Dear ARLIS/NA Community,

Thanks to the generosity of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Art Libraries Society of North America is in the sixth and final year of a six-year grant to support international travel that promotes the exchange of ideas and information among art librarians. These awards enable art information professionals to attend international conferences, thereby fostering communication and developing connections with international projects and initiatives.

I am pleased to announce the recipients of the Samuel H. Kress International Travel Awards for 2019.

European Librarians who will be attending the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City:

·     Inneke Daghelet, Librarian, Museum of Photography Antwerp, Belgium

·     Ika Jorum, Librarian, KTH Library, Sweden

·     Olivera Nastic, Librarian at the Art Department, Belgrade City Library, Belgrade

·     Ute Staes, Librarian, Rubenianum, Belgium

ARLIS/NA Librarians who will be attending conferences in Europe:

·     Lucy Grace Campbell, Librarian, New School of Architecture and Design:  to attend ARLIS UK and Ireland in Glasgow, Scotland

·     Jane Carlin, Library Director, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound: to attend ARLIS UK and Ireland in Glasgow, Scotland

·     Elsa Loftis, Humanities and Acquisitions Librarian: to attend the IFLA conference in Athens, Greece

I’d like to thank Deborah Kempe and Viveca Pattison Robichaud, as well as Awards Committee Chair, Karyn Hinkle for their work on selecting the recipients of the awards.  

Sincerely,

Eumie Imm Stroukoff

Chair, Samuel H. Kress International Travel Awards

Past President, ARLIS/NA