Hi everyone,

Sharing information about ACRL/Arts meetups at ACRL from our ARLIS/NA-ACRL/Arts Affiliate Liaison, Leah Sherman.

All ARLIS/NA members are welcome to join!

If you are attending ACRL 2023 in Pittsburgh next month, here are two exciting opportunities to meet up with your ACRL/Arts Section colleagues. Please see the links and notes…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, February 28th at 3:30pm EST/12:30pm PST.  

The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around managing employees or working with your manager, as well as managing student employees and GAs. We will cover topics such as supporting employees, cu…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Our meeting will take place via Zoom on March 13th at 11:00am EST. Zoom details are included below. Looking forward to our discussion about the makerspace at the Mexico City conference.

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Zoom is Yale’s audio and visual conferencing platform.

Topic: SCIP SIG
Time: Mar 13, 2023 11:00 AM E…[Read more]

Hi SCIP members! We have some things to discuss prior to this year’s conference in Mexico City. Please fill out this doodle poll so I can find an optimal meeting time: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/bk20yYYa

We’ll discuss the makerspace – which will be more limited this year – and other conference-related…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The Academic Library Division is looking for a person to serve as the Vice-Moderator for 2023 and Moderator for 2024. The Academic Library Division is the largest group within ARLIS/NA, with nearly 450 members. The Division was established in 1975, and seeks to identify and promote issues of interest to art librarians working in…[Read more]

Hello all!  This is my first post to the NW Chapter!  Is it ok for me to post a job opportunity at Emily Carr here?  I’m also posting it with ARLIS-L.  Please let me know if anyone objects to this or if it goes against ARLIS/NA policy in any way?  Thanks! – Vanessa

Dear friends and colleagues:

I am delighted to share with you the content of an email received earlier today from Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director, Vancouver Art Gallery, in response to the concerns expressed by the Canada Chapter’s Executive Committee. Kiendl wrote:

Over the past couple of years, the Gallery reduced operational expenditures…

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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]

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter is delighted to invite ARLIS/NA members to join us for a virtual talk by Sarah Meilleur, CEO of Calgary Public Library.  Sarah led the design thinking, completion and launch of Calgary’s Central Library that has seen over three million visitors since opening in November 2018.   Designed by Snøhetta architects, the C…[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]

Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting Speaker Announcement:  Haema Sivanesan, 1:30 PST | 2:30 MST, Friday, December 2, 2022

Dear members and friends of the ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter,

We are delighted announce that the speaker for our Northwest Chapter Fall/Winter meeting will be Haema Sivanesan, Curator at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff…[Read more]