Good afternoon y’all!

The chapter website has (finally) been successfully migrated to Humanities Commons: https://texasmexico.arlisna.hcommons-staging.org/ as required by ARLIS/NA.

The website has been set to public so it should be accessible to those without an HC account, which I know was something we discussed as being very important in past…[Read more]

Dear chapter members and conference planning team,

Below is the agenda for our next Mexico City conference planning meeting which takes place tomorrow, Tuesday the 17th at 11 am CT/12 pm ET.

AGENDA

Minutes and action items (Jon)
Registration launch (Megan)
Logo update (Gabrielle)
Programming

* Conference schedule and SCHED (Lauren and…[Read more]

Hello all!

I hope you all had a good holiday! As we get started in 2023 I’d like to announce our first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 24 at 11am PT/12pm MT/1pm CT/2pm ET. Zoom information to follow.

Co-hosting with us once again is DLF Museums Cohort, and joining us are Jennifer Riestenberg (Walker Art Center Library) and Deborah Ultan…[Read more]

Hello all!

I wanted to announce the results of the 12/14 supplementary meeting, in which we voted on two subjects: 1) 2023 Conference Donation Amount and 2) Adding “Library Staff” as a chapter membership tier (in line with ARLIS/NA).

1) Conference Donation: In the Fall meeting there was some discussion about the confusion as to how chapter…[Read more]

2023 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award Announcement

Amount: $1000.00

Deadline: February 6th, 2023
The ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter is pleased to announce the 2023 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award, which supports attendance and participation in the ARLIS/NA 51st annual conference to be held in Mexico City, Mexico from…[Read more]

Hello all!

Just wanted to send out a quick reminder that tomorrow morning at 11am CST we will have a brief (30 minutes or less) meeting to vote on two topics:

1) chapter membership tiers, specifically the addition of a library staff tier (a new tier introduced by ARLIS/NA). We will be voting on updating the chapter bylaws to include membership…[Read more]

Good day everyone! I hope you are well.

I don’t know if this exactly fits here but I wanted to know if anyone here ever had a hand in archiving video projects? Currently looking comparing best practices and if any other institutions have done something similar.

-Quentin

Hello all!

We have a winning time on the Doodle poll (and thank you for your patience during the technical difficulties) for the brief meeting to vote on two topics of discussion that came up at the Fall 2022 Chapter Meeting : 1) chapter membership tiers, specifically the addition of a library staff tier (a new tier introduced by ARLIS/NA), and…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for 1-2 members to join the Chapter’s Lois Swan Jones Award Committee. This Committee will be awarding $1000 to one of our members this year to support travel to Mexico City, and will additionally consider applications for fully-funded ARLIS/NA memberships for LIS students.

This is a low commitment and FUN way to…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

Each year, ARLIS/NA bestows honors and provides opportunities for funding via a number of awards. This year, Awards Subcommittee Chairs are pleased to invite you to an information session on how to apply or make a nomination for these ARLIS/NA awards and honors!

In this one hour session, each Chair will briefly present…[Read more]