Dear Francesca,
Yes indeed, there are several active Canadian chapters of ARLIS/NA:
ARLIS/MOQ (Montreal/Ottawa/Quebec), ARLIS/Ontario, ARLIS/Northwest
(which is a cross-border chapter), and ARLIS/Canada Chapter. I strongly
recommend that in addition to being a member of ARLIS/NA, that you also
become involved with the chapter closest to you. For information on how
to get in touch with the local chapters go to
http://www.arlisna.org/chapters2001.htm. This will link you to the
websites of the local chapters. If you require any additional
information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Irene Puchalski
Canadian Representative, ARLIS/NA
Chair, ARLIS/Canada
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Francesca Frati wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I too have a fine arts background and am in library school, although I have
>been a member of ARLIS/NA for over a year now. I have similar concerns to
>those of Sugene, although as I am a Canadian I think my options are even more
>limited. I have noticed that Canadians are underepresented in general,
>although we are not lacking in artistic culture. That might be a question for
>discussion. Also I wonder: are there specific chapters in the various
>provinces?
>
>As far as recruiting new and young members is concerned I will say that I
>personally have done all I can to promote ARLIS and to make my colleagues who
>have different interests aware of what ARLIS is up to by posting ARLIS-L
>messages on our school listserv and generally reminding them that art
>libraries and librarians are important members of the profession.
>
>I will say though that interest has been small, primarily because ALA, CLA,
>SLA and the various local societies are enough for anyone not specifically
>interested in the arts to handle, monetarily and otherwise. However I have
>noticed that even some students that have a background in art, would rather
>spend their money on the above societies, partly because those are the ones
>that have student chapters at the school. In fact I have had to forgo being a
>member of the above, in order to join ARLIS. In any case, my suggestion would
>be: promotion, promotion, promotion.
>
>Cheers,
>FF
>
>
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Irene Puchalski
Librarian
Shore + Moffat Library
Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto
230 College Street
Toronto, ON Canada M5T 1R2
T 416 978 6787
F 416 971 2094
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