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The next webinar organized by the Professional Development Committee, Education Subcommittee will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013. "Using Book Art to Cultivate and Engage Library Supporters" will be presented by Richard Minsky, independent book artist, collector, and curator, and Laura Russell, founder of the 23 Sandy Gallery, and moderated by Teresa Burk, head librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta.
This session will focus specifically on tips and techniques for cultivating and engaging donors, administrators and other library supporters via interactions with book art and artists. The guest presenters will discuss their experiences partnering with libraries to offer meaningful, exciting, hand-on events, in order to educate key stakeholders about book art and raise support for library collections.
Attendance is limited to current ARLIS/NA members only. Recordings of previously held webinars are accessible to anyone in the Webinar Archives. (5/17/13)
2013 ARLIS/NA Awards Presented at Annual Conference
ARLIS/NA is pleased to announce the 2013 award recipients. The awards were presented at the convocation of the annual conference held April 25-29 in Pasadena, California.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Ted Goodman
RESEARCH AWARDS
Worldwide Books Award for Publications
Lindsay M. King and Russell T. Clement, "Style and Substance: Fashion in Twenty-First-Century Research Libraries", Art Documentation 31, n.1 (Spring 2012)
Suzanna B. Simor, "The Credo in Siena: Art, Civic Religion and Politics in Sienese Images of the Christian Creeds" in New Studies on Old Masters: Essays in Renaissance Art in Honour of Colin Esler, edited by John Garton and Diane Wolfthal, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2011.
Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources
Jennifer Parker, Seaside Research Portal
H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Awards
Elizabeth Hahn, "Bibliography and Historiography of Sicilian Numismatic Literature"
D. Vanessa Kam, "Will the Last Book be an Art Book? The Curious Evolution of Art and Architecture Libraries in a Digital Era"
PUBLICATION AWARDS
George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award
Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Melva J. Dwyer Award
David Moos, Ian Baxter&: Works, 1958-2011, Goose Lane Editions/Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012.
STUDENT AWARDS
Wolfgang M. Frietag Internship Award
Kai Alexis Smith
Gerd Meuhsam Award
Amanda Milbourn
TRAVEL AWARDS
ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance Award
Judy Dyki
Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Librarianship
Maggie Portis
Andrew Cahan Photography Award
Amanda Brown
ARLIS/NA Student Conference Attendance Award
Dan Moore
Howard Karno Award
Cathryn Ziefle
Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance
Sylvia Page
Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance
Farah Chung
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANTS AND AWARDS
Getty Foundation Grant for Latin American Librarians
Isabel Cristina Ayres da Silva Maringelli
Fabiola Barreiro Álvarez
Gabriela Betsabé Miramontes Vidal
Fernando Corona
Ivani Di Grazia Costa
Denise Depoortere Piriz
Doralisa Duarte Pinto
José E. Flores Ramos
Richard L. Lopez
Gloria Olea Mellado
Margarita Pérez Cruz
Ranieli Piccinini Machado
Analía Trouvé
Jesús Varillas
Erika Velázquez Guerrero
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Grant for European Librarians
Alexandra Büttner
Douglas Dodds
Andrew Ellis
Svein Engelstad
Rüdiger Hoyer
Andrea Joosten
Michiel Nijhoff
Martine Poulain
Michael Rocke
Jan Simane
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Award for European Travel
Lily Pregill
(5/15/13)
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European Art Information Specialists Receive Samuel H. Kress Foundations Grants
ARLIS/NA has received funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to facilitate active participation of ten prominent European art information specialists in the society's 41st annual conference to be held in Pasadena, California. The grant will initiate the first year of a program of support to increase the direct exchange of expertise between North American and European informational professionals at the annual ARLIS/NA conferences.
Six of the grant recipients who are members of initiatives related to the Getty Research Portal and the Future of Art Bibliography (FAB) will also attend a meeting at the Getty Research Institute that will coincide with the conference.
