When – Monday, January 22, 10-11am MST.

Where – https://byu.zoom.us/j/91936377904?pwd=WnpUVjRHS0hOWHE5TWtxMVRIWlpHZz09

• Meeting ID: 919 3637 7904
• Passcode: Birdhouse

Who – Elizabeth Smart, Humanities Librarian, and Cassandra Belliston, Art & Design Librarian

What – We’re rebranding the Mountain West Chapter’s monthly virtual meetin…[Read more]

Hi Mountain West-ers,

On the behalf of the MW Chapter Nominating Committee, please join me in congratulating our newly elected Chair Elect, Elizabeth Smart, and Secretary, Martha Neth!

Elizabeth and Martha will begin their roles as of January 1, 2024. Please take a minute to read about them below! Thank you to Elizabeth and Martha for their…[Read more]

Greetings! The ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter’s Winter 2024 Virtual Symposium call for proposals is open to all ARLIS/NA members, as well as members of affiliate and related organizations (ARLIS UK & Ireland, IFLA Arts, ACRL Arts, VRA, TLA., Music LA., AASL, SAA, etc.). This is an opportunity for librarians, curators, and arts library p…[Read more]

Hey all! You should have just gotten the invite, but quick reminder that our fall business meeting is this week at 12:30 pm MST. Thanks! – Larry

Hello Mountain West Colleagues!

It’s time for MW Elections for 2024, and the ballot is now open – please vote here: https://forms.gle/Vo9iu4kXJUXgtxmAA! 🗳️

The ballot will be open through Tuesday, November 28.

PLEASE VOTE – we want your input! 😊

Have a great holiday!

-Shoshana

Nominating Committee Members

Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor, Chair…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS/NA MW Chapter Members,

We will be holding elections soon for two board positions. The positions are:

• Chair Elect (3-year term; one year as Chair Elect, one as Chair, and one as Past Chair)
• Secretary/Treasurer (2-year term, open to renewal)

Why run for chapter office?

• Meet new colleagues! Connect and collaborate with…

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Hello mountain west chapter!

Last week you got an email from me with the zoom info for Wednesday’s happy hour. This month will be hosted by the University of Utah and will explore their “Let Freedom Read” dress and exhibition! We hope you’ll join us to discuss the project and have some social time afterwards.

Best, Larry

Hey Mountain West Chapter,

It was great to see some faces at the August Social Hour hosted by Rachel! We had a great tour of the U of A CATalyst Studio on Matterport and if you missed it you can check that out here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=bzWyN8kr3bC. Next month, I/UCCS will be hosting a tour of my latest digital exhibit: Invisible…[Read more]

Hello friends,

I just have two quick reminders. Firstly, if you have comments on the bylaws, tomorrow is the deadline to get those to me. Secondly, we’re hosting our first happy hour of the academic year tomorrow! Below will be the zoom info and I hope as many of you as possible can join us.

Best,

Larry

Larry Eames is inviting you to a…[Read more]

Hello Mountain West ARLISians!

IAIA in Santa Fe is hiring! Applications are accepted through Aug. 14 for their Public and Technical Services Librarian position: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1800414. You can find answers to general questions on their HR site: https://iaia.edu/about/employment/.

Hello Mountain West Chapter!

One of the projects of the executive committee has been to overhaul our chapter bylaws and we’re ready to distribute them for comment! Here is a link to the draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ynbCaLGwCmK4WGj-f3nLMJKwdUxTz0U785fNnePnAQ/edit?usp=sharing. All changes are marked in track changes for ease. If y…[Read more]

Hello Mountain West ARLISians!

Chapter leadership is excited to announce a new slate of programming. Based on feedback at the annual meeting and our survey from about a month ago, starting in August we’ll be hosting a get together at 4:00 MT/3:00 PT on the third Tuesday of the month. We’re planning for each meeting to be “hosted” by someone…[Read more]

Hey Mountain West!

Thank you so much for the robust discussion last week about what you wanted out of your chapter membership! After discussing your comments, we’re doing two things:

1. Happy Hours are back! We’re thinking about doing this monthly and we’ll kick off every get together with a featured something from the “host” of the happy hour.…

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Hello! I wanted to make sure you all know about the annual business meeting next week. Here’s the event information:

May 1, 2023: 10:00 AM PT/11:00 AM MT https://uccs-edu.zoom.us/j/94983119731 Meeting ID: 949 8311 9731 https://sched.co/1JNW3

Hope to see you there!

Best,

Larry Eames

Hi everyone!

For everyone who’s in CDMX, leadership is going to be hosting an informal happy hour here: https://www.instagram.com/terrazachachacha/. We’ll be heading out after the vendor reception and we hope you can join us!

-Larry

Hi all,

Perhaps I missed the announcement because of all of the other emails and announcements and things flying past me :)) — but just wondering if the Mountain West Chapter Annual Business Meeting date and time have been set  so I can hold the date? Thanks so much!!

Stephanie