ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter Lois Swan Jones Award: $1000
Deadline: January 19, 2024

The ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce the 2024 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award, which supports attendance and participation in the ARLIS/NA 52nd annual conference to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 2-5,…[Read more]

Hello all!

I’m writing today remind everyone that submission abstracts for the Fall 2023 issue of the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter newsletter, The Medium, are due soon! I have extended the abstract submission to Friday, December 8.

Submissions to The Medium are a great way to tell your fellow librarians about what you have bene doing, including…[Read more]

The current LCSH Tentative List out for comments is List 12:
https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2312.html
If you don’t have access to ClassWeb and would like to see the full
proposal, let me know and I will send it to you. I sent in the following
comments on behalf of ARLIS/NA.

*150 Abstract painters [May Subd Geog]…[Read more]

Hey now,

My colleagues and I have been exploring membership to the Urban Land Institute. We have noticed the user interface is not great and was wondering what your experiences have been working with this resource. Have you become ULI members? Is it worth it?

Your experience is much appreciated.

With gratitude,

Kai Alexis…[Read more]

Hello all!

I hope everyone’s fall is going well as we gear up for the end of another year! I’m writing today to officially request submissions for the Fall 2023 issue of the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter newsletter, The Medium.

Submissions to The Medium are a great way to tell your fellow librarians about what you have bene doing, including but…[Read more]

I’m writing on behalf of a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, who wrote to me recently

I will be travelling to Scotland next year to learn more about knitting.  I am searching for a book that would assist me in finding knitting/yarn centers in Scotland.  I found one company on the Isle of Lewis but am not able to get additional l…

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Position announcement: Curator of Special Collections, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library, NYC

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library (“Cooper Hewitt Library”), within the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA), is hiring a Curator for rare books and distinctive collections of/on American, European, global, and con…[Read more]

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Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Subject: [PCCLIST] Summary of Decisions, LC Genre/Form Terms Meeting Number
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*LIBRARY OF CONGRESS*

*ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE*

*POLICY, TRAINING, AND C…[Read more]

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From: Maria Gorbunova <mg1172@princeton.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:15 AM
Subject: [PCCLIST] Attend the RBMS BSC Cool Things We Cataloged Webinar,
December 4th
To: <PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

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

The ARLIS/NA New York Executive Board invites you to attend the chapter’s Annual Business Meeting taking place virtually on Monday, November 6th from 3:00-4:30PM (Eastern Time). This event is open to current members of the ARLIS/NA New York chapter, and the Zoom link will be shared in your registration confirmation email.

At…[Read more]

A Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG Fall event in partnership with the William Morris Society will be held on Wednesday, November 1 at 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific time over Zoom.  All are welcome to attend.

Please mark your calendars, and RSVP for the event here.

Event Description:Please join us for a virtual…[Read more]

There’s Nothing Punk About Punk Orientalism

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

Join us for the third annual ARLIS/NA New York Mini-Conference, featuring two days of lightning talks and a panel discussion on early career experiences in art librarianship. Learn about new developments in the field, network with colleagues, and be inspired by your peers! All events will be held virtually via Zoom.

Lightning Talks Day 1 -…[Read more]