The recipients of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation grants are:
Alexandra Büttner, Art Librarian and Project Coordinator for the international digitization project "Bibliotheca Laureshamensis: Virtual Monastic Library Lorsch" at Heidelberg University Library, Germany
Douglas Dodds, Senior Curator, Computer Art, Word & Image Department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Andrew Ellis, Director, The Public Catalogue Foundation, UK
Svein Engelstad, Subject Specialist in Art History, University of Oslo Library, Oslo, Norway; President of affiliate organization: ARLIS/Norden
Rüdiger Hoyer, Library Director, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, Germany
Andrea Joosten, Library Head, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Delegate of affiliate organization: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB)
Michiel Nijhoff, Chief Librarian of the Stedelijk Museum Bibliotheek, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Delegate of affiliate organization: ARLIS/Netherlands
Martine Poulain, Library Director, Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), Paris, France
Michael Rocke, Nicky Mariano Librarian of the Biblioteca Berenson and Assistant to the Director for Scholarly Programs, Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy; member of International Committee of Artlibraries.net
Jan Simane, Head Librarian of the Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institute, Florence, Italy; Chair of affiliate organization: Standing Committee of the Art Libraries Section of IFLA; speaker at the conference session entitled "Building Collective Solutions: the Future of Art Bibliography Initiative, 4th Annual Update"
(4/24/13)
SEI 2013 Kress Scholarship Recipients Announced
The ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources & Image Management co-chairs have announced the recipients of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for 2013:
Margit Ahmann, MLIS Candidate, Saint Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN
Nicole Davis, Photography Curator and Media Archivist, Austin History Center
Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar and Image Manager, Worcester Art Museum
Andrea Johnson, Art Library/Digital Services Library Assistant, Washington University in Saint Louis
Alison Verplaetse, Digital Preservation Specialist, Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University
Scholarships from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation cover the full cost of registration.
SEI 2013 will be held at the University of Michigan from June 18-21. SEI is an intensive educational opportunity intended to provide in-depth instruction in visual resources and image collection management. The SEI 2013 curriculum will stimulate participants' thinking about intellectual property, metadata, digital imaging, DAMS, and expanding professional roles, and includes the opportunity to participate in dynamic, topical sessions based on attendees' areas of interest. (4/23/13)
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ARLIS/NA Members Invited to Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken Colloquium
Deborah Kempe, ARLIS/NA President, Will Receive Award at Colloquium
ARLIS/NA has received an invitation from Evelin Morgenstern, the managing director of Initiative Fortbildung für wissenschaftliche Spezialbibliotheken und verwandte Einrichtungen e.V. (Initiative for Continuing Education in Academic and Research-Oriented Special Libraries and Related Institutions), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, to an upcoming colloquium that will take place at the Kunstbibliothek -Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on June 13 and 14, 2013. Several ARLIS/NA members will be featured speakers at the colloquium, "From Wunderkammer to e-Resource: Promoting Art Information Across Borders in the 21st Century". The colloquium, sponsored by BID (Bibliothek & Information International), Initiative Fortbildung für wiss. Spezial-bibliotheken u. verwandte Einrichtungen e.V., Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB)--an ARLIS/NA affiliate organization--is the result of ongoing communication and cooperation that took place following the successful exchanges between German and American art libraries through ARLIS/NA-sponsored study tours in Germany and the United States. Twelve colleagues in U.S. libraries that hosted German visitors in 2012 have been invited to the colloquium and to a five-day visit to libraries in Berlin and the surrounding region. The twelve ARLIS/NA members invited to Germany are: Stephen Bury, Holly Hatheway, Milan Hughston, Deirdre Lawrence, Katie Keller, Debbie Kempe, Clayton Kirking, Gregory P.J. Most, Lily Pregill, Kristen Regina, Shalimar Fojas White, and Carolyn Yorke Yerkes.
Additionally, Deborah Kempe, chief, Collections Management and Access, Frick Art Reference Library, and the current ARLIS/NA president, will receive the 2013 John Jacob Astor Award in Library Studies and Information Science during the colloquium. The award will be given to Ms. Kempe at a ceremony on Thursday, June 13, 6:30 p.m., at the "BelEtage Heyn", Museum Pankow.
ARLIS/NA members are invited to attend the colloquium that will bring together experts in both countries to engage in discussion about issues that art librarians on both continents are facing. To register, please contact Evelin Morgenstern by May 31st. The invitation from Evelin Morgenstern is included here:
To our colleagues in ARLIS/NA and the AKMB:
Some of you may already be aware of the genesis of this colloquium: Until now, the John Jacob Astor Award recipients have been invited to express their gratitude by giving a workshop in their own special field of librarianship. This year's recipient, Deborah Kempe, has decided to go much further.
