The student chapter topic was discussed on the list January 16th, 2002.
You can read these responses in the listserve archive:
http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html
Many initiatives are happening within the organization or are being
planning in order to make the vital connection between LIS students and
ARLIS/NA members (mentoring, chapter outreach, internship, and travel
awards). Perhaps it is time for the organization to come up with
guidelines for students who do wish to launch ARLIS/NA student chapters.
One of the guidelines could be to define student chapters as liaison
groups with state/regional chapters. There could be a strong mentoring
component - chapters can appoint members that serve as student chapter
liaisons. Students in larger LIS programs would likely be interested.
- Heather
Heather Ball
Art and Architecture Librarian
Virginia Tech
302 Cowgill Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
ph 540.231.9272
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucie Stylianopoulos [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:48 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Student recruitment and ARLIS
Dear Compatriots,
Well a public failure can sometimes reap vast rewards. My earlier "NC"
mistake has yielded a number of responses from students, both in the
AMLISS
chapter at UNC-SLIS in North Carolina and from students in Canada and
the
other areas of the US. Their messages say to me that we need to have
more
visibility in the library schools in the US and Canada and recruit more
directly from library schools. I have also heard that many library
school
students are interested in art librarianship but find more opportunities
in
ALA, ACRL, SLA, etc. than with ARLIS. Finally, the need for student
travel
awards, both diversity-oriented and open, has come up.
Leslie Abrams and I, as co-chairs of the Strategic Plan Task Force, and
our
colleagues on the Task force are certainly monitoring these discussions
closely and hope to produce some results next year. I think we will be
working closely with several ARLIS committees, Membership and Diversity
immediately spring to mind, to see some solutions emerge.
ARLIS/NA and the local chapters have student memberships. The library
school students, however, are saying that we need ARLIS student
organizations in the schools that are affiliated with ARLIS/NA directly,
much like SLA. I am inclined to agree. I plan to be coming to the
ARLIS/NA new members reception so I can meet and welcome new members and
new student members personally and talk about this issue.
Could we have some online discussion on this issue, however, since many
of
the interested parties cannot afford to attend the NYC conference.
yours,
lucie
Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos
Collections/User Education Coordinator
Librarian for Art, Classical Archaeology, and
Architectural History
Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4131
tele. 434-924-6604 [log in to unmask] fax:
434-982-2678
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