Librarian – Cataloger (Monographs/Metadata Maintenance)
Pay scale & grade: GS-11
Salary: $78,592-102,166 per year
Promotion potential: GS-12

Open & closing dates: 08/18/2023 to 09/01/2023 (links to USA Jobs posting at bottom)

The National Gallery of Art is seeking an experienced cataloging librarian who possesses enthusiasm about museums and…[Read more]

Hello,
I’m interested in adding some altered books to our book arts collection, and wonder if people can share sources with me (sellers or artists). I have in the past seen nice examples on Etsy but on my recent review there were not a lot that seemed appropriate. I’d like t0 find ones that are sculptural and expertly crafted.

Thank you!

Hello colleagues,

Please join us for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter virtual meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm. The meeting was originally scheduled to end at 3:30 pm, but I believe we should be able to end by 3:00 pm.

The agenda can be accessed at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y4o4omaKqNRiMdGfVpKxUAubklAar1nRbVcQhnQH4Dg/edit?usp=sharin…[Read more]

The National Gallery of Art Library’s Image Collections Department welcomes applicants for two part-time student assistant positions. Students will have the opportunity to learn on-the-job about visual image resources in various formats and the role they play in research at museums and in the field of art history by working on a variety of t…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Summer Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, August 11 at 2:00 pm. An agenda is forthcoming.

Please join the Zoom meeting at:

https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/<wbr />83469049991?pwd=<wbr />Szl4L1ZnM0hHU3Jwa1lJUEwxeS9Ydz<wbr />09

Meeting ID: 834 6904 9991Passcode: ARLIS23

In preparation for…[Read more]

Dear ALD members,

I hope this finds everyone well!

Your moderators Claire and Lauren are currently working on a proposal for an ALD-led Roundtable at the 2024 ARLIS conference. Per the call for proposals, roundtables are “small, informal group discussions around a common theme or issue.” In our proposal, we will be identifying a topic and…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Save the date! The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, August 8th at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT. The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around the transition from summer to the academic year. Forum topics will include the kinds of work many of us do over the summer, such as collection…[Read more]

Hi all!

Is there any interest in reviving the Postcards from the Edge series of workshops at ARLIS 2024? For those who don’t remember it, PftE was a hands-on workshop series where we covered “art-adjacent” fields like theatre, film studies, media & TV, etc. (In other words: fields academic art librarians frequently cover, often with little formal…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Summer Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, August 11 at 2:00 pm. Please let me know if you have any new business, announcements, or other items for the agenda. I will be sending the Zoom link and agenda in early August.

It’s also time to start thinking about our Fall/Winter Meeting. To…[Read more]