The American Craft Council will be holding its Winter 2024 Forum this Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1:00pm Central time via Zoom.  Attendance is free, but please register in advance at https://www.craftcouncil.org/programs/forums

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What comes to mind when you think of New Orleans? Mardi Gras? Bourbon Street and the French Quarter? The…[Read more]

Subject: Apply now for the ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance and Travel Awards!

Dear colleagues,

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Travel Awards Subcommittee is now accepting applications for the ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance and Travel Awards to support attendance at the ARLIS/NA 52nd annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA on…[Read more]

Hi all,

I am writing with a final plea for submissions to The Medium‘s Fall 2023 issue. Your content does not need to be long or super academic. It would just be great to hear about any projects you are working on or anything else of note from your institutions. It can even be just images! From those who were in Lubbock, we would especially love…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

A Pay-What-You-Can virtual tour of the Dorothy Liebes Exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright is now available for registration.

Journey through decades of influential textile artistry from a master in the field in this Virtual Tour of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes. This exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt,…[Read more]

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]

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]

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.

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Our fall chapter meeting is just a few days away! For those of you attending the meeting in Lubbock, we are looking forward to your arrival on Thursday!

For those members who will be attending the business meeting virtually, I wanted to recirculate the Zoom meeting information which is located in the general, fall meeting agenda:…[Read more]

Dear Texas-Mexico Chapter members,<br aria-hidden=”true” />We are pleased to present the 2024 slate of nominees for the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter Executive Committee:<br aria-hidden=”true” />
Vice President/President-Elect:  Sha Towers, Associate Dean of Research and Engagement and Librarian, Moody Memorial Library, Baylor…

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This is a last call for participants in a SIG panel for the 2024 ARLIS/NA conference in Pittsburgh.  Please contact me by Monday Sept. 11 to indicate your interest.

Extraordinary Ordinary Things

The Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG seeks to offer a SIG-sponsored conference proposal for the 2024 ARLIS/NA conference in Pittsburgh.  At the S…[Read more]