ARLIS/NA has a new management firm, Technical Enterprises, Incorporated (TEI.) TEI is headquartered outside of Milwaukee WI, and as their name implies, they provide a wide range of technology support. It was their technical capabilities, combined with their personalized support and more than twenty years experience that put them at the top of the twenty-one association management firms that responded to our call for proposals. I am very excited about what they have to offer chapters. They intend to provide web hosting for chapters as well as chapter listservs, which should give great relief to chapters which have struggled to maintain their sites and lists on various institutions servers. The transition will be complete on May 1, when Nancy Short become s our new Executive Director.
The ARLIS/NA Career Mentoring Program has expanded, and will have a kick-off workshop at the Annual Conference in Indianapolis. Because not everyone can attend the annual conference, the Mentoring Subcommittee invited chapter leaders to attend and learn how to present the workshop in their region.
The 2009 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management has been announced. It will be held at Simmons College in Boston, MA, from June 8th – June 13th, 2009. The program, co-sponsored by ARLIS/NA and the Visual Resources Association Foundation, is in its sixth year. The SEI advisory group has recommended that SEI stay in one location two years in a row, which will ease pressure on the implementation team, while still allowing the program to move around North America and serve a wide audience.
The spring chapter meeting is a good time to brainstorm projects. Could your chapter’s idea be something the society would help fund? Applications for special funding are due July 1. Past projects have included support for symposia, and outreach materials targeted at library schools. Projects may be awarded up to $500 depending on merit of the project and availability of funds. The guidelines and a simple application form are available on the ARLIS/NA Web Site.
I am looking forward to a great conference in Indianapolis, and want to thank the Mid-States Chapter for all their hard work hosting what promises to be an exciting program!
Attending the College Art Association Conference in Los Angeles?
We invite you to a Post-CAA VRA/ARLIS social mixer:
Saturday, February 28th 3:00 PM – 5ish
The Yard House at L.A. Live
800 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90015
http://www.lalive.com/content.php?section=dining&page=yardhouse
If you’re interested in attending please R.S.V.P. to
John.Trendler@scrippscollege.edu before February 25th.
We’ll be meeting shortly after the VRA/SC Business meeting:
Building Digital Image Collections
Saturday, February 28, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Concourse Meeting Room 409AB, Level 2
The meeting is free and open to the public.
We hope you will also attend the VRA Sponsored Session:
You Can Do It. We Can Help: Building Digital Image Collections
Together
Thursday, February 26, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
West Hall Meeting Room 501 ABC, Level 2
Session Chair: Maureen Burns (Humanities Curator, UC Irvine)
This session is free and open to the public.
And the ARLIS Sponsored Session:
Not Just Good, But Better and Best: Art Programs in Los Angeles Area
Public Libraries
Wednesday, February 25, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Concourse Meeting Room 402AB, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center
Chairs: Alfred Willis, Art Libraries Society of North America; Amanda
Bowen, Art Libraries Society of North America
This session is free and open to the public.
We look forward to seeing you!
John Trendler (VRA/Southern California, Chair) and Sarah Sherman (ARLIS/Southern California, Chair)
ARLIS-CA, the Listserv for the Northern & Southern California Chapters:
- Please note: As of Wed., Feb. 18, 2009, the listserv has migrated to new software. Please see the new ARLIS-CA Listserv Info. Page. Previous subscribers should be automatically migrated and need not establish a password unless they want to adjust settings or view list subscribers (go to the subscriber’s section of the new info. page and follow the instructions). New subscribers and those needing more information should go to the ARLIS-CA Listserv Info. Page .
- To POST a message to the list, you must first be a list subscriber. Send your post to arlis-ca@lists.csueastbay.edu. Specify in the subject line whether the message pertains to the NC chapter or to all CA members.
ARLIS-L, the Society-wide Listserv covering the US, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico
- To subscribe to the listserv for ARLIS/NA, leave the subject line blank and send the message SUBSCRIBE ARLIS-L your full name (e.g.: SUBSCRIBE ARLIS-L Jane Doe) to: listserv@lsv.uky.edu
- More information about this list is available here: ARLIS-L
ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Student Travel Award applications are
now being requested.
