Dear ARLIS/NA Members, Colleagues, and Friends,
Greetings from Rhode Island where I am enjoying autumn (my favorite season
here) with its colorful leaves and cooler temperatures while anticipating
the end of Daylight Saving Time this weekend. It’s my privilege to write to
you in this first week of November to share some useful information and
updates. There is simply no way to keep this short so I’ll just get started!
During the in-person site visit this past September to Chicago, the 50th
Anniversary Conference Planning Advisory Committee met at the Hyatt Regency
along the Chicago River to preview the conference hotel and block all the
spaces where the program elements and on-site events will take place. Our
rooms are centrally located and in close proximity to each other … and the
many elevators are prompt and speedy! We toured and confirmed off-site
events that include the Anniversary Welcome Party at the Chicago Cultural
Center and the Convocation Reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art
(contracts pending for both). The program itself is taking shape from over
60 submissions —a very healthy amount in line with other years; proposal
authors will hear from the program co-chairs this month. The Sponsor,
Exhibitor, and Advertiser Prospectus
<https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/arlisna/pdfs-and-documents/Conference/2021/ARLIS-NA-2022AC_FinalProspectus.pdf>
was released one week ago and planning continues for workshops, the Society
Circle event, and tours. Find the latest information at the conference
website, https://www.arlisna.org/events/2022-50th-annual-conference.
Sidebar: I want to thank those who completed the brief survey in September
that helped us understand the optimistic and still-cautious attitudes about
conference attendance this coming year. I call attention to the response to
the last question, Have you been fully vaccinated? —Yes by over 99%!
Autumn also means it’s time to renew your membership! You should have
received an email with instructions on how to do so via the new ARLIS
website.* Please be mindful of the demographic information being collected
that was established by the Anti-Racism Task Force, explained further in a
recent message to ARLIS-L and linked to a Demographics Fact Sheet
<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlisna.org%2Fnews%2Farlisna-demographics-factsheet&data=04%7C01%7Caetrendler%40bsu.edu%7Cd0679a529c764434e28b08d9958c84d2%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C637705254235518917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=z84Er4Rkx8sIn%2F3YoA3T5Hl61dz7YyPsmf9NjISkBO4%3D&reserved=0>
.
While renewing, please consider a donation to the $50K for 50 Years
<https://www.arlisna.org/products/50k-for-50-years-fund> fund to support an
internship or fellowship for early-career librarians of color. While this
anniversary-related fund is the society’s priority for raising funds this
year, there are several other funds worthy of your support at
https://www.arlisna.org/products/donations.
Still focused on membership, I want to call attention to the new Vendor
Liaison position on the Development Committee. Former president Kim Collins
serves in this vital role to support and facilitate the interests,
questions, and concerns of our vendor members.
Even more news to expand and support our members: the Membership Committee
has assembled a Paraprofessional/Support Staff Category Task Force. Look
for more updates as the work of that group progresses.
Lastly, some items worthy of your attention:
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The joint virtual fall conference of the Art Library Students and New
ARLIS/NA Professional (ARLISNAP) and Visual Resources Association's
Emerging Professionals And Students Group (VREPS) is on Saturday, November
13. Please register here
<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpfu-oqzojGdHnnXsq6bJ7tj2-j7jMTp2P>
.
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The Distinguished Service Award has an open call for nominations.
Procedures for submissions and detailed information are outlined on the
ARLIS/NA website under the Distinguished Service Award page
<https://www.arlisna.org/distinguished-service-award>.
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The Task Force on Art Libraries' Response to COVID-19 still has an open
survey at https://forms.gle/wTDcfReMzBp5n1ocA, designed to provide a
comprehensive set of member and institutional data over the past nearly two
years and looking ahead toward the close of 2021 as we more fully emerge
and reopen from the pandemic. If you haven’t filled out the survey, please
do so; if you already did, please consider updating your submission now
that more time has passed.
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The ARLIS/NA Commons has entered a "soft launch" phase during which
groups of early adopters will be invited to begin using the features of the
ARLIS/NA Commons and to help the society transition some of its legacy
content into a new environment. Among these early adopters will be
committees, SIGs, and other groups who have expressed an interest in using
the tools of the ARLIS/NA Commons to facilitate collaboration and
communication. Members of the ARLIS/NA Implementation Task Force and
Executive Board liaisons will begin reaching out to constituent groups soon.
I want to point to an important development for the future of the society:
the formation of a Strategic Planning Committee
<https://www.arlisna.org/strategic-planning-committee> that will take what
has gone before and help guide ARLIS/NA toward an updated mission and set
of priorities and goals. The group is brand new so I can’t say much more
than this, but please stay posted for more information from co-chair and
current Past President Amy Trendler.
My best regards,
Mark
* I know you’ve heard and seen that ARLIS/NA has a new website —here’s a
reminder of some critical information for its enhanced member profile and
event capacity:
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Website profile - complete/verify, add photo
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You will need to create a new login for the site. Follow the instructions
on the site
<https://arlisna.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cfa1020333fd2ab380b990dc4&id=1e6897b30f&e=f36f9dfe89>
to create your new username and password.
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Update your member profile
<https://arlisna.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cfa1020333fd2ab380b990dc4&id=ced4b0e8c4&e=f36f9dfe89>.
We invite you to upload a headshot, share information about your
background
and demographics, and update your Division, Section, and Special Interest
Group affiliations.
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Website content reminder
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If you need to submit website content, alert the staff of an error or
a typo, add an event to the calendar, or have other modification
requests,
submit an IT Request Form
<https://www.arlisna.org/information-technology-request>. Staff
manages all website content and functionality. The staff reviews the
requests weekly and will address based on priority and available
resources.
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General website update
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The site navigation was updated. As you navigate the new site, please
note that content may have shifted to different menu items. Use this
opportunity to update any bookmarks you have saved.
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Update any URLs distributed in awards notices or other calls that may
refer to the prior website. Doing so helps avoid directing visitors to
broken or outdated links.
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*MARK POMPELIA* *|* *Visual + Material Resource Librarian* *|* Librarian IV
*Rhode Island School of Design* Fleet Library *|* library.risd.edu
*Digital Commons @ RISD* <http://digitalcommons.risd.edu> *|* *MATERIAL
ORDER* <http://www.materialorder.org>
Treasurer, RISD Full-Time Faculty Association
*President 2021-22*, *Art Libraries Society of North America
<http://arlisna.org>*
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