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]

Do you work with material samples in your library, or are developing a material collection? Do you employ sensory and tactile learning experiences for student artists and designers? Do you support research about the emotive responses material selection has on design and the built environment? Like the Pop movement, does your library work strive to…[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]

Hey Materials SIG! Are you interested in contributing to a pre-coordinated panel or workshop about material collections? How could ARLIS/NA benefit from show-and-tell, DIY biomaterial recipes, and haptic learning?

Pop artists incorporated everyday materials into their work. Frequently commenting on mass production, they understood that materials…[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]

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]

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]