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PRESS RELEASE:  ARLIS/NA Announces New Editors for
_Art Documentation; Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of
North America_

DATE:  January 25, 1997
FROM:  Jack Robertson, ARLIS/NA President

I am pleased to announce the formation of a new editorial team
for _Art Documentation_.  Betsy Peck Learned (Roger Williams
University, <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind9701%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D364115%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplaintext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>) and Stephanie Sigala (St. Louis
Art Museum, <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind9701%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D364115%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplaintext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>) have accepted appointment as
co-editors.  Eileen Markson (Bryn Mawr College,
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editor.  This team will begin working together soon on their first
issue, vol. 16 no. 2 (copy deadline June 15, 1997).

Stephanie, Betsy, and Eileen are well-known to many of us in
the the world of arts, architecture, humanities, and image
librarianship.  I will not elaborate their qualifications and
qualities, but a few numbers will convey the depth and breadth
of their involvement in the Society and the profession:  between
them they have nearly 60 years of arts and humanities library
professional experience, and 55 years of involvement in
ARLIS/NA and chapters, including over 20 appointed and
elected leadership positions on the Executive Board, chapter
executive committees, and ARLIS/NA committees task forces, etc.
The numbers alone don't tell the whole story, of course, but I
have immense confidence in these three based on their accomplishments
to date and commitment to the future.

Beyond fulfillment of the job responsibilities for these newly
created editorial positions (described in 'Job Descriptions' within
the 'Administrative Documents' section of the ARLIS/NA web
site, www.uflib.ufl.edu/arlis), I know that Betsy and Stephanie,
with Eileen's assistance, will pursue with vigor and creativity
their vision for an Art Doc with broadened scope and diversified
content.  I have heard early formulations of this vision, and I am
excited at the prospects; we will all hear elaborations in the
coming months.  There will be great opportunity for
participation in this eminent publication by many of Betsy's and
Stephanie's ARLIS/NA colleagues.


-- jack

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Jack Robertson
Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
University of Virginia
(804) 924-6601
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