She will, escorted by a handful of distinguished colleagues, come to Berlin and all of them--together with their German "counterparts"--are going to talk to us and initiate discussion, during a two-day American-German colloquium, about the issues currently faced by art and museum librarians on both sides of the Atlantic.
In 2012, an invitation from ARLIS/NA to participate in a study tour to New York and Washington--a-once-in-a-life-time-experience--had necessarily to be addressed to just a small group of German professionals from the arts and museums scene.
This year's colloquium, by contrast, offers everyone of you, American or German, an opportunity to take part. You will all be able to learn first-hand about the focus topics during last year's legendary study tour and share the inspiration of peer-to-peer discussions. In other words, you will be given a taste of that professional exchange which in recent years has proved so valuable.
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB) has taken its commitment to the colloquium to heart and is going to provide not just competent German presenters, but very much more.
The joint efforts of all of the sponsors have made it possible for the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation and the Initiative Fortbildung e.V. to extend warm invitations to American and German colleagues to participate in this colloquium free of charge! We hope that a large number of you will seize this unique opportunity to be part of such an innovative event and look forward to welcoming you to Berlin.
Evelin Morgenstern
Geschäftsführung
Initiative Fortbildung für wiss. Spezial-
bibliotheken u. verwandte Einrichtungen e.V.
c/o ZLB
Postanschrift:
Postfach 610179
10922 Berlin
morgenstern@initiativefortbildung.de
(4/16/13)
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A $69,000 grant from the Getty Foundation provided ARLIS/NA with the opportunity to provide funding for art librarians from Latin America to attend the 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena, California, April 25-29, 2013. The recipients of the conference attendance grants listed below were selected for their proven records of professional accomplishment and collaboration. ARLIS/NA congratulates the recipients and looks forward to welcoming them to the conference, and to the possibilities for expanded opportunities for collaboration and cultural exchange.
Isabel Cristina Ayres da Silva Maringelli, Coordenadora da Biblioteca Walter Wey da Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
Fabiola Barreiro Álvarez, Investigación y Curaduría, Museo Franz Mayer, México
Gabriela Betsabé Miramontes Vidal, Librarian, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Research Institute of Aesthetics, Library "Justino Fernández"
Fernando Corona, Library Coordinator, Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), México
Ivani Di Grazia Costa, Coordenadora da Biblioteca e Centro de Documentação, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, MASP, São Paulo, Brasil
Denise Depoortere Piriz, Jefa, Biblioteca Campus Oriente, Facultad de Arquitectura, Deseño y Estudio Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Doralisa Duarte Pinto, Jefa de Biblioteca y Responsable del Sitio, Biblioteca Museo Nacional de la Bellas artes (MNBA), Santiago, Chile
José E. Flores Ramos, Chief Librarian, Biblioteca Santiago Iglesias, Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Richard L. Lopez, Jefe especialista de la Biblioteca Pública de Arte, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Gloria Olea Mellado, Jefa, Biblioteca Lo Contador, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Margarita Pérez Cruz, Responsable de Biblioteca, Centro Cultural de España en Guatemala
Ranieli Piccinini Machado, Librarian, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Analía Trouvé, Bibliotecaria Principal, Cancillería Argentina, Buenos Aires
Jesús Varillas, Chief Librarian, Biblioteca y Archivo, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Peru
Erika Velázquez Guerrero, Librarian, Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
(4/16/13)
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ARLIS/NA and VRA Announce Joint Conference Task Force
The executive boards of ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) have established a Joint Conference Task Force that will analyze past joint conference reports, highlight problem areas, define roles and expectations, and propose a protocol for joint conference planning (with the exceptions of financial issues). The report submitted by the task force will facilitate joint conference planning once it is ratified by both boards. The organizations have held two joint conferences in the past; the first joint conference was held in 2002 in St. Louis, Missouri, and the second joint conference was held in 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The establishment of the Joint Conference Task Force is a result of discussions between the ARLIS/NA and VRA boards aimed at laying the groundwork for future joint conferences. The conference financial and operational infrastructures that exist for each organization were shared and analyzed by both boards. Out of these open and collegial discussions, a formal agreement, the Joint Conference Financial Agreement, was reached that outlines the financial terms of joint conferences, including a distribution model for sharing profits and losses. This document, which was ratified by both boards in the fall of 2012, capitalizes on the lessons learned from past joint conferences and the ongoing collaborative track record of our two organizations.
