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Dear ARLIS/NA Colleagues: I invite you to join the Art Librarian Parents and Caregivers (ALPACA) SIG. Now's a great time to become involved with ALPACA - we are finalizing our session for the annual conference, working with the conference planning team to organize our third year of conference childcare, and looking forward to brainstorming new initiatives and programming at our annual meeting in March. The ALPACA SIG arose from a group of new and established librarian parents grappling with how to balance the often competing priorities of career and family. While there are many professional resources and groups for art librarians, none address the added dimension of parenthood or caregiving, a period during which additional support is critical to successfully manage both roles. This group seeks to support this demographic by providing a forum for discussing federal and state family leave laws, flex-time, professional development, tenure or similar requirements, work-life balance, the negotiation of equal pay, better benefits, and improved childcare options. Please email me at [log in to unmask] or join our listserv to learn more and get involved. To join the ALPACA listserv, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following command in the body of the message (leave the subject of the message blank): subscribe alpc_sig Please reach out if you have questions, need support, or want to support other caregivers. I look forward to collaborating with you all in the months leading up to the annual conference! Sincerely, Stephanie Fletcher, Moderator Art Librarian Parents and Caregivers SIG http://alpaca.arlisna.org/ -- Stephanie B. Fletcher E-Resources/Reference Librarian Ryerson & Burnham Libraries The Art Institute of Chicago (312) 443-3394 [log in to unmask] http://www.artic.edu/research -- ** *John Singer Sargent and Chicago's Gilded Age <https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsargent.artic.edu%2F&sa=D&ust=1530555474753000&usg=AFQjCNHN2UUcF3D6ktq_bwm5rZUeAsGHMg>* Through September 30 The Art Institute of Chicago Top Ranked in the World by TripAdvisor—Five Years in a Row ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~