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Thanks for sharing your viewpoint as a student with us! I have been trying to tell ARLIS/NA for a long time - and just verablized my thoughts at the Academic Libraries Division again in St. Louis - that we need to let the library schools in NORTH AMERICA know that we exist and we can do so in at least two ways. Inform them of our web site and ask them to link to the ARLIS/NA web site. Most library schools do not link to our organizations site because they don't know we exist. And ARLIS/NA members should offer to be a part of any career fairs that library schools and/or institutions may have. We need also to keep in touch in these ways with Art, Art History, and Architecture Departments as well. There is more we could do to inform the world about ARLIS/NA. but just doing these two things would make a great start! We should also keep ALA informed (every year) of our presence and tell them to link to ARLIS/NA on the web. I know that there are ARLIS/NA liaisons with a variety of professional library associations, but the two things I mentioned above would reinforce what our liaisons are doing! This all falls under what we need to do to RECRUIT new ARLIS/NA members. And ARLIS/NA is working on that - it is a strong part of the ARLIS/NA strategic plan. Ray Anne Lockard marc vera wrote: > as a current minority student finishing library > school: > > no instructor has ever mentioned arlis to me. i found > it on my own. as i have found other organizations > that i am a part of. and yes, when i go to > conferences, i feel awkward - being one of the few, if > only "person of color" (i hate that phrase). > > should things change? i guess. but everyone needs to > be involved and invested in the prospect. > > .m. > --- Ray Anne Lockard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Deborah and Miquel, > > > > I think this is something really important for > > ARLIS/NA, as well as the rest of > > the library profession, to work on. My own personal > > feeling about ARLIS/NA and > > people of color has been this.... I think it is > > challenging to know who the > > people of color are. I know Miguel and Miguel has > > been voal about this subject - > > rightly so! I know of only one other person of > > color who has been a member of > > ARLIS/NA and I no longer see that person at our > > annual conferences. I do not > > know if that means the person is no longer a member > > or just can no longer attend > > the conference. Perhaps it is a question of > > visibility. Do we always know who > > people of color are? I don't think so. Do we > > always SEE people of color when > > people are right in front of us? I don;t think so. > > > > I think we all -- art librarians and librarians and > > people of the majority -- > > need to become much more informed about diversity. > > The subject of diversity is > > also about IMAGERY and becoming VISIBLE and learning > > how to SEE each other. > > > > Ray Anne Lockard > > > > "Smedstad, Deborah Barlow" wrote: > > > > > > My take on the travel awards is that few persons > > of color who live and > > > > work > > > > in the United States and work as art librarians > > or in art libraries in the > > > > past have received those awards. I know of > > several persons of color > > > > (including myself) who have applied twice and > > have been denied both times. > > > > In a recent case, I heard a person applied three > > times before she was > > > > given > > > > the award! In addition, I know committee chairs > > appoint their committees > > > > (usually persons they feel comfortable with, > > people who are like them and > > > > look like them). My question, how much of the > > appointment process stifles > > > > committee processes and produces biases? I > > guess there is no easy answer > > > > to > > > > this question. > > > > > > > Miguel, > > > > > > I am really sorry to hear that you feel this way. > > I would hope that this is > > > not really true. As a former board member and > > chair and member of many > > > committees over the years, it is true that we tend > > to appoint members we > > > feel comfortable with - generally people we know > > or have worked with in > > > ARLIS in the past but personally, I have always > > based these considerations > > > on what the person's strengths are, their > > knowledge, their experiences and > > > sometimes their type of personality (out-going or > > serious, inwardly focused) > > > - it depends on the position. I consider if they > > will do a good job in that > > > particular position. Taking race or ethnicty into > > consideration would not > > > even enter my mind. > > > > > > I've always thought that the ARLIS membership was > > a particularly liberal, > > > enlightened and progressive group of > > professionals. > > > > > > The problem with recruiting individuals from a > > more diverse background is a > > > problem that is much wider than art librarianship > > or even librarianship in > > > general. It's a problem throughout academia and > > has been for years. > > > > > > I do think that we should be marketing ARLIS and > > art librarianship as widely > > > as we can not only to attract a more diverse > > membership but to recruit young > > > people into the profession. As the administrator > > of an internship program > > > associated with UCLA, I can tell you, this is not > > easy. > > > > > > I definitely don't want this to start a huge > > controversial thread on this > > > topic but I felt I had to respond. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Debbie Smedstad > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > > > Administrative matters (file requests, > > subscription requests, etc) > > > to [log in to unmask] > > > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > > > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > > > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri > > Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > > > > -- > > Ray Anne Lockard, Head Librarian > > Frick Fine Arts Library > > University of Pittsburgh > > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > > Voice: 412-648-2411 > > Fax: 412-648-7568 > > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." > > Ezra Pound > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription > > requests, etc) > > to [log in to unmask] > > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri > > Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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Ezra Pound __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]