Dear ALD members,

I hope this finds everyone well!

Your moderators Claire and Lauren are currently working on a proposal for an ALD-led Roundtable at the 2024 ARLIS conference. Per the call for proposals, roundtables are “small, informal group discussions around a common theme or issue.” In our proposal, we will be identifying a topic and…[Read more]

The Architecture + Planning Section co-moderators invite you to submit your proposals to participate in a pre-coordinated panel (up to 4 presenters with a moderator) addressing the conference theme POP!

The conference call mentions street artist Jordan Wong, muralist Keith Haring, and public artist Jenny Holzer. Pittsburgh is the birthplace of…[Read more]

This is the new Commons group for the Artist Files SIG. Freyja and I are just getting our bearings, working out some details of the website migration, wondering about new blog posts and starting to think about a SIG event for Fall – maybe an informal meeting to hear what kind of artist files thoughts are on everyone’s minds, and make some plans.…[Read more]

ALA Core Metadata and Collections Section

Subject Analysis Committee

Report from June 2023 meetings

The June 2023 SAC meetings were held virtually on 14-16 June 2023. Relevant documents are posted on the SAC Public Space on ALA Connect.https://connect.ala.org/core/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=f0f2a3bc-328d-47ac-a0db-8cc40d7fef1f

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Dear Colleagues,

Save the date! The Academic Library Division will be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, August 8th at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT. The hour-long open forum will be a discussion centered around the transition from summer to the academic year. Forum topics will include the kinds of work many of us do over the summer, such as collection…[Read more]

Another free, online craft symposium that might be of interest tomorrow (Thursday 7/20)!
Best — Karyn

https://hyperallergic.com/833559/craft-archive-fellowship-virtual-program-2023/
Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2023 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted…[Read more]

I’m looking for technical services librarians who have a background in Medieval Studies to join a hybrid roundtable discussion at next year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 9-11, 2024). If you held a technical services role (considered broadly) at any point in your career, and you studied any aspect of the…[Read more]

Hi all!

Is there any interest in reviving the Postcards from the Edge series of workshops at ARLIS 2024? For those who don’t remember it, PftE was a hands-on workshop series where we covered “art-adjacent” fields like theatre, film studies, media & TV, etc. (In other words: fields academic art librarians frequently cover, often with little formal…[Read more]

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Danny Fermon, who joined MoMA in 1971 as a Page in the Library. Encouraged by Library director Clive Phillpot, Danny earned an MLS in 1991 and rose through the library ranks, eventually being promoted to Associate Librarian, Cataloging in 2003. He was active in the Museum’s homegrown union, P…[Read more]

Three grant opportunities are now open from the Decorative Arts Trust:

IDEAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS

The Trust offers grants to museums and historic sites in support of internships that improve and promote inclusivity, diversity, equity, access, and leadership (IDEAL) in the museum field. The Trust seeks to fund summer and academic-year internships…[Read more]

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From: Frank, Paul <pfrank@loc.gov>
Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Subject: [PCCLIST] NACO Online Training Workshop: September 2023
To: <PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

Hi everyone,

ok, the cat is out of the bag (and will be well taken care of).

Back in 2012, when online training options became more a…[Read more]