The members of the Joint Conference Task Force with representation from both organizations is as follows.
Ann Whiteside, Harvard University (chair)
Greta Bahnemann, Minnesota Digital Library
Elaine Paul, University of Colorado, Boulder
Mark Pompelia, Rhode Island School of Design
Elizabeth Schaub, University of Texas at Austin
(3/29/13)
Education Liaison of the Executive Board Announced
The ARLIS/NA executive board has announced the appointment of Sarah Falls as the education liaison on the executive board. Falls fills a vacancy on the board created by a recent resignation.
Sarah will join the 2013 slate of board members who will take office during the Membership Meeting at the 2013 conference in Pasadena, California. (3/20/13)
2013 Kress Foundation Award for European Travel Recipient Announced
The International Relations Committee has announced that Elizabeth "Lily" Pregill is this year's winner of the Kress Foundation Award for European Travel. Pregill, who will be attending the colloquium, From Wunderkammer to e-Resource: Promoting Art Information Across Borders in the 21st Century, from June 8-15, 2013 in Berlin, Germany, will present a paper entitled "Oops, Seite nicht gefunden: Collection Building in the Digital World". Pregill is a consultant currently working as a project coordinator and systems manager for NYARC: The New York Art Resources Consortium in New York.
The Kress Foundation Award for European Travel is given annually to ARLIS/NA members in good standing who have had a paper accepted at a European conference or program relevant to the field of art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. The award endeavors to support and encourage ARLIS/NA participation, collaboration, and professional development at European conferences. (3/20/13)
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Gerd Muehsam Award Winner Announced
The Gerd Muehsam Award Sub-Committe has announced that this year's award has been given to Amanda Milbourn for her essay "New Literacies = New Models: Using Embedded Librarianship to Proactively Address the Need for Visual Literacy Instruction in Higher Education."
Amanda graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Science, in June 2012. She is currently working as an assistant librarian at Disney Consumer Products in Glendale, California. She will be attending the upcoming annual conference in Pasadena and she will be presenting her essay as part of the New Voices in the Profession panel on Friday, April 26th.
Gerd Muehsam Award Sub-Committee:
Philip Dombowsky (chair)
Virginia Allison
Erin Elliott
Elizabeth Ehrnst
Alan Michelson
Sarah Osborne Bender
(3/6/13)
Supporting Creativity in Practice Special Interest Group Formed
The ARLIS/NA executive board has announced the approval of the Supporting Creativity in Practice (SCIP) Special Interest Group. Members of SCIP will explore how creativity applies to the work of art information professionals and how creative engagement can move the library beyond its traditional roles. The group will act as an ongoing support community for personal creative practice by exploring ways to make time in the workday for nurturing creativity, examining how personal artistic practices enhance work as information professionals, and learning effective ways to foster creativity in others. The group will also explore the idea of the library as an incubator of creative discovery by looking at ways to incorporate creatively charged workshops, exhibitions and events into library spaces giving library users opportunities for research and a means to practice hands-on engagement with ideas and knowledge. Members of SCIP may also plan events such as ARLIS/NA-member art exhibits, workshops (possibly tapping local creative talent) and conference sessions.
