Dear ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter members,

Our annual Spring Business Meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, April 27th, from 11am-12pm PST. Please save the date!

Zoom info will be shared closer to the meeting date.

My best,

Sam Regal

ARLIS/NA SC Chair

Dear Colleagues,

Last call for travel award applications for the 51st annual ARLIS/NA conference, to be held in Mexico City from 4/18-4/21/23.

This year, one combined travel award is sponsored by the Southern California chapter:

ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award

The Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award honors the C…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Sharing information about ACRL/Arts meetups at ACRL from our ARLIS/NA-ACRL/Arts Affiliate Liaison, Leah Sherman.

All ARLIS/NA members are welcome to join!

If you are attending ACRL 2023 in Pittsburgh next month, here are two exciting opportunities to meet up with your ACRL/Arts Section colleagues. Please see the links and notes…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, February 28th at 3:30pm EST/12:30pm PST.  

The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around managing employees or working with your manager, as well as managing student employees and GAs. We will cover topics such as supporting employees, cu…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Our meeting will take place via Zoom on March 13th at 11:00am EST. Zoom details are included below. Looking forward to our discussion about the makerspace at the Mexico City conference.

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Zoom is Yale’s audio and visual conferencing platform.

Topic: SCIP SIG
Time: Mar 13, 2023 11:00 AM E…[Read more]

Hi SCIP members! We have some things to discuss prior to this year’s conference in Mexico City. Please fill out this doodle poll so I can find an optimal meeting time: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/bk20yYYa

We’ll discuss the makerspace – which will be more limited this year – and other conference-related…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The Academic Library Division is looking for a person to serve as the Vice-Moderator for 2023 and Moderator for 2024. The Academic Library Division is the largest group within ARLIS/NA, with nearly 450 members. The Division was established in 1975, and seeks to identify and promote issues of interest to art librarians working in…[Read more]

Hi librarian hive mind. I was wondering how many other librarians, esp. in art & design schools and universities, put on “fun” workshops for their students and/or faculty. If so, do you get any pushback from administration because it’s not specifically research-related? How do you justify it to those who object? At Columbus College of Art & Design…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

A friendly reminder that the ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter travel award applications are now open for the 51st annual ARLIS/NA conference, to be held in Mexico City from 4/18-4/21/23.

This year, one combined travel award is sponsored by the Southern California chapter:

ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Judith A. H…[Read more]

Dear ARLIS Southern California chapter members,

As mentioned in our Fall Business Meeting, we’ve drafted a revision of our Chapter’s bylaws to reflect language recommended by our ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison. We ask that you please vote on these amendments by Friday, 2/24.

The majority of the updates are minor, in service of brevity and clarity. Th…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter is pleased to announce that the travel award applications are open for the 51st annual ARLIS/NA conference, to be held in Mexico City from 4/18-4/21/23.

This year, one combined travel award is sponsored by the Southern California chapter:

ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Judith A. Ho…[Read more]

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Travel Awards Subcommittee is now accepting applications for the ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance and Travel Awards to support attendance at the ARLIS/NA 51st annual conference in Mexico City, Mexico on April 18-21, 2023. Applications are due January 20, 2023 by 8 pm EST through this form: https:/…[Read more]