TAKING THE PLUNGE 2007 : ART LIBRARIANSHIP AS A CAREER OPTION

There are still a few places remaining on the following event :

 TAKING THE PLUNGE 2007 : ART LIBRARIANSHIP AS A CAREER OPTION

 ARLIS/UK & Ireland Students and Trainees Event

Who:  Students, trainees, library assistants and anyone interested in a career in art librarianship.

When:  Saturday 3rd March 2007 from 11.00 – 15.45  

Where:  Education Rooms, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London

PROGRAMME:

 

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee & Welcome

 

11:20 – 11.40

Starting out – the low-down from a recent graduate:

Andrew Gray, Camberwell College of Arts

 

11:45 – 12.05

Academic librarian : Liz Lawes, UCL

 

12:10 – 12.30

Working in a photographic library:

Matthew Percival, Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art

 

12.30 – 12.45

Panel questions

 

12.45 – 13:30

Lunch

 

13:35 – 14.00

Looking back on a career in art & design librarianship: Beth Houghton

 

14.05 – 14.25

Index and Abstract: Elizabeth Madder, Art Bibliographies Modern

 

14:30 – 14.55

Getting the job!: Katherine Ross, Sue Hill Recruitment

 

14.55 – 15.15

Panel questions

 

15.15 – 15.45

Tour of National Gallery Library

If you would like to book a place, please visit the ARLIS website :

http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/booking%20forms/plungebooking07.doc

Best wishes,

Sarah Jeffcott

ARLIS students and Trainees Committee

 


links for 2007-02-08


ARLIS/NY Celine Palatsky Travel Award

ARLIS/NY Celine Palatsky Travel Award
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN CHAPTER OF THE ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA

ARLIS/NY is please to offer its annual Celine Palatsky Travel Award to support attendance at the ARLIS/NA 35th annual conference, to be held April 26-30, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. One award of $750 will be offered.

Qualifications for applying:

. You must be both an ARLIS/NY and ARLIS/NA member.
. You may not have full institutional support.
. You may not be an ARLIS/NY board member.
. You may not have won this award in the past five years.

Please include the following information in a letter of application:

. A short biography;
. The nature of your interest in art librarianship;
. Your reason(s) for wanting to attend the conference and how you expect to benefit from it;
. The amount or range of institutional support you are likely to receive, based on past practice and current circumstances;
. The name of and contact information for one reference: your supervisor, a professional colleague, or a faculty member (if you are a student).

Please submit your letter of application and a résumé via electronic mail, as Microsoft Word attachments or as PDFs, no later than 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2007 to Paul Glassman.


ARLIS/NY Celine Palatsky Travel Award Committee:
Paul Glassman, Director of Public Services, Pratt Institute
Zimra Panitz, Technical Services/Systems Librarian, Visual Arts Library, School of Visual Arts
Eric Wolf, Director of the Library, New York School of Interior Design


ARLIS/NA Ontario 2007 Conference Travel Award

One Award of $750 CDN will be offered in 2007 by the Ontario Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The award is intended to promote professional development among chapter members and to encourage their involvement in ARLIS/NA, by helping to defray the expense of attending ARLIS/NA’s annual conference. The 35th Annual Conference will be held at the Sheraton Midtown Colony Square in Atlanta� April 26th to 30th. For more information on the
conference:

http://www.arlis-se.org/atlanta2007/index.htm

Further information about the ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award,
including purpose, eligibility criteria and application process can be
found on the Ontario Chapter website at:

http://www.arlison.org/travel%20award.htm

Submit Applications by MAIL, E-MAIL or FAX to:

Margaret English
Chair, /NA Ontario Travel Award Committee 2007
c/o Department of Fine Art Library
University of Toronto
100 St. George St. 6th floor
Toronto, ON.
M5S 3G3
T. 416-978-5006
F. 416-978-1491

margaret.english@utoronto.ca

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 28th , 2007.


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