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Best wishes, Sarah, on your retirement! Thank you for sharing some of your memories of conferences over the years. Yes, indeed, do plan to come to Chicago. We should have a grand reunion of retired members! We hope you'll join the Retirement SIG and keep connected with us all. Enjoy the New England winter! Definitely a snowy Christmas this time. Take care, Carol Carol Terry Co-coordinator, ARLIS/NA Retirement SIG [log in to unmask] On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 9:20 PM Dickinson, Sarah Willoughby < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear ARLIS colleagues— > > > > I am writing to let you all know that earlier this year I accepted an > early retirement offer from Harvard, and will be leaving my position at the > GSD at the end of the month, though Friday is my last day of work. I can’t > begin to summarize my feelings about this, except that Janine Henri said it > well—bittersweet. I have worked as an architecture librarian since 1987, > when I joined Susan Lewis at the Boston Architectural Center. With her I > attended my first ARLIS conference in San Francisco, where I recall an epic > buying trip to William Stout Bookstore—and my first experience of the > generosity of the wider ARLIS community. The conferences over the years > were an opportunity to learn from and connect with colleagues, develop new > friendships, explore local art and architecture treasures, and maybe enjoy > a few parties in pretty outrageous settings. My husband got a t-shirt from > each conference, but I got the memories. I still recall Peter Blank in an > Hawaiian shirt and sandy feet on the stage at the conference in Miami > Beach. Now that’s a conference venue…but so was Rhode Island in the > blizzard…Banff…. New York City with Christo and Jean Claude. It was a > pleasure to work with the local planning committee when ARLIS came to > Boston, where I teamed up with Amanda Bowen to organize the tours. While my > attendance at conferences in recent years has been sporadic, I continue to > be humbled by the ongoing generosity and knowledge of members through the > list, all the more necessary and evident in these trying times. And like > Janine, I am looking ahead….to Chicago! > > > > I leave what I modestly say is the best job at Harvard, where I started as > Collections Librarian back in 1999. The job has changed over the years, but > what has remained constant is a group of dedicated and skilled colleagues > working with a fabulous collection in an institution that engages deeply > with the world. I hope whoever joins my marvelous colleagues has a blast. > The school changed the way I look at the world. > > > > This winter I’ll be walking the urban wilds, organizing a family archive, > and further refining my granola recipe (tasters always welcome). And in the > spring I’ll be the one tangled up in the wisteria, trying to find my > garden, and pondering new ways to be in this world. > > > Hats off to you all, comrades! > > > > Sarah > > > > Sarah W. Dickinson > > Research Support Services Librarian |Academic Writing Services > > Frances Loeb Library > > Harvard University Graduate School of Design > > T: 617.496.1332 | [log in to unmask] > > Ask a Design Librarian <http://asklib.gsd.harvard.edu/> > > Schedule a consultation <http://asklib.gsd.harvard.edu/> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~