The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ARLIS/NA encourages its members to participate in the
2022 Chicago Conference that will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of ARLIS/NA. In honor of the anniversary, the Chapter will offer one Backlund and two WALRC awards.
Caroline Backlund Award
This award was established in 2002 and is named in honor of Carline Backlund (1920-2016) who had a distinguished career as an art librarian, educator, and author. Mrs. Backlund, a long-time chapter member received the ARLIS/NA Distinguished
Service Award in 1989 for her contributions to the Society. The Backlund award is intended to help student members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter become more involved in the ARLIS/NA at the national level by participating in the conference and serving on committees.
There will be one Caroline Backlund Awards to encourage student participation. The award amount is $1000.
Criteria: Students must be enrolled at least part-time in a library/information science school and must be current member of ARLIS/NA and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Weight will be given to students who are participating in the conference
as a presenter or leader of a group.
Application: The deadline for applications is January 7, 2022.
Students should submit a resume, a travel budget including any expected funding from the applicant’s school or other sources, and a brief letter stating the benefits of attending the conference and the impact that ARLIS/NA will have on
their chosen profession.
Washington Art Library Resources Committee Award
The Washington Art Library Resources Committee (WALRC) comprised research libraries in the Greater Washington, DC area. In 1981, WALRC published Art serials: union list of art periodicals and serials in research libraries in the Washington
D.C. metropolitan area (edited by Carolyn S. Larson) which proved to be a very useful and popular publication. In 2018 WALRC, which had been inactive for many years, disbanded and the funds from the sale of the publication was transferred to the Chapter.
The WALRC Award is intended for professional (i.e. non-student) members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter to become more involved with ARLIS/NA at the national level. Funding for the award is provided by income from WALRC invested accounts. There will be two Washington
Art Library Resources Committee Awards for 2022. The awards will be $1000 each.
Criteria: Award applicants must be a current member of ARLIS/NA and must be a current member of the ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Applicants Preference will be given to chapter members who are participating in the conference or
are members of committees or other leadership groups where their participation is necessary.
Application: The deadline for applications is Friday,
January 7, 2022
Applicants for the awards should submit a current résumé or curriculum vitae and a letter describing the benefits anticipated from conference attendance, their specific role in the conference (if applicable), and a travel budget including
any expected funding from the applicant’s institution or other sources.
Please send applications to:
Gregory P. J. Most
Chair, ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Awards Committee
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Awards Committee
Claralyn Burt, Architect of the Capitol
Yuki Hibben, Virginia Commonwealth University
Gregory P. J. Most, National Gallery of Art
K. Sarah Ostrach, Independent
Gregory P. J. Most
Chief, Department of Image Collections
Library
202.842.6100