Hi all,

Working on a shifting project?  Dealing with renovations or construction?  Come chat with the Space Planning SIG!

I have scheduled an informal chat for Thursday October 12 at 1pm Eastern.  This will be a chance to check in on projects, ask questions of other librarians, and share information from some folks who have been here bef…[Read more]

Hi all, it’s that time again! Our Chapter business meeting is coming up on October 6, so please send me any new items to add to the agenda. Spring meeting minutes will be posted for approval shortly.

Draft Agenda:

1. Call to Order (Hillary Veeder)
2. Welcome and Introductions (Hillary Veeder)
3. Approval of Minutes from the Spring Business Meeting…

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Hi all!

The ARLIS Texas-Mexico Chapter invites you to submit presentation for the Research Roundtable! Presentations will be held in person in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas on Friday, October 6th as part of our fall chapter meeting.

The Research Roundtable provides a time for…[Read more]

Hello,
I’m interested in adding some altered books to our book arts collection, and wonder if people can share sources with me (sellers or artists). I have in the past seen nice examples on Etsy but on my recent review there were not a lot that seemed appropriate. I’d like t0 find ones that are sculptural and expertly crafted.

Thank you!

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]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to send out a quick reminder to the chapter reminding you that nominations (either for yourself or someone you think would be a great candidate) for the positions of Chapter Vice President and Treasurer are due by end of day Tuesday, August 1st!

Serving on the Executive Committee is a great (and fun!) way to get…[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]

Hi everyone,

During my presentation in Mexico City I mentioned that Marnie Powers-Torrey and I would be hiring a NEH-funded Visual Books Project Assistant to work on metadata and controlled vocabularies for artists’ books and fine press books. The job posting is now live: https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/visual-books-projects-assistan…[Read more]