Creative people of all persuasions and the creatively-curious are encouraged to join the SCIP SIG which will be headed by Annette Haines. The first meeting of the SCIP Special Interest Group will held on Friday, April 26, at the 41st annual conference in Pasadena. (3/4/13)
Provenance Special Interest Group
The ARLIS/NA executive board has approved the new Provenance Special Interest Group (SIG). The Provenance SIG has been established mainly to keep art librarians aware of current issues and activities related to provenance research. It will also act as a forum for provenance-related projects, including participation in future ARLIS/NA sessions and workshops. While the main focus will be provenance research as it relates to Nazi-looted cultural objects, the group will also be open to discussing provenance in a broader context, including its application to the history of books. The inaugural meeting of the group, which will be headed by Philip Dombrowsky, will take place at the upcoming 41st annual conference in Pasadena. (3/4/13)
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ARLIS/NA and VRA Announce 2013 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Instute Scholarships
The Art Libraries Society of North America and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) have announced the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Summer Educational Institute Scholarships for SEI 2013.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has generously agreed to sponsor five scholarships for the 2013 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management. SEI 2013 will be held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, June 18-21, 2013. The intensive three and a half-day workshop will feature a curriculum that specifically addresses the requirements of today's information professional, and will include hands-on and lecture modules. Expert instructors will cover intellectual property rights, digital imaging, metadata and cataloging, the essential tools of image management, and how to expand professional roles. Attendees will also have an opportunity to discuss and brainstorm on a range of issues, from new media and marketing visual resources to professional development and future career roles, during the interactive session planned for the final morning of SEI.
Kress Summer Educational Institute Scholarship recipients will each receive $770 for tuition, room, and incidentals. Applications will be accepted from February 8 until March 8, 2013. (2/15/13)
New Graphic Novels Special Interest Group Announced
The ARLIS/NA executive board has announced the approval of the Graphic Novels Special Interest Group (SIG). The group was formed to respond to the increase in graphic novel collections in academic libraries and the study of graphic novels in art and design schools, and other academic institutions. Collection development, circulation, preservation, and library instruction related to graphic novels and other similar materials such as comics or other types of sequential art and zines, will be addressed in this group through both discussion and presentations.
The SIG was proposed by Tara Spies Smith, Texas State University-San Marcos, Abigail Sweeney, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Richard Minsky, artist and bibliographer. Spies Smith will serve as the first coordinator of the SIG and will hold the its first meeting at the 2013 conference in Pasadena. (2/11/13)
ARLIS/NA Receives Getty Foundation Grant
ARLIS/NA is the recipient of a $69,000 grant from the Getty Foundation that will provide funds for up to fifteen art librarians from Latin America to attend the 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena, California, in April 2013. Deborah Kempe, ARLIS/NA president, led the successful grant-writing effort that will ultimately fulfill one of the society's strategic plan's goals of "creating stronger leadership through promotion, cooperation and advocacy by building stronger partnerships internationally."
The grant will support selected colleagues in Latin America who could not attend the conference without financial assistance, by covering all costs associated with conference attendance, including registration fees for programs and tours, travel and accommodation, and translation services. The ARLIS/NA executive board and the International Relations Committee will also offer a welcome dinner and reception packet for the special guests. It is expected that the participation of the Latin American colleagues will lead to lasting professional collaborations and friendships, and will significantly expand ARLIS/NA's representation of arts information professionals in the Americas.
A panel of specialists with experience and contacts in the Latin American community has been assembled to select participants who possess proven records of professional accomplishment and collaboration. The panel consists of Beverly Joy-Karno, owner of Howard Karno Books, a distributor of books from Latin America; Clayton Kirking, chief of the Art & Architecture Collection, New York Public Library, curator, and co-author of exhibition catalogs for Latin American art; Milan R. Hughston, chief of Library and Museum Archives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he participates in a special program to build Latin American holdings; Holly Hatheway, art and architecture librarian, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, and chair of the ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee; Fernando Corona, library director at Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City, and coordinator of ReBAM; Guadalupe Rodriguez, the ARLIS/NA association manager, and Jon Evans, library director at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the past president of ARLIS/NA.
This year's conference program offers many sessions, tours, speakers, and events that will be of interest to librarians and scholars who work with Latin American influenced subjects. These include the opening plenary panel discussion, "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980", and a plenary presentation by professor Chon Noriega, head of Chicano Studies at UCLA, made possible by Alternative Voices funding. Additional highlights will be a Society Circle event at a significant private collection of Latin American art, and a separate tour to the Avila Adobe on Olvera Street, followed by a viewing of the newly restored América Tropical, located at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, the only U.S. public mural by famed Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros still in its original location.
