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ARLIS/NA Endorses RLG Guidelines for Providing Online Access to Digitized Versions of Unpublished Materials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Policy Committee recommendation to endorse OCLC's "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online."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. (8/10/10)

"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. (6/14/10)

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. (6/14/10)

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. (6/14/10)

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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. (6/14/10)

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. (6/14/10)

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. (6/1/10)

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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
(6/1/10)

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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. (4/19/10)

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
(4/15/10)

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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. (4/5/10)

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. (4/5/10)

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. (4/1/10)

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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.

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. (3/18/10)

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. (3/18/10)

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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. (3/18/10)

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! (2/15/10)

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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. (1/22/10)

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. (01/11/10)

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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. (01/07/10)

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. (01/07/10)

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
(12/4/09)

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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. (11/30/09)

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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. (10/29/09)

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 (8/24/09)

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From the President

August 12 2010:

Dear Members,

The weather was beautiful in Minneapolis the day I arrived on July 28 to attend the joint VRA & ARLIS/NA Conference Planning Advisory Committee meetings. These meetings were held to plan the 2nd Joint VRA & ARLIS/NA Conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 24-28, 2011. Representatives from both organization's executive boards and Chris Roper, ARLIS/NA association and conference manager, met with the local Twin Cities conference planning group. There was a positive spirit of collaboration evident throughout our gatherings. This is reflective of the joint conference theme "Collaboration: Building Bridges in the 21st Century."

Read all of ARLIS/NA President Marilyn Russell's comments

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Liaison News

  • Liaison to American Library Association (ALA), Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)

    Read the liaison's report on the RDA Update Forum and CC:DA meetings at the recent American Libraries Association (ALA) midwinter conference in Boston.
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Committee News

  • Cataloging Advisory Committee

    Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices has been included in the recent release of Cataloger's Desktop, 2010, issue 1. Documents on titles and statements of responsibility, notes, and subject headings are currently available; the committee expects the name access points document to be published later this year. (2/15/10)


  • Best Practices Documents Announced
    The committee announces the availability of what it hopes will be the first of several "best practices" documents for cataloging exhibition publications. The first document, Title and Statement of Responsibility, is now available as an ARLIS/NA online publication. (4/13/2007, updated 4/24/08)

  • Communications and Publications Committee

    The Communications and Publications Committee is seeking proposals for the Occasional Papers and Online Publications series. Possible topics include: new technologies in art librarianship, copyright, digital initiatives, standards and best practices, innovative collaborations, bibliographic instruction methods, new tools or the creative use of old tools, image management, or any issue that impacts art librarians or visual resource professionals today.

    Contact Kraig Binkowski, professional resources editor, with your ideas, suggestions, and proposals. (5/22/08)


  • Membership Committee

    WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SAYING:
    The Membership Committee is seeking to gather written statements, or testimonials, on how membership in our professional society, the Art Libraries Society of North America, has been of value and benefit to its members. If you are willing to share your story about what ARLIS/NA membership means to you, please consider sending us a paragraph or two. Statements can be e-mailed to Janine Henri. Statements are posted on the ARLIS/NA Web page in the "What Our Members Are Saying" section. Sharing the statements with others will serve to attract new members as well as to highlight current membership diversity and variety in our work settings. Thank you in advance for participating in this outreach effort!

    Submitted by Janine Henri and Margaret Boylan
    12/16/05


  • Professional Development Committee

    New Professional Development Committee Website

    The Professional Development Committee (PDC) has moved their Web site content to the ARLIS/NA Web site. The committee's pages on the site include information about the committee and its activities. Easy-to-use navigation links will lead you to information about important PDC initiatives such as the year-long Mentoring Program, the Core Competencies, and the Internship Roster. There are also many links to continuing education and employment information for art information professionals under the Professional Resources tab. (03/03/08)


  • The Professional Development Committee's Internship Roster lists a variety of institutions from across North America that host internships. There are listings from internships in museum libraries, visual resource collections, and academic settings. Some of the internships are paid and some are unpaid. If you don't see your institution listed on the roster, please consider submitting the information on the Internship Roster Form. (10/02/07)

  • Publications Committee

    The name of the Publications Committee has been changed to the Communications and Publications Committee to better reflect its purpose and charge. (5/22/08)


  • Standards Committee

    Core Journals Project and Other Activities

    The Core Journals Project is currently the major focus of the Standards Committee. The project will result in a list of core journals recommended for all art library collections. The committee anticipates release of the first phase of the journal list in 2009. Other upcoming initiatives include canvassing ARLIS/NA membership for standards which may need to be created or reviewed; setting up a system to review, and update as necessary, the Digital Image Database Standards Checklist; reviewing and updating the Standards Committee Web page; and preparing for the transition to a new committee chair in 2009. (4/23/08)


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Division News

  • Art and Design School Division

    New Blog
    Read the Art and Design School Library Division blog for news about the division and its members.

