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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.