When – Monday, January 22, 10-11am MST.

Where – https://byu.zoom.us/j/91936377904?pwd=WnpUVjRHS0hOWHE5TWtxMVRIWlpHZz09

• Meeting ID: 919 3637 7904
• Passcode: Birdhouse

Who – Elizabeth Smart, Humanities Librarian, and Cassandra Belliston, Art & Design Librarian

What – We’re rebranding the Mountain West Chapter’s monthly virtual meetin…[Read more]

Hi Mountain West-ers,

On the behalf of the MW Chapter Nominating Committee, please join me in congratulating our newly elected Chair Elect, Elizabeth Smart, and Secretary, Martha Neth!

Elizabeth and Martha will begin their roles as of January 1, 2024. Please take a minute to read about them below! Thank you to Elizabeth and Martha for their…[Read more]

Greetings! The ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter’s Winter 2024 Virtual Symposium call for proposals is open to all ARLIS/NA members, as well as members of affiliate and related organizations (ARLIS UK & Ireland, IFLA Arts, ACRL Arts, VRA, TLA., Music LA., AASL, SAA, etc.). This is an opportunity for librarians, curators, and arts library p…[Read more]

Hey all! You should have just gotten the invite, but quick reminder that our fall business meeting is this week at 12:30 pm MST. Thanks! – Larry

Hello Mountain West Colleagues!

It’s time for MW Elections for 2024, and the ballot is now open – please vote here: https://forms.gle/Vo9iu4kXJUXgtxmAA! 🗳️

The ballot will be open through Tuesday, November 28.

PLEASE VOTE – we want your input! 😊

Have a great holiday!

-Shoshana

Nominating Committee Members

Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor, Chair…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA MW Chapter Members,

We will be holding elections soon for two board positions. The positions are:

• Chair Elect (3-year term; one year as Chair Elect, one as Chair, and one as Past Chair)
• Secretary/Treasurer (2-year term, open to renewal)

Why run for chapter office?

• Meet new colleagues! Connect and collaborate with…

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Call for Reviewers – Library Exhibitions Review due December 1, 2023!

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our second issue.

We have collected a list of exhibitions available for review!…[Read more]

Hello mountain west chapter!

Last week you got an email from me with the zoom info for Wednesday’s happy hour. This month will be hosted by the University of Utah and will explore their “Let Freedom Read” dress and exhibition! We hope you’ll join us to discuss the project and have some social time afterwards.

Best, Larry

Hi Everyone!

The listserv is still down, so I’m sharing this on ARLIS Commons in a few relevant places. I hope it’s ok to share here! We are hosting a virtual conversation between feminist art critic Lucy Lippard and public artist Tomie Arai this coming Monday, October 2, at 3 p.m. ET. To register and read more information, please check out this…[Read more]

Hi all,

I wanted to share that the Digital Public Library of America recently included the SIG’s “Best Practices for Library Exhibitions” in its draft of “Digital Curation Guidelines” (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utVgnuXg1JJv2mD8v6nlC53tgs9tSvrL/view). Kudos to the SIG on creating and sharing this helpful document!

I wanted to ask if the…[Read more]

Hey Mountain West Chapter,

It was great to see some faces at the August Social Hour hosted by Rachel! We had a great tour of the U of A CATalyst Studio on Matterport and if you missed it you can check that out here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=bzWyN8kr3bC. Next month, I/UCCS will be hosting a tour of my latest digital exhibit: Invisible…[Read more]

Hello friends,

I just have two quick reminders. Firstly, if you have comments on the bylaws, tomorrow is the deadline to get those to me. Secondly, we’re hosting our first happy hour of the academic year tomorrow! Below will be the zoom info and I hope as many of you as possible can join us.

Best,

Larry

Larry Eames is inviting you to a…[Read more]