Hey Space Planners! My art and architecture library is full of 11″ deep shelving… and I have nowhere for the hundreds (over a thousand?) books that are over 15″ tall or wide, and should probably be shelved flat. I’m struggling to find library shelving units that are deeper than 12″ – any suggestions for shelving or utility shelving units that…[Read more]

Hi all,

Working on a shifting project?  Dealing with renovations or construction?  Come chat with the Space Planning SIG!

I have scheduled an informal chat for Thursday October 12 at 1pm Eastern.  This will be a chance to check in on projects, ask questions of other librarians, and share information from some folks who have been here bef…[Read more]

Hey folks! If you are on the AASL listserv, you may have seen discussion about an architecture-specific repository for library lesson plans and activities. We are looking for collaboration between ARLIS/NA and AASL on this project!

Cindy Frank is spearheading this initiative and there has already been contact with the Teaching SIG of ARLIS/NA. If…[Read more]

Hello Teaching SIG members!

My co-mod Stefanie Hilles and I are seeking SIG members who would be interested in one or both of the following in our efforts to revive the Teaching SIG blog after its protracted transfer to the Commons platform:

• Contributing a guest post: Guest posts are write-ups focusing on topics relevant to teaching and…

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I’m a Research and Instruction librarian at College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, MI. Recently our library has added a PS5 and a small collection of video games to our collection. We’ve developed this collection with our Motion Design and Video Game Design students in mind and I’m beginning to brainstorm ways that I could approach…[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]

The Architecture + Planning Section co-moderators invite you to submit your proposals to participate in a pre-coordinated panel (up to 4 presenters with a moderator) addressing the conference theme POP!

The conference call mentions street artist Jordan Wong, muralist Keith Haring, and public artist Jenny Holzer. Pittsburgh is the birthplace of…[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 All,

Hello! This past week, the call for proposals for the 52nd conference in Pittsburgh has been made. I am very interested in going and presenting, however, an individual paper presentation seems a bit intimating to me at the moment. So I wanted to reach out through this page to see if anyone is interested in formulating a panel regarding…[Read more]