Hi Miguel. This is exactly the sort of input the recently formed ARLIS/NA Strategic Plan Task Force will want to hear as a part of the process to construct the next Strategic Plan. Lucie Stylianoloulos and I are co-chairing this Task Force, and we will begin to gather info in earnest at the NYC conference. We are scheduled to have a open session immediately after the membership meeting, Monday, April 19th from 12:30pm – 1pm, so hope you and many other ARLIS/NA members can make it. I will save your comments below!

Best to you.

Leslie Abrams
Co-chair, ARLIS/NA Strategic Plan Task Force

At 12:28 PM 3/10/2004, Juarez, Miguel wrote:

In talking with various colleagues about the future of ARLIS/NA, I have been thinking about raising the following issues with members.

Where as an organization are we headed to? How can we address the decline in membership? How can we attract younger members to the profession and to the organization? Can we explore alternate models to conduct business? How can we collaborate with other professional library organizations to get beyond the silo effect? How are we going to address issues of diversity-ethnic, gender and class-effectively?

Would members of the board be willing to respond on these issues online? I think the New York meeting will be a turning point for our organization. What do others think? I still have faith and hope in continuing our work and commitment to ARLIS/NA-let's have some dialogue on these issues, if possible. Thank you.

Miguel Juarez, Fine Arts Librarian
Prototype Fine Arts Libratory
Center for Creative Photography Library
University of Arizona Library
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University of California, San Diego

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