Hello,
Elsie, I would like to know more about what you are doing as a public art librarian especially as Broward County has one of the best Public Art programs in the country. Public Art programs worldwide are putting out catalogs and other information which , I think, should be collected by libraries and made available to researchers. What is your collection policy in Broward?
Working in the field of Public Art might interest you. You get to meet fascinating people, connect with contemporary art and artists and contribute to your community. Americans for the Arts sponsors a Public Art list-serve and sometimes advertises jobs, but librarians appear to be better paid and have greater flexibility when it comes to choosing where they live. You don't need a masters degree to work in the field of Public Art but an MILS might help when it comes to organizing your slides.
Best of luck in future.
Leslie Fickling
Art in Public Places
Town of Vail
Vail, Colorado
>>> elise pincu <[log in to unmask]> 01/16/02 06:43PM >>>
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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