Hi folks,

It was great to see many of you (and new faces) at our meeting last week! If you couldn’t make it, take a look at our August 2023 meeting notes – feel free to comment if you have corrections or additions. I’m delighted to announce that Fong Ku at Alberta University of the Arts is our new vice moderator!

We are also working on a Draft:…[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]

I’m a Research and Instruction librarian at College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, MI. Recently our library has added a PS5 and a small collection of video games to our collection. We’ve developed this collection with our Motion Design and Video Game Design students in mind and I’m beginning to brainstorm ways that I could approach…[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]

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]

The International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL) invites abstract submissions for a special issue titled “Embedded Libraries and Archives in Museums,” to be published in June 2024. IJoL is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal focusing on developments in the field of library and information science globally. IJoL is published quarterly, open acc…[Read more]