All ARLIS/NA members will benefit from the cultural exchange and expanded opportunities for collaboration offered by the participation of Latin American colleagues. More information on the librarians selected for the program will be forthcoming. ARLIS/NA looks forward to welcoming its fellow arts information professionals from Latin America in Pasadena. (1/7/13)
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2013 Internship Award Selected
Kai Alexis Smith is the recipient of the ARLIS/NA 2013 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 to the $2,500 stipend, Ms. Smith will receive a one-year complimentary membership in ARLIS/NA.
Kai Smith is currently a student at Pratt Institute where she is working to complete both a master of science in library science and a master of arts in the history of art. She also holds a BFA in writing from Pratt. Ms. Smith has experience working in a variety of library settings including both museum and public libraries.
The Internship Award Subcommittee reviewed 35 applications and is pleased to report that many of them were outstanding. While only one Internship Award is granted each year, ARLIS/NA does maintain a list of paid and unpaid internship opportunities on its Internship Roster; interested students and potential hosts are encouraged to visit the Internship Roster website for more information. (1/2/13)
New 2013 Executive Board Members Elected
Congratulations to the new 2013 executive board members elected by acclamation:
Carole Ann Fabian, vice-president/president elect
Eric Wolf, secretary
John Taormina, education liaison
Martha González Palacios, development & membership liaison
Sarah Sherman, chapters liaison
(12/5/12)
2013 Executive Board Slate of Candidates
The ARLIS/NA Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for the 2013 executive board. The 2012 executive board reviewed the slate during its mid-year meeting and supports its presentation to the membership.
This year's slate comprises Carole Ann Fabian, vice-president/president elect; Eric Wolf, secretary; John Taormina, education liaison; Martha González Palacios, development & membership liaison; and Sarah Sherman, chapters liaison.
According to the ARLIS/NA bylaws, comments from the membership regarding the slate of nominees are to be submitted to the chair of the Nominating Committee. Comments must be submitted to the committee by November 12, 2012. If no comments are received by the deadline, the slate will be considered elected by acclamation. Committee members are Alba Fernández-Keys (chair), Amy Ballmer, Vanessa Kam, Barbara Rominski, and Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos. (10/26/12)
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New Version of Strategic Plan Action Plan
The Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) has developed a new version of the Strategic Plan and Action Plan for 2011-2015. It has been revised to be easier to read and easier to identify primary agents associated with each of the action items.
Over the summer, the committee has been in touch with all committee chairs, reminding them of their primary agent roles while encouraging other groups within the organization to get involved. If anyone, regardless of their level of participation in ARLIS, is engaged in work or projects that align with the Strategic Plan, contact the SPC about your work.
Questions or comments about the SPC, the plan, or anything else related to the committee's charge, are encouraged and can be directed to Hannah Bennett, chair of the SPC. (10/26/12)
Executive Board Approves Digital Humanities Special Interest Group
The ARLIS/NA executive board has approved a new Special Interest Group (SIG) on digital humanities. The purpose of the Digital Humanities SIG will be to provide interested members the opportunity to engage in discussion, create an online reading group, develop an expanding bibliography, and perhaps periodically sponsor a session at the annual conference about digital humanities.
For their inspiration, the small working group that initiated the Digital Humanities SIG used the definition of Digital Humanities published in "The Promise of Digital Humanities: A White Paper", (March 1, 2009), co-authored by Todd Presner and Chris Johanson , professors at UCLA:
Digital Humanities is an umbrella term for a wide array of practices for creating, applying, and interpreting new digital and information technologies. These practices are not limited to conventional humanities departments, but affect every humanistic field at the university including history, anthropology, arts and architecture, information studies, film and media studies, archaeology, geography, and the social sciences. At the same time, Digital Humanities is a natural outgrowth and expansion of the traditional scope of the Humanities, not a replacement or rejection of humanistic inquiry. In fact the role of the humanist is critical at this historic moment, as our cultural legacy migrates to digital formats and our relation to knowledge, cultural material, technology, and society is radically re-conceptualized.
John Taormina will serve as the first coordinator of the SIG.
(10/8/12)
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From the President
2 May 2013
Dear Members and Friends,
For those of us involved in planning and implementing our 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena, it has been incredibly gratifying to receive the positive feedback about your experiences there. Thank you for attending. I hope that each of you who attended will retain special memories of your time in California and have returned to your workplaces full of energy and new ideas for crafting your future. The credit for the resounding success of the conference is due to the flawless work of the conference planning team and many volunteers from the Southern California Chapter and beyond. Together, they produced a seamless event that offered timely content, new channels of communication, uniquely crafted tours, elegant events, and ample opportunities for networking. Truly, it was a superb event that met the highest standards and expectations of all involved.
