use and growth of the International Archive of Women in Architecture. For more information, visit http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/Bliznakov/Prize2005.html. 9 September 2005: 2005/2006 ARLIS/NA Internship Award: Call for Applications The Internship Award Sub-committee of the ARLIS/NA Awards Committee is now accepting applications for the annual Internship Award. The ARLIS/NA Internship Program provides financial support for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. For more information about the award and instructions for applying, connect to http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/pdc/internship.htm. Top of Page 28 July 2005: ARLIS/NA & VRA Set a Date ARLIS/NA and VRA Executive Boards have approved the dates for the 2006 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management. The 2006 Institute will take place from June 11-16, 2006 at Reed College in Portland Oregon. Registration dates will be announced this Fall. To find out more, go to the 2005 SEI Web site. 18 July 2005: News from ARLIS/ANZ Results of a 2003 survey of art libraries in Australia are available on the Web at http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/visarts/vasurv.html. The National Library of Australia conducted the survey with assistance from ARLIS/ANZ. Reports on the 2004 Visual Arts Forum held by the National Library to discuss the survey and means for improving access to visual arts resources in Australia are available at http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/visarts/vaindex.html. 14 June 2005: ARLIS/NA Member Receives ARLIS/UK & Ireland International Delegate Award! ARLIS/NA member Nedda Ahmed has been selected by ARLIS/UK & Ireland to receive the third Annual Conference International Delegate Award. Nedda will attend the 31st annual conference, Rough Diamonds: Polishing Partnerships with Creative Industries, to be held at Aston University, Birmingham, July 7-9, 2005. Congratulations Nedda! 2 June 2005: NEW Issue of ARLIS/NA Update now online! Top of Page 24 May 2005: Call for Participation in the Women Artists Archives National Directory (WAAND) The Women Artists Archives National Directory (WAAND), the first digital directory of archives containing the papers of women artists active in the United States since World War II, is being compiled at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All organizations holding primary source material about any woman visual artist active in the U.S. after 1945 are invited to be included in the new Web site directory being developed by Rutgers University Libraries. WAAND has been funded by the Getty Foundation, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. For more information about WAAND and how to participate, go to http://waand.rutgers.edu. 4 May 2005: Arts & Humanities Data Service (AHDS) Announces Design Online Design Online, a free full-text, full-color database of the magazine "Design," published by the Design Council from 1947 to 1994, is now available from AHDS. AHDS is a UK national service providing access to digital resources in the arts and humanities. To access Design Online, connect to: http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/DIAD.html. For more information about AHDS, go to http://ahds.ac.uk/visualarts/index. 29 April 2005: ARLIS/UK & Ireland announces International Delegate Award for Annual Conference ARLIS/UK & Ireland is pleased to announce its third Annual Conference International Delegate Award, designed to encourage attendance and participation in the 2005 Annual Conference for art information professionals who reside outside the UK & Ireland. The conference will be held at Aston University, Birmingham, July 7-9, 2005. For information about the conference, see: http://www.arlis.org.uk/conf/arlis2005/index.html. 20 April 2005: New Listserv for Students & New Librarians! A new e-mail distribution list has been established for ARLIS/NA student members and those who are new (5 years or less) to the profession. The listserv will be used to discuss the needs of student members and to develop goals for student involvement in ARLIS/NA. It will also provide students with a forum for networking and raising questions about the art information professions and the Society. To subscribe to the list, connect to http://lists.richmond.edu/mailman/listinfo/arlis-student. Thanks to Sarah Falls, visual resources librarian, University of Richmond, for setting up the listserv. 28 March 2005: NEW Issue of ARLIS/NA Update (Issue 2 / April 2005) now available in the Members'-Only Area; click here to view Issue 1 (February 2005) in PDF format. NOTE: All articles from Issue 1 are also available in the Update Archives. 16 March 2005: ARLIS/NA Members Honored ARLIS/NA members Mary Wassermann and John Taormina were presented with the Nancy DeLaurier Award at the VRA annual conference in Miami last week. The Nancy DeLaurier Award, named for one of the pioneers of the profession, annually honors a visual resources professional for distinguished achievement in the field. "Achievement" is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, web-site use, or other outstanding effort. They were bestowed this award for developing and successfully implementing the first Joint ARLIS/NA and VRA Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management (SEI) which took place at Duke University in July, 2004. Top of Page From the PresidentDeborah Kempe
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Top of Page ARLIS/NA Update Archives* indicates the appearance of the "Mysteries for Art Librarians" column by Amy Ciccone. Click here to view a complete list of titles reviewed in Amy's columns.2005: No. 1, No. 2*, No. 3, No. 4/5/6 2004: No. 1, No. 2*, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 2003: No. 1, No. 2*, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 2002: No. 1, No. 2*, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 2001: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 2000: No. 1, No. 2*, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 1999: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5*, No. 6 1998: No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1997: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1996: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1995: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1994: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1993: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1992: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 1991: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 1990: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 Top of Page News & Features Editor Contact Info:Carol GraneyDirector of University Libraries University of the Arts 320 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: (215) 717-6281 Fax: (215) 717-6287 Email: cgraney@uarts.edu Top of Page |
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