The Winter 2023 issue of Canvas is now available for download.

Contents include:

• An update from 2022-2024 Chair Sam Regal
• Member spotlight of Ashley Peterson of UCLA
• A look back at the 51st Annual Conference in Mexico City
• Photos from the tour at Scripps College of the Ella Strong Denison Library and Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, a…

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Ciao ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter!

Please **RSVP** to our fall meeting on Friday, December 1 in San Francisco. We’ll be on tour mode (+ business meeting, of course!). Locations include 111 Minna Gallery, SFMOMA Library and San Francisco Art Institute Archives in Crown Point Press.

Agenda

Please RSVP by November 27. 

See you on December 1!

Hello ARLISians!

My Teaching SIG co-moderator, Stefanie Hilles, and I are happy to announce the date and time of the 2023 Fall/Winter Lightning Round, which will take place on December 14 at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Registration for the Lightning Round is now open; to register, please use this sign up link:…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Save the date! In partnership with the Collection Development SIG, the Academic Library Division will be hosting its quarterly open forum on Tuesday, November 28th at 3:00pm EST/12:00pm PST. The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around the management of serials collections.

Forum topics will include assessing…[Read more]

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Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:18 PM
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*LIBRARY OF CONGRESS*

*ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE*

*POLICY, TRAINING, AND C…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA SoCal Community,

During our business meeting last week we made a formal call for volunteers to serve on one of two upcoming nominating committees. We are in need of at least three more volunteers to serve on the following ad-hoc committees:

Nominating Committee for the SoCal Travel Award
Two people needed for committee; most of the…[Read more]

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The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the ACRL Rare Books and
Manuscripts Section invites you to the w…[Read more]

Hello Teaching SIG members! We are pleased to share an interview with Teaching SIG member Megan Lotts on the SIG’s WordPress blog: https://teaching.arlisna.hcommons-staging.org/2023/10/12/member-interview-megan-lotts/

If you would like to be interviewed for the blog, or have an idea for a guest post, please email Maggie Murphy…[Read more]

There’s Nothing Punk About Punk Orientalism

Or maybe orientalism is ok as a noun but not as a descriptive adjective.

Hello fellow Academic Library Division members.

We hope you will join the Education Subcommittee for a chat with members of the ARLIS/NA Research Awards Committee about the funding available for research and publication. Each year, ARLIS/NA offers members the opportunity to apply for funding to conduct research (H.W. Wilson Foundation Research…[Read more]

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Hello all,

There is a new resource available on the SACO R…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

Let’s learn from each other! Have you tried out new professional practices or approaches that might be relevant to others in our community? The ARLIS/NA SoCal Mini Conference is our opportunity to gather virtually to share inspirations, fresh ideas, innovative critical approaches, and lessons learned. We look forward to sharing o…[Read more]