I think I’m too shocked and upset to come up with creative solutions
about how to help our ARLIS colleagues, but I strongly encourage everyone to
keep in touch during this difficult time.
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Heather is so right, the network of friends and colleagues
built up over the years in ARLIS/NA and in VRA would prove to be a good
resource for folks being laid off.
Please
stay connected!
-Rachel
rachel resnik
technical
services librarian
massachusetts college
of art + design
621 huntington avenue
boston, ma 02115
617-879-7115
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:34:53 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Economic times and lay-offs
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> On the Education Subcommittee we are working to generate ideas for
> professional development activities - possibly some webinars, virtual
> "brown bag" type discussions, toolkits, etc. If anyone has suggestions
> for *topics* please let us know! Fresh ideas are welcome! As Sheila
> points out, the issue of "staying relevant" to our organizations and
> users seems particularly critical right now. Visual resources
> departments seem to be the target of many recent staff reductions.
> Maybe we could develop programming around this issue, or on skills like
> re-tooling resumes? Let us know what you think.
>
> Additionally, I would hope that the network of friends and colleagues
> built up over the years in ARLIS/NA and in VRA would prove to be a good
> resource for folks being laid off. It can't be easy though.
>
> Best,
> Heather
> (Chair, ARLIS/NA Education Subcommittee)
>
> Heather Gendron
> Art Librarian
> Sloane Art Library
> UNC Chapel Hill
> 102 Hanes Art Center
> CB#3405
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3405
> Phone: 919.962.1061
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
> Sheila A. Cork wrote:
> > Dear ARLIS Friends,
> >
> > I sit here at my computer and read the sad news several times a week
> > that librarians are being laid off, made to take early retirement,
> > that art libraries are being closed etc.
> >
> > My question is, "What are we as an organization doing to counteract
> > the impression that librarians are nonessential to the operation of
> > their parent institutions?"
> >
> > A follow up question is "What resources do we as an organization
> > provide to a librarian who has been laid off as a result of the harsh
> > economic climate?"
> >
> > Does anyone have any answers?
> >
> > Sheila A. Cork
> > Librarian
> > New Orleans Museum of Art
> > City Park
> > 1 Collins Diboll Circle
> > P.O. Box 19123
> > New Orleans, LA 70179-0123
> >
> > 504-658-4117
> > [log in to unmask]
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