Call for Chapters: Bringing Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts into the Library
Posted: April 8, 2011 Filed under: Art Librarianship, Museum Librarianship, News, Opportunities: Professional Development, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications, Visual Resources | Tags: call for chapters, integration, literary arts, performing arts, visual arts, writing Leave a comment »Call for Chapters: Bringing Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts into the Library
Book Publisher: American Library Association
Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS
Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, American Library Association, 2010http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2646
The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times, American Library Association, 2011
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3090
Chapters sought from U.S. and Canadian librarians who’ve worked with visual and performing artists to bring the arts into libraries to keep them vibrant community cultural centers. Innovative public, school, librarians who have encouraged painters, photographers, musicians, writers, and other creative talent of various ages.
No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; 3,000-4,000 words written by one or up to three co-authors. Concise, how-to chapters, using bullets, headings.
Compensation: a complimentary book, discount on additional copies.
Possible topics: community programs and outreach, working with students, security and legal concerns, using the media, open houses, readings and book launches, displays, collaborations with community groups, workshops, grants.
To avoid duplication, please e-mail 2-3 topics described separately in 2-3 sentences by April 24, 2011 with a brief bio. Kindly place, ARTS/Your Name, on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
Nominate! ARLIS/NA Worldwide Books Award for Publications
Posted: December 24, 2010 Filed under: Opportunities: Awards, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications | Tags: awards, publications, research awards Leave a comment »The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Worldwide Books Awards for Publications is given in recognition of outstanding publications by ARLIS/NA Individual members in the fields of librarianship, visual resources curatorship, and the arts. The form of recognition may range from a certificate of merit to a cash award of up to $1,500. Nominated works must have been published during the 2009 or 2010 calendar year.
Applications and accompanying material must be postmarked by February 4th, 2011.
Guidelines and application form are available on the ARLIS/NA website: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/wwbap_guidelines.html
Previous award winners can be found here: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/researchawards_history.html#wwpub
Questions? Please contact the Research Award Committee Co-Chairs
Amy Ballmer, CUNY Graduate Center, aballmer@gc.cuny.edu
Melanie Emerson, Art Institute of Chicago, memerson@artic.edu
Recommended Blogs for Art Reviews – New ARLIS publication
Posted: March 26, 2008 Filed under: ARLIS/NA, Bibliographies and Pathfinders, Blogs, delicious, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications 3 Comments »ARLIS/NA has just announced a new online publication, Recommended Blogs for Art Reviews.
This is a really great resource, and many thanks to Joel Atkinson, Rachel Beckwith, Sherman Clarke, Ross Day, Jennifer Faist, Joy Garnett, Jennifer L. Hehman, Jacqueline L. Rogers, Amy Watson and editors Jennifer L. Hehman and Kraig Binkowski.
I’d love to see this list in del.icio.us, too. There’s actually a lot of overlap with links already in the ArLiSNAP del.icio.us account. Maybe we could come up with a tag to denote sites that are on the Recommended Blogs list? Or maybe we could work with the editors so that they could create a second version of their list in del.icio.us? It just seems to me that such a great resource should be shared far beyond the ARLIS/NA circle…
10 Questions to ask your new employees…
Posted: February 1, 2008 Filed under: Advice, management, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications 2 Comments »There’s a great post on Library Garden that lists 10 questions that managers should ask new hires. I love the spirit of this post, because it suggests that managers should be open to the fresh perspective of a new employee, and should take his/her observations as an opportunity for improvement. I imagine that if my employer asked me these questions, I’d also immediately feel as if my opinions were important to the organization. What a great way to feel welcomed!
Just something for all of us students/young professionals to mull over…
Libraries and Social Networking
Posted: December 11, 2007 Filed under: Professional Literature, Journals, Publications, Social Networking, Web 2.0 Comments Off 
“NextSpace (The OCLC Newsletter) asked nine experts to explore and comment on the trends and behaviors of users of the social Web.” Read Gerry McKiernan’s summary: OCLC NextSpace: Libraries and Social Networking
Here is the original OCLC article: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm
Highlights from College and Research News
Posted: November 19, 2007 Filed under: News, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications Comments OffFrom Volume 68, Number 10:
Pearls of wisdom from Deborah Lee’s “On the Tenure Track: Strategies for Success”
- Get documentation about your institution’s tenure process
- Talk to people who have recently gone through tenure in your library
- Get a mentor
- Make a plan and visualize your successful portfolio
- Keep supporting documentation throughout your career
Overview of Sandra Kroupa’s role in the University of Washington’s Book Arts Collection -
- “My job is primarily to be the conduit between the artist and viewer. The artist can’t talk to the person directly, but they can talk to them through me as I provide the book.”