The Southern California Chapter of ARLIS/NA is currently inviting
applicants for the Student Travel Award. This year $400 will be awarded
to support and encourage involvement in ARLIS activities by helping to
defray the costs of attending the 2009 ARLIS National Conference in
Indianapolis.
Letters of applications are due by Tuesday, February 17th 2009 and the
winners will be notified by Tuesday, February 24th 2009
Eligibility:
1.)Membership. Applicants must be members in good standing of both
ARLIS/NA and the Southern California Chapter [Note: Southern CA
membership forms can be sent along with the award application -
membership is free to students! For a copy of the chapter’s membership
form see http://arlis-sc.org/09-arlis-sc-memberform.pdf
<http://arlis-sc.org/09-arlis-sc-memberform.pdf>
2.) Financial need. Only applicants who receive partial or no
institutional funds towards conference attendance will be considered (We
strongly encourage folks who do not receive full funding to apply).
3) Eligible applicants include students registered in the MLIS program
at UCLA and the MLIS programs at SJSU San Jose/CSU Fullerton.
Selection will be weighted toward those applicants who best fulfill the
following guidelines:
1.) Are attending the ARLIS National Conference for the first time,
and/or
2.) Are actively participating in the conference in such roles as
speaker, moderator, recorder, workshop attendee, etc.
Conditions of the award:
1.) Award winner must commit to attending the Chapter meeting at the
conference.
2.) Award winner must submit a written conference report for publication
in the Chapter newsletter, Canvas. This report will include an account
of the recipient’s personal conference experiences and how the award
contributed to his/her professional development.
To apply for the awards:
Please email or mail a letter of application to Trish Rose-Sandler,
Chair of the Travel Awards Committee by Tuesday, February 17th, briefly
outlining your reasons for attending the conference as well as a short
biographical statement listing employment history, educational
background, professional activities, and how much funding you will be
receiving from your institution (please limit information to a maximum
of 2 pages). Winners must confirm in writing that they are able to meet
the requirements of conference attendance. The travel awards will be
presented to the winners at the ARLIS/SC Chapter meeting in Indianapolis
(date and place to be determined).
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
TRISH ROSE-SANDLER, GEISEL LIBRARY
9500 GILMAN DR. # 0175k
LA JOLLA CA 92093-0175
858 822-0611
trose@ucsd.edu
ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award
applications are now being requested.
The Southern California Chapter of ARLIS/NA is currently inviting
applicants for its annual Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award. The award
honors the Chapter’s founder Judith A. Hoffberg. This year $400 will be
awarded to support and encourage involvement in ARLIS activities by
helping to defray the costs of attending the 2009 ARLIS National
Conference in Indianapolis, IN.
Letters of applications are due by Tuesday, February 17th 2009 and the
winners will be notified by Tuesday, February 24th 2009
Eligibility:
1.)Membership. Applicants must be members in good standing of both
ARLIS/NA and the Southern California Chapter [Note: Southern CA
membership forms and checks can be sent along with the award
application. For a copy of the chapter’s membership form see
http://arlis-sc.org/09-arlis-sc-memberform.pdf
<http://arlis-sc.org/09-arlis-sc-memberform.pdf>
2.) Financial need. Only applicants who receive partial or no
institutional funds towards conference attendance will be considered (We
strongly encourage folks who do not receive full funding to apply) .
3) Eligible applicants can include current board members (as voted on by
the membership at the Cerritos meeting on March 29, 2006).
Selection will be weighted toward those applicants who best fulfill the
following guidelines:
1.) Are attending the ARLIS National Conference for the first time,
and/or
2.) Are actively participating in the conference in such roles as
speaker, moderator, recorder, workshop attendee, etc.
Conditions of the award:
1.) Award winner must commit to some level of conference participation
such as workshop attendee, speaker, recorder, local arrangements
volunteer, etc.
2.) Award winner must submit a written conference report for publication
in the Chapter newsletter, Canvas. This report will include an account
of the recipient’s personal conference experiences and how the award
contributed to his/her professional development.
