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Dear ARLISians, As some of you may know, the Cataloging Advisory Committee of ARLIS/NA has recently concluded a two-year project, working with partner institutions and led by Columbia University, on the ArtFrame <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P/ArtFrame> project. ArtFrame is a subgroup within the larger Mellon-funded LD4P <https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=74515029> project which worked to build an extension to the BIBFRAME ontology for the description of two- and three-dimensional art objects in the linked data environment. During the project, the ArtFrame group and the Rare Materials Ontology Extension <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P/Rare+Materials+Ontology+Extension> recognized many shared concerns in their respective projects and in response, combined their work and developed a single set of models. The result is the Art & Rare Materials BIBFRAME Ontology Extension (ARM) which is now housed in the ARM Github repository <https://github.com/LD4P/arm>. Other project outcomes include detailed documentation of each model, application profiles and controlled vocabularies which are all available via the ArtFrame project page <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P/ArtFrame>. In June 2018 at ALA Annual, the Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS-BSC) of ACRL and ALA committed to maintain and develop ARM until June 2020, at which point it will re-evaluate its commitment. RBMS-BSC wishes to continue ARM’s development with the continued collaboration of ARLIS/NA and with other interested communities. Needless to say, we are very proud of this work and excited about its future under the stewardship of RBMS-BSC, as well as ARLIS/NA’s continued involvement. I’d like to thank the following CAC members who worked on this project over its two-year term for their commitment and dedication: William Blueher (11/2017-), Sherman Clarke, Marie-Chantal L'Écuyer-Coelho, Tamara Fultz (2016-2017), John A. Maier, Elizabeth O'Keefe (11/2017-), Maria Oldal, Andrea Puccio and Karen Stafford. Best wishes, Bronwen Bitetti Chair, ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee -- Bronwen Bitetti Librarian Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College Hessel Museum of Art P.O. Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 (845) 752-2395 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~