----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please join us Monday, March 29th from 11:15am-12:45pm Ask ARLIS 3 session hosted by the International Relations Committee "Connect and Collaborate: Art Libraries Around the World" ARLIS/NA continues to develop strong international ties with art library organizations and librarians as we approach the millenium. This session will bring together a group of distinguished colleagues from countries outside of North America as well as the current Chair of the IFLA Art Section. Our speakers will highlight developments, current challenges, and special projects in art libraries in their respective countries or regions. Following remarks from the participants, there will be a time for questions and discussion. Moderator: Leslie Abrams, Chair, International Relations Committee Speakers: Margaret Shaw, Chief Librarian at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library in Canberra, Australia. Debby Shorley, Pro-Librarian at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and is the current chair of ARLIS/UK & Ireland. Anja Lollesgaard, current Chair of ARLIS/Norden and Librarian at the Danish Museum of Decorative Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark. Comments prepared by Nicole Picot, Librarian at the Bibliotheque et Archives des Musees Nationaux in Paris, France. Ana Paula Gordo, Director of the Adjunta da Biblioteca de Arte da Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal. Olga Sinitsina, Head of the Arts and Children's Literature Department at the M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow, Russia. Jeanette Dixon, Chair of the IFLA Art Section, the ARLIS/NA Liaison to IFLA, and a member of the ARLIS/NA International Relations Committee. Jeannette is the Librarian and Electronic Communications Director at the Hirsch Library of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas. Leslie Abrams Head, Art & Architecture Library, Music Library and Film & Video Library 0175F University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 email: [log in to unmask] phone: 619-534-3221 Fax: 619-534-0189