Read the entire message from Deborah Kempe, past president, ARLIS/NA.
April 2013
Dear fellow ARLIS/NA Members,
It seems hard to believe that our 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena will take place in less than ten days. While intensive behind-the-scenes planning has been going on for more than a year, the Conference Planning Committee, in coordination with Headquarters staff, many committees, and a highly effective local team, is now in high gear to ensure success on every level and to welcome you to Pasadena. I know those of us east of California, where spring has been loathe to show its face, are more than looking forward to some sunshine.
Read the entire message from Deborah Kempe, president, ARLIS/NA.
17 June 2012
Dear ARLIS/NA Members,
Can it really be possible that two and a half months have elapsed since we met in Toronto? While it's a cliché to marvel at the fleeting nature of time, I think I can confidently assume that for all of us the dizzying pace of technology and e-communications in the library world makes our days pass too quickly. Now, paradoxically, the longest day of the year, Summer Solstice, looms as an ancient reminder of time's passage. Those of you in academic surroundings are catching your breathing at the end of the semester, while all of us are no doubt making plans for summer projects at work, and hopefully for some leisure time in the months ahead. Some great developments have transpired at ARLIS/NA since I was last in contact; I want to share them with you, to bring you up to date with our progress.
Read the entire message from Deborah Kempe, president, ARLIS/NA.
4 May 2012
A video message from President Deborah Kempe:
10 April 2012
Dear members of ARLIS/NA,
It was wonderful to see so many of you in Toronto at our 40th annual conference. I heartily concur with our past president Jon Evans' report last week that the conference was a stellar event on every level. The success of the conference reflects the dedicated work of numerous people throughout a year or more of planning and execution. Many volunteers from throughout the organization created an outstanding conference planning team who worked tirelessly to produce an event meeting the high standards our members have come to expect.
Read the entire message from Deborah Kempe, president, ARLIS/NA.
Read messages from past presidents in the news archives.
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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
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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
Read the chapter's newsletter for the 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
Emily J. Hunter is the 2011 winner of the ARLIS DC-MD-VA Chapter's Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award which provides a stipend for attendance at the annual conference. Emily is a student in the MLS program at the University of Maryland, and she is the chapter's web manager. She will be participating in the conference as a volunteer at the registration and hospitality desks, and at the silent auction. Emily will share her conference experiences through a five-part blog post that will include descriptions, insights, anecdotes, and photographs.
Visit the chapter website to view the chapter's latest news.
- Delaware Valley Chapter
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- Midstates Chapter
The 2011 William C. Bunce/ARLIS Midstates Travel Award recipient is Amy Trendler, architecture librarian at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Among her many accomplishments, Trendler is the editor of the chapter's newsletter and will be presenting at this year's conference. Her talk entitled "Library Instruction in No Time!," is scheduled for Case Study Session IV. She will share her "strategies for making the most of short instruction sessions."
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 and read the minutes from the fall 2011 business meeting.
Recordings and online presentations from the chapter's virtual conference, "Discovery, Literacy, Practice: Current Trends in Art Information", held on November 3, 2011, can be viewed on the chapter's website. The conference featured lively session on special collections, copyright, and emerging technologies.
The 2011 recipient of the chapter's Winberta Yao Travel Award is Heather Kline. Heather earned her MLIS in 2007 from the University of Alabama, and is currently enrolled in the graduate art history program at the University of New Mexico where she also works as a research assistant in the Bunting Visual Resources Library. Her professional interests focus on the collaboration between libraries and museums and the integration of visual resources into art collections. She has published several book reviews in ARLIS/NA Reviews and is very interested in collegial networking.
- New England Chapter
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View the chapter newsletter Focus to read chapter news.
- New York Chapter
Meg Donabedian, assistant librarian at the New York School of Interior Design, is the 2012 ARLIS/NY Celine Palatsky Travel Award recipient.
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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 website.