Call for Papers: VRA Bulletin Special Issue
Posted: June 16, 2007 Filed under: Digital Imaging, Opportunities: Calls for Papers, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications, Visual Resources Comments OffDear VRA Members:
I will be guest editing a special issue of the VRA Bulletin in Spring 2008 on “Digital Collaborations.” I am intentionally making this an open call for abstracts for paper proposals to get as wide a range of articles on as many different topics as possible, both within the arts and humanities disciplines and beyond.
The broad question that I am asking is:
How are digital image collections now working or being implemented across the larger environment, either within one institution or between institutions?
I am interested in substantive articles from the collage/university, library, private/commercial sector, and museum communities.
Papers may address digital collaborations within cross-campus, multi-campus, single and multi-institution, commercial image consortia, library consortia, environments.
Topics that may be addressed are image database development, metadata issues, institution-wide image delivery, user issues, user and staff training programs, funding and staffing issues, personal collection access and delivery, commercial collections, image/text/audio/video collections, etc.
Please submit a one-page abstract of your paper proposal to me via e-mail by August 1, 2007 (taormina@duke.edu). Final articles should be between 2,500-4,000 words, not counting illustrations. Final papers will be due by December 31, 2007.
Thank you,
John J. Taormina
Director, Visual Resources Center
Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Duke University
Box 90764
112 East Duke Building
Durham NC 27708-0764
Book Review Link: Rethinking Information Work
Posted: April 19, 2007 Filed under: Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications 1 Comment »Rethinking Information Work
Submitted by Informant on Fri, 04/13/2007 – 3:48pm. The Informant By Kathleen Swantek, Research Associate, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute
“Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.”–Aristotle
This is just one of several quotes used to introduce chapters and set the tone in G. Kim Dority’s recent book, Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (Libraries Unlimited, 2006).
If you’ve been spending some time this spring thinking about your career—or if you’ve already decided it’s time for a career shift—Rethinking Information Work is a book you’ll want to spend some quality time with. Even if you think you’ve landed the perfect job, this book is worth your time.
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Encyclopedia of Health and Aging
Posted: April 16, 2007 Filed under: Professional Literature, Journals, Publications Comments OffI am a reviewer for Reference Books Bulletin, and just finished reviewing Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. It is a pre-print manuscript, so it needs to be bound, but would be good for a college that has a medical program ($150 retail). Any takers? Please e-mail me… first come first serve. Kristen Mastel at meye0539@umn.edu
publishing opportunities
Posted: February 23, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Calls for Papers, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications, Student Research Comments OffLibrary and Information Science students and educators,
Library Student Journal is once again accepting student papers for review
and publication in our next issue. Please visit
http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/getinvolved.php for more information
about having your work published.
LSJ was founded at the University of Buffalo in New York state but seeks
international readers and authors. We’ve also expanded our services to the
LIS community with recent additions of a discussion board and blog. We’re
pleased to offer students such an accessible forum for discussion as well
as the opportunity to be published alongside peers. Educators are
encouraged to share this opportunity with students.
Thank you
- Shannon Smith -
Library Student Journal staff
http://www.librarystudentjournal.com
Library Schools in Canada and the United States: Educational Opportunities for Careers in Fine Arts and Visual Resources Librarianship
Posted: November 26, 2006 Filed under: Education: LIS Programs, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications, [ Opportunities ] 5 Comments »Are there any ambitious ARLIS/NA members who would be interested in working to update this publication? The most recent addendum to the document was made in 1999, and we know that classes and specializations change with the addition or departure of faculty members. An updated version of this tool would provide wonderful guidance to our student colleagues.
ArLiSNAP readers seem like a natural choice for this project – if multiple people are interested they could always form a committee to draft a proposal for the publications committee. In the past it looks like this document was a joint effort between two or three people, so it might be best to have a committee chair for strategy as well as at least one other member to help implement the survey.
New Resources
Posted: October 2, 2006 Filed under: Architecture Librarianship, Blogs, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications Comments OffGreen Design / Sustainable Architecture: Resources by Susan Koskinen at UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library
Design Research at Virginia Tech by Heather Ball
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture
Co-Coordinator 2011-2013
