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 April 2-5, 2024. Applications are due January 10, 2024 by midnight EST throug…[Read more]

From Frédéric Julien, Director of Research and Development/Directeur, recherche et développement, CAPACOA.

The Canadian Association for the Performing Arts / Association canadienne des organismes artistiques (CAPACOA) is creating an Indigenous Librarian position (par-time). Job descriptions in English and French are available here:

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For those that may have missed this, there is a Heritage survey currently open which seeks feedback on Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) in Canada:

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/culture/arts-media/performing-visual-arts/arts-market-survey.html

<br aria-hidden=”true” />It closes on Thursday, December 7.

November 16th : 5:30 PM ET. Hybrid Event: Trance, Dance, and Surrealism: Françoise Sullivan & Les Automatistes in World War II-era Montréal

Join the McGill Libraries, the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, and the CIAC (Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal ) for a talk by art historian Prof. Abigail Susik, celebr…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS friends,

The ARLIS-MOQ chapter is excited to be hosting a Research Roundup of conference presentations given earlier this year. We hope some of our colleagues from across Canada will join us! More info below.

All best,

Gwen

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Un tour d’horizon de la recherche Research Roundup

Diego Rivera Mural of Mexican History: C…[Read more]

Melva Dwyer était autrefois chef de la Bibliothèque des beaux-arts de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Le Prix Melva J. Dwyer a été créé en reconnaissance de sa contribution au domaine des bibliothèques d’art. Il récompense les créateurs d’instruments exceptionnels de consultation et de recherche dans le monde de l’architecture e…[Read more]

The Melva J. Dwyer Award was established in recognition of the contribution made to the field of art librarianship by Melva Dwyer, former head of the Fine Arts Library, University of British Columbia. It is given to the creators of exceptional reference or research tools relating to Canadian art and architecture. The award is adjudicated by a j…[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!

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&hellip;[Read more]

Hello All –

Response from the Canadian Federation of Library Associations on the decision to hold IFLA 2024 in Dubai.

https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/news/canadian-statement-on-the-decision-for-ifla-wlic-2024-to-be-held-in-dubai-uae-declaration-canadienne-sur-la-decision-de-tenir-le-congres-de-lifla-2024-a-dubai-emirats-arabes-unis/

I’m a long time A…[Read more]

Received from Liv Valmestad. The deadline is August 1 for a proposal.

Dear Colleagues,

KULA: knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation studies has a new call for proposals for a multimodal scholarship issue: https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/announcement/view/4. My co-editor Dr. Samantha MacFarlane and I would be very grateful if you…[Read more]