Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA New York Programming Committee is pleased to announce the third annual ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference, a series of free events for chapter members taking place over three consecutive Wednesdays in October. The mini-conference will feature two lunchtime lightning round sessions on October 11 and 25, as well as a…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA New York Programming Committee is pleased to announce the third annual ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference, a series of free events for chapter members taking place over three consecutive Wednesdays in October. The mini-conference will feature two lunchtime lightning round sessions on October 11 and 25, as well as a…[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!

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]

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Danny Fermon, who joined MoMA in 1971 as a Page in the Library. Encouraged by Library director Clive Phillpot, Danny earned an MLS in 1991 and rose through the library ranks, eventually being promoted to Associate Librarian, Cataloging in 2003. He was active in the Museum’s homegrown union, P…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

During my presentation in Mexico City I mentioned that Marnie Powers-Torrey and I would be hiring a NEH-funded Visual Books Project Assistant to work on metadata and controlled vocabularies for artists’ books and fine press books. The job posting is now live: https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/visual-books-projects-assistan…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

New York University (NYU) Division of Libraries is hiring a Librarian for Music. This position lives within the Arts, Performance, and Humanistic Inquiry (APHI) Team at the Division of Libraries, which also includes the Librarian for the Fine Arts, the Librarian for Performing Arts, the Librarian for English and Comparative…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Are you looking to get involved in the ARLIS/NA New York chapter? Do you like to party? Then volunteer to join our 2023 ARLIS/NA New York Holiday Party Planning Committee! Our chapter holiday parties are known far and wide for being fun, festive, and a great way to celebrate the end of the year with friends and colleagues. We are…[Read more]

The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the Shelby White &
Leon Levy Fellowship in Manuscript Cataloging. It’s an excellent
opportunity to learn about cataloging individual manuscripts according to
DCRM(MSS) focusing on 19th- or 20th-century correspondence. This
opportunity is the third in a series of Manuscript Cataloging…[Read more]