Hi,
I am also a graduate student at U of S. Florida.
Currently I am a graduate intern at the Broward County
Main Library, acting as a 'public art librarian'. My
goal is to work in a special art library (museum),
academic library as the art librarian or as a public
art librarian.
I too would be interested in a local chapter of
ARLIS/NA, though with school and work it may be too
much for me. What do we do from here? I have yet to
participate in ARLIS/NA meetings or conferences.
And say, is it true that there are jobs for me in
museums without an MA in art history? I do plan on
getting a certificate or other degree in art admin....
Thanks,
Elise
--- Alice Maggio <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am currently a graduate student at Dominican
> University in River Forest, IL (just outside of
> Chicago), and I would be very interested in starting
> a student chapter of ARLIS/NA. I have talked to
> other students, and I agree with Heather that there
> are many people considering art librarianship or
> visual resources curatorship that would be
> interested in an active student group within ARLIS.
> I also believe that within smaller, specialized
> organizations like ARLIS there is sometimes a
> misconception amongst students that they, as
> "pre-professionals", may be unwelcome because they
> are not yet art librarians, and a student or new
> member group within ARLIS would help dispel that
> idea.
>
> Alice
>
> Alice Maggio
> Library Assistant
> Lord, Bissell and Brook
> 115 S. LaSalle
> Chicago, IL 60603
> 312-443-1800 x3199
> [log in to unmask]
>
> >>> Heather Ball <[log in to unmask]> 01/16/02
> 09:21AM >>>
> Dear Ray Anne and ARLISers: I think this is a great
> idea! While in
> graduate school (just a year ago) I was thinking
> about starting a student
> chapter, but wasn't sure there would be enough
> people to support one. Once
> I started talking about it though, I was surprised
> at how many people came
> out of the woodwork. I think there are many more
> people getting their MLS
> who are considering art/architecture librarianship
> and/or VR curatorial
> work than we realize.
>
> Students get discouraged for a variety of reasons.
> Quite often people shy
> away from art librarianship as they have the
> impression they MUST have a
> Master's in Art History, in addition to their MLS
> (that's a popular
> one). Many people just haven't had much exposure to
> the field. Having
> active student chapters could really help dispel the
> myths and clarify just
> what the profession is about. Perhaps ARLIS could
> come up with some
> guidelines for starting student chapters?
>
> Best,
> Heather
>
> At 06:13 PM 1/15/02 -0500, Ray Anne Lockard wrote:
> >How many library schools have heard of ARLIS/NA?
> That's where the future
> >librarians are! I am thinking of beginning a
> student chapter at U of
> >Pitt, but
> >need to talk about that with other art librarians
> via ARLIS-L and at the
> >conference to see if anyone else has done it and
> how to go about doing it.
>
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