I echo everyone’s thanks for stepping up to chairs the Materials SIG, Shannon. I’m scooting off to Italy for a couple of weeks shortly after the CDMX conference, so don’t plan around me. But do know that I will be lurking on this group. At my institution (MassArt), we’ve been pushing for a Materials Library for over ten years. New administration,…[Read more]

I’m available except for the 2pm slot on May 2. Thanks for volunteering to moderate this group and for organizing a meeting.

Mark Pompelia

Thanks for speaking up, Tara! 🙂

My vote is May 2 or May 3 at 12pm, 1pm, or 2pm CDT.

As 11am CDT is 9am Pacific, I know it’s a rush to be right on time that early. Thoughts?

Hi Shannon!

Thank you for stepping up to be the SIG coordinator!

I would prefer May 3rd at 11, 12, 1, 2, or 3 for the meeting. I could also do May 2nd or 1st in the afternoon. This first week of May works better for me as it is closer to the end of the semester and to finals.

Thank you,

Tara

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Tara Spies Smith (she/her/hers)

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Hi all!

My sincere apologies for clogging your inbox, but I forgot to include another announcement (perhaps on theme for the holidays).

If you are so inclined – you can donate to the Texas-Mexico chapter!

To pay by PayPal or with a Credit Card: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/arlistxmx

To Pay by Check or Money Order:

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It works !!

(Testing the reply feature).

Just a quick note to let you know that I forwarded the arlis-l announcement
about this award to Loriene Roy at UT Austin, with a suggestion that the
message be sent to appropriate ISchool listservs.

Best wishes,
Janine Henri
Emerita Librarian, UCLA

Thanks, Helen. I’m going to try to attend although I have a sudden conflict. Not sure I can vote by proxy but I support the staff option being added. I’ll recuse myself for the Mexico City conference donation but please be mindful that a donation for 2023 must be made in 2023; if the chapter donates money before January 1, it will be supporting…[Read more]

Ah! See, great minds think alike. I *knew* there would be folks doing similar research and noticing a need for more comprehensive information on material collecting!

Siobhan, it sounds like you are a year or so ahead of me and I’ll reach out to learn what you’ve learned.

Mark, congrats on the sabbatical and I’m very happy to hear you are…[Read more]

Hi Shannon and Siobhan,

Thanks for starting and continuing this discussion.

I have a six-month sabbatical during the first half of 2024 devoted to the generation of a handbook for materials collections. It’s only very loosely conceived at this point and I’ll have some research leave in 2023 to plot it out further. BUT it would be great to add…[Read more]

Hi Shannon,

I’m at the same stage in developing a materials collection at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I’ve interviewed a few librarians who’ve developed collections, have travelled to a some collections in person over the last year, and am currently working on a literature review. I’d love to chat!

Best,

Siobhan McKissic…[Read more]

Hi y’all!

Thank you Mark – next time I’ll try when2meet instead! 🙂

Rachel was able to access and vote — one issue may be with the website display — I’ve had to scroll down a bit to get to the times that weren’t midnight-6am, though accessing it on my phone it was a little easier.

If anyone is still having trouble, email me and I’ll send you…[Read more]

I could click into the Doodle link but the calendar does not show any linked days or times to select.

sidebar: I find when2meet much easier than Doodle!