In 2020 ARLIS/NA formed the Task Force on Art Libraries' Response to COVID-19. Its charge: to assess and respond to ARLIS/NA members' need for data about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on art information professionals by identifying and compiling existing sources of information and conducting survey(s) of the membership to fill identified information gaps.
The survey linked below is designed to provide a comprehensive set of member and institutional data over the past year and looking ahead into the new year as we emerge from the pandemic. A following survey will explore impacts on institutional resources and individual ARLIS/NA members.
https://forms.gle/wTDcfReMzBp5n1ocAPlease plan to complete the survey and return to provide updated and additional information.
Additionally, the task force has performed an environmental scan of existing surveys and data sources in which to situate the work of the task force and to provide ARLIS/NA members with a wide range of pertinent resources. Please consult that file at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_RF-tBxwvEDgVtKdqNhQhq8HKVeAVVeB_rVZoHIPJoE/edit?usp=sharing.
My thanks go to Task Force Co-chair and Canada Liaison Amy Furness in addition to the task force as a whole: Tess Colwell, Tony White, Abi Sweeney, Margot Nishimura, Caley Cannon, Hee Jung Lee, Veronica McGurrin, Paula Farrar, Stacy Williams, Stefanie Hilles, and Vaughan Hennen.
