CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – ARLIS/NA Internship Award 2007-2008

The Art Libraries Society of North America is now accepting applications for its annual Internship Award.The ARLIS/NA Internship Award provides financial support for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. The award grants $2,500.00 to the selected recipient to support a period of internship in an art library or visual resources collection.The deadline for applications is October 15, 2007.For detailed information about the award and application instructions please see the ARLIS/NA website: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/internship_info.html

ARLIS/NA Internship Award Sub-Committee
Cathy Billings (chair), Maureen Burns, Robert Gore, Kristen Regina, Rina Vecchiola


Session Update from Atlanta: Hot Topics

Hot Topics

Long-term planning for conference requires session approval, preventing discussion of new ideas. Last-minute and timely topics have been generated – emerging technologies this year.

Varying levels of experiences
Overview of technologies and their use

Rebecca CooperCatholic University, Reader services manager at the Society of the Cincinnati Library

Brian Loar
Resource librarian, global design firm Fitch
ArLiSNAP administrator

Rebecca Price, Univ. Michigan

Sue Mayberry, Otis College of Art and Design, Director of Tech.
Web2.0 capturing imagination of faculty and staff
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Email as a form of group communication

Here are two links that recently stood out since they pertain to our blog project. At this point nobody has proposed doing away with the arlis-student-l. Check out the posts Steven Cohen at Library Stuff and CW, an Australian librarian, are writing about email’s shortcomings.


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