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Dear Milan, As I welcome you to the ranks of retirees from art librarianship, I must commend you for the putting ARLIS/NA at the center of your career. I couldn't agree more. The society was always the keystone for most of my 41 years in art museum libraries and it has given me such pleasure to read your words after all these years. I know that you will enjoy retirement, as will the others who have recently announced their retirements. It has been wonderful for me to have enjoyed my past 12 years, made even more enjoyable by my memories of my work in art museums, as well as the splendid colleagues I met through ARLIS/NA. And you were truly one of the most splendid of those colleagues! Good luck! Ann Abid Sent from my iPad > On Aug 12, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Hughston, Milan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > In what seems to be a mini-trend, I too am joining the ranks of those retiring from long careers in art librarianship; in my case, 37 years. > > I have had the extraordinary luck of serving two institutions where research and scholarship are valued: 20 years at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and 17 years at The Museum of Modern Art. In both places, I was able to do things that we all aspire to: build the collections, promote technology, and plan new spaces. > > A wonderful network of colleagues, curators, architects, and booksellers all contributed mightily to my pleasure in doing this, and I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me. But perhaps ARLIS has been at the center of all of it, providing forums for strategizing, celebrating, complaining, and laughing. It's immensely gratifying to see the Society is such good shape, intellectually and financially. Like Daniel Starr and others, I plan to hover in the corridors of conference hotels, keeping up with old friends and meeting new ones, and especially look forward to welcoming you to New York in 2018. > > I don't leave MoMA until September 30th, and after that can be reached at [log in to unmask] Onward! > > > ____________________________ > Milan R. Hughston > Chief of Library > The Museum of Modern Art > 11 W. 53rd St. > New York, NY 10019 > 212/708-9409 > [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~