Lunchtime Chats

One hour online discussions open to anyone interested in issues related to art & design librarianship, visual resources, and related issues.

Chats last approximately one hour and are open to anyone interested in issues related to art & design librarianship, visual resources, and related issues.

To attend a chat:
On the day of a chat, a unique chat room link will be shared on ARLIS-L. Please watch for this message with the link in order to join the conversation.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the Professional Development - Education Subcommittee.

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Chat Archives

Destination D.C.: Developing Your 2014 ARLIS/NA Conference Experience

Friday, April 18, 2014
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guests:
Roger Lawson, National Gallery of Art (Program Co-Chair)
Megan Halsband, The Library of Congress (Program Co-Chair)
Anne Simmons, National Gallery of Art  (Local Arrangements Co-Chair)
Kathy Woodrell, The Library of Congress (Local Arrangements Co-Chair)
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Library Instruction for Museum Docents

Friday, March 28, 2014
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guests:
Linda Seckelson, Senior Reader Services Librarian, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Melanie Emerson, Head of Reader Services, Art Institute of Chicago
Lou Adrean, Head, Research and Public Programs, Cleveland Museum of Art
Alba Fernández-Keys, Head of Libraries & Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Social Media Sewing Circle II

Friday, December 13, 2013
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guest Moderator: Nedda Ahmed, Arts Librarian, Georgia State University
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How to Start a Museum Library Friends Group

Friday, October 25, 2013
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guest moderator: Eric Wolf, Head Librarian, The Menil Collection
Guest: Jennifer Hennessy, Membership Coordinator, The Menil Collection
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Preparing for Pasadena: Crafting Your 2013 ARLIS/NA Conference Experience

Friday, April 5th, 2013
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guests:
Cathy Billings, Brand Library & Art Center
Sarah Sherman, Getty Research Institute
Alyssa Resnick, Glendale Public Library
Lynda Bunting, Blum & Poe
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Enriching the Museum Visitor Experience: Two Popular Library Outreach Programs

Monday, February 4th, 2013
11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern
Guests:
Sheila Cork, Librarian, New Orleans Museum of Art
Leah High, Public Services Librarian, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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ARLIS/NA Awards: The Inside Track

Friday, January 11, 2013
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Guests:
Rebecca Cooper, University of Virginia; Chair, Awards Committee
Viveca Pattison Robichaud, University of Notre Dame; Chair, Travel Awards Sub-Committee
Cara List, University of Oregon; Co-Chair, Research Awards Sub-Committee
Shalimar Fojas-White, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection; Co-Chair, Research Awards Sub-Committee
Moderator: Adrienne Lai, North Carolina State University
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Crafting Proposals: Pasadena and Beyond

Friday, May 25, 2012
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Guests:
Sarah Sherman, Getty Research Institute; 2013 Conference Program Co-Chair
Cathy Billings, Brandy Library & Art Center; 2013 Conference Program Co-Chair
Nedda Ahmed, Georgia State University
Tony White, Maryland Institute College of Art
Moderator: Emilee Mathews, Indiana University; ARLISNAP Education Liaison
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Insider's Look at Coloring Outside the Lines: Pre-conference Chat

Friday, March 2, 2012
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Guest facilitators:
Jill Patrick, OCAD University; Local Arrangements Co-chair
Stephanie Frontz, University of Rochester; Program Co-chair
Victoria Sigurdson, OCAD University; Publicity Coordinator
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Evolving and Converging Library Spaces

Friday, February 17, 2012
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Guest facilitators:
Marilyn Nasserden, Metadata Coordinator (Formerly: Head, Visual & Performing Arts, to October 2011), University of Calgary;
John Wright, Librarian and Director, Arts and Culture, University of Calgary;
Karen Buckley, Associate Archivist, Arts and Culture, University of Calgary
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Emerging Technologies Lightning Chat

Friday, December 2, 2011
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderators: Alice Whiteside & Adrienne Lai
Presenters: Greg Reser, Jefferson Bailey, Eva Sclippa, Emilee Mathews, and Heather Cleary
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ARLIS/NA Awards

Friday, November 18th, 2011
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderators:
Rebecca Cooper, University of Virginia, Chair, Travel Awards
Kathy Edwards, Clemson University, Co-chair, Research Awards
Erin Elliott, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Chair, Gerd Meuhsam Award
Cara List, University of Oregon, Co-chair, Research Awards
Deborah Ultan Boudewyns, University of Minnesota, Chair, Wittenborn Award
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Spring Conference Round-up

Friday , June 3, 2011
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderator: Cara List, Art and Architecture Librarian, University of Oregon
Speaker: Eamon Tewell, Senior Library Assistant, Moore College of Art and Design
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Meet Me In Minneapolis: The 2011 VRA + ARLIS-NA Joint Conference

Friday, March 18, 2011
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderators:
Jessica McIntyre, Assistant Librarian, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Local Committee Co-Chair, Program
Rebecca Moss, Coordinator of Visual Resources, University of Minnesota; Local Committee Co-Chair, Local Arrangements
Heidi Raatz, Visual Resources Librarian, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; VRA Vice President for Conference Program; Local Committee Co-Chair, Program
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A Post-conference chat: Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration

October 8th, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Discussion Leaders: Günter Waibel, Program Officer, OCLC Research; Heather Gendron, Art Librarian, Sloane Art Library, UNC Chapel Hill; Adrienne Lai, NCSU Libraries Fellow
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Breaking Out of the Glass Case: Collaborative Exhibitions in Library Spaces

October 1, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Discussion Leaders: Lorna Brown, artist and independent curator; Laura Graveline, Visual Arts Librarian, Dartmouth College
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Visual Resource Centers and Academic Libraries: Shall the twain meet?

April 16, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderators: Deborah Ultan Boudewyns and Greta Bahnemann, University of Minnesota
This chat is a lead-up to an in-person discussion at the ARLIS/NA conference in Boston on Sunday at 4pm as part of the Visual Resources Division Meeting.
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ARLIS/NA 101: Boston Bound

April 9, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderators: Bryan Loar, Jennifer Friedman
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The Future of Art Indexing

March 12, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderator: Carole Ann Fabian
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In Search of Meaning: Building a Brand for an Arts Library

February 26, 2010
2pm Eastern | 1pm Central | 12pm Mountain | 11am Pacific
Moderator: Brian Mathews, author of Marketing Today's Academic Library
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Transforming Visual Resources in the 21st Century

October 16, 2009
3pm Eastern | 2pm central | 1pm mountain | 12pm pacific
Moderator: Elizabeth Schaub, UT Austin
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Visual Literacy in Your Library

September 18, 2009
1pm EST
Moderator: Barbara Rockenbach, Yale University
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