Hey now,

My colleagues and I have been exploring membership to the Urban Land Institute. We have noticed the user interface is not great and was wondering what your experiences have been working with this resource. Have you become ULI members? Is it worth it?

Your experience is much appreciated.

With gratitude,

Kai Alexis…[Read more]

I’m writing on behalf of a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, who wrote to me recently

I will be travelling to Scotland next year to learn more about knitting.  I am searching for a book that would assist me in finding knitting/yarn centers in Scotland.  I found one company on the Isle of Lewis but am not able to get additional l…

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Hello ARLISians!

My Teaching SIG co-moderator, Stefanie Hilles, and I are happy to announce the date and time of the 2023 Fall/Winter Lightning Round, which will take place on December 14 at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Registration for the Lightning Round is now open; to register, please use this sign up link:…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Save the date! In partnership with the Collection Development SIG, the Academic Library Division will be hosting its quarterly open forum on Tuesday, November 28th at 3:00pm EST/12:00pm PST. The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around the management of serials collections.

Forum topics will include assessing…[Read more]

Position announcement: Curator of Special Collections, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library, NYC

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library (“Cooper Hewitt Library”), within the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA), is hiring a Curator for rare books and distinctive collections of/on American, European, global, and con…[Read more]

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*LIBRARY OF CONGRESS*

*ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE*

*POLICY, TRAINING, AND C…[Read more]

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December 4th
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The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the ACRL Rare Books and
Manuscripts Section invites you to the w…[Read more]

A Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG Fall event in partnership with the William Morris Society will be held on Wednesday, November 1 at 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific time over Zoom.  All are welcome to attend.

Please mark your calendars, and RSVP for the event here.

Event Description:Please join us for a virtual…[Read more]

Hello Teaching SIG members! We are pleased to share an interview with Teaching SIG member Megan Lotts on the SIG’s WordPress blog: https://teaching.arlisna.hcommons-staging.org/2023/10/12/member-interview-megan-lotts/

If you would like to be interviewed for the blog, or have an idea for a guest post, please email Maggie Murphy…[Read more]

There’s Nothing Punk About Punk Orientalism

Or maybe orientalism is ok as a noun but not as a descriptive adjective.

Please join us on November 8, 2023 at 11 am Pacific time to learn more about the Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA)!

CARTA facilitates the development of a collaborative entity of art libraries building collections of archived web-based content related to art history and contemporary art practice. Through this consortial approach, the project…[Read more]