ARLIS/NA Student Advancement Awards Submission deadline for both awards – Sunday, December 18th, 2022 

Gerd Muehsam Award

The Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. Any student enrolled in an accredited graduate library program, or in a gr…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

Each year, ARLIS/NA bestows honors and provides opportunities for funding via a number of awards. This year, Awards Subcommittee Chairs are pleased to invite you to an information session on how to apply or make a nomination for these ARLIS/NA awards and honors!

In this one hour session, each Chair will briefly present…[Read more]

Sharing on behalf of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award Subcommittee:

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…[Read more]

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 joyous and venerable tra…[Read more]

Have you seen or heard or read something lately that addressing intersectional feminism, and perhaps its relevance to art? We’d love to know! The IA&F SIG encourages our IA&F Thinking Group participants to submit suggestions for upcoming readings, videos, podcasts, etc. The submission form can be found here.

Welcome to the Intersectional Feminism & Art special interest group! IF&A is dedicated to working within the ARLIS/NA community and library, archive, and information communities at-large to improve coverage and raise awareness of women artists and designers. It serves as a forum for discussion on how gender relates to various aspects of these…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Wednesday, November 16th at 3:30pm EST/12:30pm PST.

The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around building and maintaining inclusive and diverse collections in art, architecture, and design. We will focus on inclusivity and diversity in regards to…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,  I currently run an architecture Library and an Art Library. In the architecture library, we shelve the serials in their own section, by call number.

In the art library, the periodicals are intershelved with the folios, also by call number. People here at Maryland are discussing the pros and cons of each arrangement. I have put…[Read more]