  • Museum Division

    Art Museum Libraries Survey
    The Museum Division invites you to complete the Art Museum Libraries Survey. The survey was developed as a special project of the Museum Division. It consists of 127 questions (not all of which are required) and takes approximately 60 to 90 minutes to complete.

    It is suggested that you take the time to examine the survey questions before you begin to answer questions, as some may require input from more than one staff member. Also, have a few documents at hand such as your institution's and/or library's annual report which might be helpful in completing the survey.

    The survey will close on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. For more information about the Art Museum Libraries Survey or to ask questions, please email. (2/15/10)


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Section News

  • Architecture Section

    New Architecture Section Web Site
    Thanks to the hard work of Nedda Ahmed and Elizabeth Meyer, there is a NEW web page for the Architecture Section on the ARLIS/NA web page! Visit the site to review the section's officers, statement of purpose, and find information about subscribing to ARCHSEC-L.

    Submitted by Amy Trendler
    4/6/07

    Read more news from the Architecture Section.


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Round Table News

  • Women and Art Round Table

    The Women and Art Round Table Wikipedia Project
    Several members of the Women and Art Roundtable (WomART) have noticed that coverage of the history of women's art in Wikipedia is poor. Major artists do not have entries, and entries that do exist need editing and additional bibliographic citations to make them more viable. Despite the recent uproar in some academic libraries over the validity of Wikipedia as a research tool, it is widely used by researchers from a variety of backgrounds. Wikipedia is the ninth most widely used Web site in the world, and receives more hits than CNN on a daily basis in the United States.

    WomART members have decided to "join them," rather than "beat them," by adding authentic content to the database. To this end, several members of WomART have agreed to either create or edit at least three entries in Wikipedia this year. Instead of building static bibliographies on the history of women's art, we will create hyperlinked, dynamic content. This is a small attempt on our part to push content out beyond the barriers of the art library, to engage a larger audience, and to raise awareness during this important year in women's art. We will present our findings at ARLIS/NA's 2008 annual conference. We encourage other members of ARLIS/NA to take up the cause, seek out entries on art topics, and contribute! At the present time, the Wikipedia entry for ARLIS/NA needs additional content. Alternately, there are no entries for "Art Libraries" or "Art Librarianship."

    Submitted by Sarah Falls
    5/3/07


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Chapter News

  • ARLIS/NA Canada
    Visit the Web site for news and information about ARLIS/NA Canada.

  • Central Plains Chapter
    See the chapter Web site for the chapter's latest news. Back issues of the chapter newsletter Central Plains Irregular are also available in the newsletter section of the Web site.

  • D.C.-Maryland-Virginia Chapter
    Stephanie Moye, serials librarian for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, American Art/Portrait Gallery Branch Library, is the 2009 recipient of the Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award. Stephanie is co-chair of the ARLIS/NA Research Awards Committee.

    The recipient of the 2008 Student Travel Award is Kimberly Detterbeck who is earning her Master of Library and Information Science degree at the University of Maryland.

    Visit Sketches to view the chapter's current newsletter and back issues.

  • Delaware Valley Chapter Follow the chapter on Facebook.

    The 2008 Marietta Bushnell Boyer Travel Award has been given to Annabelle L. Curran of the Barnes Foundation Archives and Library.

  • See the chapter Web site for additional chapter news.

  • Midstates Chapter
    The 2010 William C. Bunce/ARLIS Midstates Travel Award recipient is Jamie Lausch, university library associate in the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library at the University of Michigan and also librarian and art handler for the Curatorial Research Center, University of Michigan Museum of Art. Jamie is currently enrolled in a tailored master's program in art and art museum librarianship at the University of Michigan's School of Information. At this year's annual conference, she will be moderating a panel, "Revisiting the Past, Embracing the Future," as well as participating on two committees and serving as job posting liason for ArLisSnap.

  • To read additional chapter news, visit the chapter's Web site news page.