- Northern California Chapter
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- Northwest Chapter
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- Ohio Valley Chapter
The ARLIS/Ohio Valley Travel Award Committee announces Pam Eyerdam as the recipient of the 2010 Fall Travel Award to be used towards attendance at the chapter's fall meeting in Cincinnati, Oct. 21-22.
Pam has an extensive and impressive resume that highlights her dedication to art librarianship throughout the years. Pam is the Fine Arts & Special Collections Manager at the Cleveland Public Library. She has been an ARLIS/NA and Ohio Valley Chapter member for over 20 years, and has served as chapter vice chair/chair and as a member of the Nominating Committee for several years, and is always active with the chapter and its members.
Additional chapter news can be viewed by visiting the chapter Web site.
- Ontario Chapter
Visit the chapter website to view the chapter's current news and follow them on Facebook.
- Southeast Chapter
View the latest issue of ARTifacts: The Newsletter of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Southeast Chapter.
The ARLIS/SE Professional Development Travel Award committee is pleased to announce that Hillary Veeder has been selected as the 2011 award recipient. Hillary completed her MLS at Indiana University Bloomington with an art librarianship specialization and is currently the art & design assistant librarian at Louisiana State University. Her article, "A Comparison of EBSCO's Art & Architecture Complete and H.W. Wilsons Art Full-Text Databases," will appear in the Spring 2011 issue of Art Documentation. Hillary will present a poster entitled "A Composition: Fine Arts Databases" at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2011 conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (3/7/11)
- Southern California Chapter
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Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award:
The recipient of the chapter's Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award is Robert Gore, visual arts librarian in the Arts Library at UCLA. Robert is a former ARLIS/SC board member and he has served on ARLIS/NA committees. One of his responsibilities at UCLA is to curate the Judith A. Hoffberg Collection and he regularly purchases artists books for the Arts Library. Robert also teaches undergraduate seminars on artists' books. He plans to meet with vendors at the conference and hopes to see artists books in the exhibit hall. He will attend a tour at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
Student Travel Award:
Amanda Millbourn, the recipient of the Student Travel Award, is a student in the masters in library and information science program at UCLA and she works in the Visual Resources Center in the Art History Department at UCLA. As an undergraduate, Amanda studied English and Art History at the University of California Berkeley and she interned for the George Lawson Gallery in San Francisco. She took a graduate course on the history of the book in the Bancroft Library, which sparked her interest in artists' books. She aspires to promote the use of special collections of artists' books in her professional career. Amanda is new to ARLIS/SC and to ARLIS/NA and this will be her 1st VRA and ARLIS/NA conference. (3/7/11)
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
The ARLIS/Texas-Mexico chapter has awarded Mary Wegmann the 2011 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award. This award was granted to encourage and support her participation at the 2nd joint conference of the Visual Resources Association (VRA) and ARLIS/NA in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Read the chapter's latest news in their newsletter, The Medium.
- Twin Cities Chapter
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- 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)
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Remembrances
Click to read a Society tribute to our colleagues.
- 2013 Conference Remembrance Booklet: Freitag, Furtak, Karno, Tatum
- Wolfang M. Freitag, November 14, 2012
- Rosemary Furtak, July 8, 2012
- John Christian Larsen, January 31, 2012
- Nancy Shelby Schuller, November 8, 2011
- Patricia Peeke Gebhard, October 29, 2011
- Cornelia Metz Corson, October 9, 2011
- Florence Jill Thorp, October 3, 2011
- Janice H. Chadbourne, September 5, 2011
- Barbara Sevy, November 3, 2010
- James Findlay, October 5, 2010
- Mona L. Chapin, March 14, 2010
- Ursula Kolmstetter, June 5, 2009
- Judith A. Hoffberg, January 16, 2009
- Judith Elizabeth Holliday, February 8, 2008
- Lois Swan Jones, August 7, 2006
- Merrill Wadsworth Smith, April 4, 2006
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News items may include events, programs, awards, publications, member features, obituaries, professional notes, and other information about ARLIS/NA and its members. Announcements of a commercial nature will not be accepted for posting as news.
For general editorial policies, see ARLIS/NA Policy Manual section R28.
News & Features Editor Contact Info:
Carol Graney
Director of University Libraries
University of the Arts
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