Dear friends and colleagues:

I am delighted to share with you the content of an email received earlier today from Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director, Vancouver Art Gallery, in response to the concerns expressed by the Canada Chapter’s Executive Committee. Kiendl wrote:

Over the past couple of years, the Gallery reduced operational expenditures…

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ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter: Call for Nominations for
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Secretary, and Web Editor

The ARLIS/SC Nominating Committee is accepting nominations for the
positions of:

1.

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (1 year as Vice-Chair; 1 year as Chair; 1 year as
Immediate Past-Chair): The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall act as…[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]

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter is delighted to invite ARLIS/NA members to join us for a virtual talk by Sarah Meilleur, CEO of Calgary Public Library.  Sarah led the design thinking, completion and launch of Calgary’s Central Library that has seen over three million visitors since opening in November 2018.   Designed by Snøhetta architects, the C…[Read more]

Sharing on behalf of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award Subcommittee:

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources professions, or a related field, has made an outstanding national or international contribution to art information.

The…[Read more]

Shared via email:

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources professions, or a related field, has made an outstanding national or international contribution to art information.

The conferring of this award is one of ARLIS/NA’s most j…[Read more]

Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting Speaker Announcement:  Haema Sivanesan, 1:30 PST | 2:30 MST, Friday, December 2, 2022

Dear members and friends of the ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter,

We are delighted announce that the speaker for our Northwest Chapter Fall/Winter meeting will be Haema Sivanesan, Curator at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff…[Read more]

Apologies for cross-posting—please feel free to forward to relevant groups and individuals!

Job Summary

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) seeks a motivated, collaborative and knowledgeable archivist to process and catalog special collections related to modern and contemporary art history with a focus on African American art. With the goa…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Wednesday, November 16th at 3:30pm EST/12:30pm PST.

The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around building and maintaining inclusive and diverse collections in art, architecture, and design. We will focus on inclusivity and diversity in regards to…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,  I currently run an architecture Library and an Art Library. In the architecture library, we shelve the serials in their own section, by call number.

In the art library, the periodicals are intershelved with the folios, also by call number. People here at Maryland are discussing the pros and cons of each arrangement. I have put…[Read more]

Hello ARLIS Northern California,

I’d like to extend an invite to you to attend an event we are hosting at Berkeley, the Arts/Visual Collections Showcase. See attached poster or my blog post for more info and participating collections/libraries from the UC Berkeley Library.

Join us for an open house and 50th anniversary celebration of the Art H…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA NW Chapter,

The ARLIS/NA Northwest Chapter Executive Committee are pleased to share that our Virtual Fall/Winter Meeting will be taking place on Friday, December 2nd, 2022.

We are so looking forward to seeing you! Guest speaker(s) are being finalized and an additional announcement message will be sent out shortly.

Please complete…[Read more]

ArtCenter College of Design Library is searching for an experienced Cataloging & Technical Services Librarian to join our team.

Job title:             Cataloging & Technical Services Librarian
Reports to:         Director, Collections and Systems
Supervises:        Assistant Cataloger, student workers
FLSA status:      Exempt
Salary grade: …[Read more]