  • Montréeal-Ottawa-Quéebec Chapter
    View the latest issue and back issues of the chapter's bilingual newsletter MOQDOC for chapter news. MOQDOC in french and in english.

  • Mountain West Chapter
    Read the chapter's newsletter, Mountain Ledger, on the chapter Web site.

    The 2010 recipient of the chapter's Winberta Yao Travel Award is Alexandria Caster, a graduate student at the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona. Alexandria will participate in the Boston conference mentorship program. She will also create a blog where she will write about the conference from the perspective of a first-time conference attendee.

  • New England Chapter
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    The 2010 recipient of the chapter's Travel Award is Moira Steven, library director of the Joanne Waxman Library at Maine College of Art.

    The 2010 Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship recipient is Betsey Boyle who is a student at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College.

  • View the chapter newsletter Focus to read more chapter news.

  • New York Chapter
    Christine M. Sala, architecture bibliographer at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, is the recipient of the 2008 ARLIS/NY Professional Development Award. This award offers $500 for a professional with at least two years of ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/NY membership.

    Maria Oldal, head of cataloging and database maintenance at The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, is the recipient of the 2008 Celine Palatsky Travel Award. Maria is presenting at the Cataloging Section meeting on Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) and MARC. She is also a member of the Gerd Muehsam Award Committee.

    See the New York chapter's Web site for the chapter's latest news. Back issues of the chapter newsletter ARLIS/New York News are also available in the News and Events Archive on the Web site.

  • Northern California Chapter
    See the chapter Web site for the chapter's latest news.

  • Northwest Chapter
    See the chapter Web site for the chapter's latest news.

  • Ohio Valley Chapter
    Jen Pollock, vice-chair of the chapter and head of the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, is the winner of the chapter's 2010 Travel Award to be used for attendance at the annual conference in Boston. Jen will be moderating an international panel titled "The New Deal: Reforming the Discrete Practices of Libraries, Archives, and Museum."

    Leslie Jankowski, technical services librarian at the Columbus College of Art & Design, is the recipient of the 2009 Fall Travel Award to be used towards attendance at this year's fall chapter meeting at the Toledo Museum of Art, November 12-13, 2009. Leslie is the secretary for the cataloging committee of OPAL, the Ohio Private Academic Libraries consortium and is also on the User Services committee for OPAL. Leslie received her MLIS from Kent State University and also has an MA in Women's Studies from The Ohio State University.

    Additioinal chapter news can be viewed by visiting the chapter Web site or reading the chapter's blog.

  • Ontario Chapter
    Visit ARLIS ON to view the chapter's current newsletter and back issues.

  • Southeast Chapter
    View the latest issue of ARTifacts: The Newsletter of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Southeast Chapter .

  • Heather Koopmans has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the chapter's Professional Development Travel Award. Heather is a reference librarian at Savannah College of Art and Design. She will be presenting a paper at the annual conference session "Creative Practices in Cyberspace" and will be beginning her service on the Professional Development Committee.

    The Southeast Chapter announces its 22nd annual LoPresti Award winners (posted 3/19/2007).

  • Southern California Chapter
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    The recipient of the chapter's 2009 Student Travel Award is Allison R. Schulte, librarian at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles, California. Allison will be speaking on a panel entitled "Hot and Bothered: Erotica in the Library and Museum Context."

    The 2009 winner of the Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award is Leanne Hindmarch, the architecture and environmental design librarian at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Leanne will be speaking on a panel at the ARLIS/NA conference about liaison relationships with teaching faculty.

    Read the chapter newsletter Canvas for additional news. Current and back issues are available. For the most up-to-date news and events, see the chapter's homepage.

  • Texas-Mexico Chapter
    Nicole Davis is the recipient of the chapter's 2009 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award that provides support for attandance at the annual ARLIS/NA conference.

    View the current issue and back issues of The Medium to read chapter news.

  • Twin Cities Chapter
    The 2010 chapter Travel Award recipient is Jessica McIntyre, assistant librarian at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She is the current chair of the ARLIS/NA Twin Cities Chapter and is a program co-chair for the 2011 joint ARLIS/NA and VRA conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    See the chapter Web site for the chapter's latest news.

  • Western New York Chapter
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    Read about the Western New York and Ontario chapters' joint meeting in Buffalo, New York. (posted 2/2007)

  • Visit the "News & Updates" section of the chapter's homepage for the latest news.


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