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Hi all,
Your 2017-2018 Artist Files SIG Co-Coordinators welcome you to one of the liveliest SIGs under the ARLIS/NA umbrella. We've got some exciting projects planned for our term, and we hope you'll be interested in knowing about the work we have in the pipeline. I've copied below a range of proposed projects for 2017 **. Already a lot has been accomplished, especially related to improving the SIG's website, artistfiles.arlisna.org. We recently loaded the SIG's meeting minutes there, which document our activity over the years.
Our central project for 2017 is migrating the Artist Files Revealed: Online Directory to a new platform.The culmination of many years' work and one of our SIG's signature accomplishments, this directory will be relaunched (and we hope improved) on the SIG's Wordpress site, artistfiles.arlisna.org. Today we're making a call for a group of three to four members who are ready to roll up their sleeves and help with the data wrangling and programming of the new directory. If you feel you have a good amount of experience working in Wordpress and an interest in artist files-related data, please let me know. We've already done some foundation work in terms of preparing the old data for review before we move it to the new platform. You can access the links in the table below to view the data from the old site if you're interested.
Otherwise, if you're interested in becoming a member of our SIG, taking an invested role in some of the other projects listed below, or becoming a regular blogger for the site, we'll set you up with an account which allows you to write content for the site and also enables access to our planning documents.
Regarding the blog, I've posted a new entry to start us off: artistfiles.arlisna.org/why-are-artist-files-so-special/. I'm interested in hearing your ideas about a regular series focusing on artist files-related content.
** Keep in mind that the table pasted below comes from a larger planning document, and it will change as we refine our work and make progress throughout the year. If you become an active member on one of our projects, you'll get access to this planning document.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Sam and Alex
Alexandra Reigle
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Librarian
Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
202-633-8235
| 2018 ARLIS/NA New York Programming Proposal? | Call was made via ARLIS-L — no one responded with any proposals Extended due date May 8, 2017 Maybe we could do a poster session? |
| Database Migration Project |
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| Agree on a mission statement and update it across various communication channels | Old Mission Statement
Part of the Art Libraries Society of North America, the Artist Files Special Interest Group is interested in the preservation, promotion and accessibility of artist files. To this end, we collaborate, develop resources and contribute to scholarship on artists files collections and ephemera in all forms. “Statement of Purpose” from ARLIS/NA Policy Manual Retrieved: 2017-04-13 Artist Files Special Interest Group NEED TO UPDATE: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The Artist Files SIG works to create a small (focused) born- digital web archive of various artists. Partnering with Archive-It, they are creating a curated set of material that will allow the SIG to demonstrate the potential and future possibilities of the tools available for capturing artist file information that is not being actively archived at the moment. NEED TO UPDATE HISTORY: First established – 2009? Moderators: Samantha Deutch and Sally McKay, 2012-2013; Samantha Deutch and Sally McKay, 2013-2014; Samantha Deutch and Sally McKay, 2014-2015 |
| Update website |
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| Update “Resources” document | Any takers? I’ve placed a few unformatted items at the bottom that need to be worked into the document. |
| Delete SIG’s listserv? | [log in to unmask]
Anne Simmons exported subscribers on 2017-05-03 Sam Duncan: Our free listserv does not support archiving. I argue we don’t need it and should investigate adding a forum/discussion board such as wpForo or WordPress Forum to this site. |
| Corral SIG minutes from conference websites to SIG site | DONE: http://artistfiles.arlisna.org/minutes-and-reports/ |
| Create leadership history page per Sam Deutch. | DONE |
| Provide links to any local artist files policies and procedures documents? | |
| Update ARLIS/NA Research & Reports page by adding link to Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access | https://www.arlisna.org/publications/arlis-na-research-reports |
| Follow up on 2010 digital survey | http://artistfiles.arlisna.org/digital-survey-2010/ |
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