Hey everyone,

I’m interested (as are the faculty) in starting at material sample collection as part of my new role at the University of Southern California. I’ve just started browsing the literature and notice that, while there are articles and book chapters that summarize planning and promoting a collection, there is little specificity in regard…[Read more]

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Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources professions, or a related field, has made an outstanding national or international contribution to art information.

The conferring of this award is one of ARLIS/NA’s most j…[Read more]

Hi all,

I’m trying to gather information about artists’ books catalog record remediation projects. There is some published literature about this (ex., Dyer & Hibben’s “Developing a Book Art Genre Headings Index” in Art Documentation 31:1, or Carter & O’Keefe’s “Revealing Invisible Collections” in AD 37:2), but I expect that there are many p…[Read more]

Assistant Librarian – Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Salary: $40,000-45,000
Employment Term: Full time
Required Experience: MLS or MLIS from an ALA-accredited program
Employer Contact: Human Resources, 817-332-8451, hr@kimbellmuseum.org

The Assistant Librarian supports the library’s day-to-day functions and ensures t…[Read more]

[Apologies for cross posting]

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, Library, and Research Collections has
reopened its search for a one-year project cataloger to address a backlog
of artist’s books, zines, and other materials. The full job description,
salary, and link to apply are below.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Lill

*Assistant Librarian, Cataloging…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA colleagues,

Join us next month for a catch up chat! I’ve asked some of our Division colleagues to share what they’re planning for the 2023 Annual Conference. This will be a great time to share projects started or completed over the summer, and discuss what we’re looking forward to in the coming months.

Museum Division Fall Zoom…[Read more]

Working on a new artist book by Rosalind Fox Solomon, where the photo on the cover is the subject of the text and images within. She took the iconic photo in 1981 in the Peruvian Andes. The text consists of two journal entries, each one page, and there are five photos within that relate to those texts. Planning to launch the edition at Paris Photo…[Read more]