Dear Friends of the Vancouver Art Gallery Library,

As librarians who have cared for and cherished the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery Library and Archives for a total of more than 60 years, we are deeply concerned that the Gallery has been without a Librarian since December 2021.  After our cataloguer retired in August 2022, the Library…[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…[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 jury…[Read more]

First, as mentioned earlier, Shannon Robinson (now at the University of Southern California) will be serving as the Architecture & Planning Section Co-moderator from now through the 2024 Annual Meeting. Also, Callie Cherry, Wentworth Institute of Technology, has graciously offered to serve as the Section’s Communication Coordinator as we…[Read more]

Dear Northwest Chapter members,

The NW Chapter executive wants your input on the best day for our 2022 fall/winter meeting.  We decided that an online meeting format would enable members to save professional development funds for the 2023 ARLIS/NA conference in Mexico City.  As usual, we will have the chapter business meeting, members’ r…[Read more]

Shannon Robinson has offered to serve as co-moderator of the Architecture & Planning Section, with a term running through the 2024 ARLIS/NA Annual meeting. Here is a brief bio for Shannon:

In September 2022, Shannon will become Head of the Architecture and Fine Arts Library at the University of Southern California. Prior to relocating to LA, she…[Read more]

Hi all. I would like to form a group on how our Section can best utilize the Commons Group to facilitate communication. Interested? Volunteer below (especially if you have experience using either the ARLIS/NA or Humanities Commons!)

The Sioux Project—Tatanka Oyate | 2022 Melva J. Dwyer Award winner / lauréat du prix Melva J. Dwyer 2022

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For this year’s conference, ARLIS/NA invited us to Chicago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. It was chilly on the streets of Windy City, April 4-9, but connecting and reconnecting together brought a considerable amount of warmth at this in-person conference, the first since 2019. On Wed…[Read more]