Dear Decorative Arts Colleagues, Please join the meeting of the Decorative Arts Special Interest Group on Friday, March 20th from 2:00-3:00pm at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in room Sundance 3 (find the meeting here<http://arlisna2015.sched.org/event/c03cd1f5c505be218be13b01c7300d62#.VPcg7CxPIXg> and add it to your conference schedule). The agenda for the meeting will include the following: * Introductions and updates on institutional activities * Digitization of ceramic/metal/furniture/other manufacturer markers' mark resources (discuss potential collaborative project with Smithsonian Institution Libraries) * Establishing a website/blog for the Dec Arts SIG * Session Proposal for ARLIS/NA 2016 in Seattle - Please bring all ideas for a session proposal related to Dec Arts (last year we discussed a session on World's Fairs resources...) * Other agenda items? Please email ideas to me at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I will add them to our list before the conference. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth, Jessica Shaykett ARLIS/NA Decorative Arts Co-Coordinator Jessica Shaykett Librarian American Craft Council 1224 Marshall Street NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 Tel.: 612-206-3118 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.craftcouncil.org<http://www.craftcouncil.org/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~