Hello all!

I just wanted to let you know that the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Website is “under construction” and looks a little different right now. It is still operational, but ARLIS/NA has asked that all chapter websites hosted on ARLIS/NA’s website migrate to Humanities Commons. As interim website administrator,  I’ve been working on adapting the…[Read more]

Hi all,

In preparation for our Fall Chapter business meeting, I’ve attached a draft of the Fall 2022 agenda. Please let me know if any further agenda items need to be added or corrections need to be made. The business meeting will take place on October 18, 2022, 2-3pm CDT. You can access the meeting through this Microsoft Teams meeting link.…[Read more]

Dear chapter members,

We are pleased to present the following slate of officer candidates for the 2023 ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter Executive Committee. Elections will be held at the upcoming annual business meeting.

Vice President/President-Elect: Rebekah (Scoggins) Boulton, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Secretary: Caroline Clavell, Kimbell…[Read more]

Queridas colegas,

Please find the minutes from this month’s ARLIS/NA Mexico City Conference planning meeting here / Las actas de la reunión de planificación de la Conferencia ARLIS/NA de la Ciudad de México de este mes se pueden encontrar aquí…[Read more]

The following was posted on the ARLIS/NA listserv on September 9.  As some folks who are members of the Retirement SIG do not subscribe to the listserv, I’m posting the announcement about Joyce here: I’ve recently learned of Joyce Pellerano Ludmer’s passing.  Here is a link to the L.A. Times obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/na…[Read more]

Please save the date for two upcoming events!

Friday, October 7th, 3-4pm ET — The Teaching SIG is teaming up with the Research & Information Services Section (RISS) to host a lesson plan workshop! Come with your own lesson plans you’d like help developing or reworking, and participate in a discussion about shared best practices with fellow te…[Read more]

Hi y’all,

The Texas-Mexico Chapter will be holding its fall business meeting virtually this year on Tuesday, October 18th from 2-3pm CST.

A formal call for agenda items and approval of the Spring 2022 minutes as well as a link to the meeting will be sent out in the coming weeks, but if you have any agenda items you would like to propose in the…[Read more]

Hello all! I am attaching a link to a Doodle poll to determine the best time to hold our virtual Fall 2022 business meeting, which the executive board would like to hold in October: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e98xl1Dd

Please send responses by Monday, September 12th – a link for the meeting and a call for agenda items will…[Read more]

Hi All,

Does anyone have an interest in putting together a panel on working with grad students—MFA students, specifically—for Mexico City?

If so, let me know!
-n.

Nedda H. Ahmed
College of the Arts & Graduate School Librarian
Georgia State University
nedda@gsu.edu<mailto:nedda@gsu.edu> | Schedule a con…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, August 16th at 3pm EDT/12pm PDT. 

The hour-long open forum will center around creative approaches to outreach. We’ll discuss creating and promoting services specific to art students who are situated within a broader academic institution. We will also co…[Read more]

My name is Mackenzie Salisbury, I’m the Information Literacy Librarian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

I am working with Ashley Peterson (UCLA) on putting together a workshop for the Mexico City conference. We are hoping to find someone from the TX-Mexico Chapter that has collaborated with people outside their institution on a l…[Read more]