To apply for the awards:
Please email or mail a letter of application to Trish Rose-Sandler,
Chair of the Travel Awards Committee by Tuesday, February 17th 2009,
briefly outlining your reasons for attending the conference as well as a
short biographical statement listing employment history, educational
background, professional activities, and how much funding you will be
receiving from your institution (please limit information to a maximum
of 2 pages). Winners must confirm in writing that they are able to meet
the requirements of conference attendance. The travel awards will be
presented to the winners at the ARLIS/SC Chapter meeting in Indianapolis
(date and place to be determined).
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
TRISH ROSE-SANDLER, GEISEL LIBRARY
9500 GILMAN DR. # 0175k
LA JOLLA CA 92093-0175
858 822-0611
trose@ucsd.edu
Dear Colleagues,
You are warmly invited to attend the celebration of Judy Hoffberg’s life on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at 11 am, at the art gallery Track 16 in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station (directions at http://www.track16.com./contact.php)
Three to four members of ARLIS will speak at the service.
An artist’s book will be created in her memory, and deposited with her papers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. If you are interested in creating a page, please use 8-1/2 x 11″ paper. Let your inspiration be Judy’s perpetual curiosity about anything to do with libraries, books, and all kinds of art. The deadline is July 31, 2009.
There was a very nice obituary in Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-judithhoffberg28-2009jan28,0,5648915.story
A memorial fund, the proceeds of which will be donated to support either the Artists’ Book Collection at University of California, Santa Barbara, or Judy’s Umbrelliana collection at University of California, San Diego, is being established.
Judy will also be commemorated at the ARLIS/NA conference in Indianapolis.
Please forward to anyone who may be interested.
We hope you will be able to attend.
Amy Ciccone
Volunteers are needed for the ARLIS/SC 2009 Travel Award Committee.
ARLIS/SC offers two travel awards: the Student Travel Award and the Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award. The awards support the winning applicants with monetary assistance for the ARLIS/NA annual conference in Indianapolis, IN.
We currently have one volunteer and looking for (preferably) two more eager volunteers to complete the committee!
If you are interested in serving on the committee please email me at ssherman@getty.edu by Friday January 30.
Thank you,
Sarah Sherman
Chair, ARLIS-SC
This year the ARLIS/SC Nominating Committee sought nominations for two
positions: Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (1 year as Vice-Chair; 1 year as
Chair; 1 year as Immediate Past-Chair) and Treasurer (2 years). We
received a nomination for each office, and the nominees have confirmed
their willingness to serve, thus these nominees are now our new office
holders. We are pleased to announce the following new board members
for 2009:
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Alyssa Resnick.
Alyssa has been the Senior Library Supervisor at the Brand Library &
Art Center for almost 5 years. She is responsible for a library (art
and music section of the Glendale Public Library), recital hall, and
art gallery. She earned her MLIS from UCLA and a BFA from USC.
Prior to coming to the Brand Library she was the Assistant Librarian
at the American InterContinental University, dabbled in audiovisual
sales to public libraries, did consulting work at Library Associates,
and was a Sr. Acquisitions Assistant at the Getty Research Institute
and a Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress.
She has been a member of ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/SC since first starting
work in art libraries and has previously served the ARLIS/SC chapter
as Treasurer and as Vice Chair/Chair Elect. She is currently moderator
of the ARLIS/NA Public Librarians Round Table, and a member of the
ARLIS/NA Membership Committee. She looks forward to being Vice Chair
once again and is pleased to have an opportunity to remain on the
board.
Treasurer: Cathy Billings.
Cathy earned her BA in art history at the University of Oregon and her
MLIS at the University of Washington. For the last three and a half
years she has been the art librarian and gallery manager at the Brand
Library and Art Center, the specialized art and music branch of the
Glendale Public Library. Prior to that Cathy worked for six years
managing information systems for the University of Washington Treasury
Office. While earning her MLIS she served as Treasurer for the
American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Student Chapter.
She says that she looks forward to this opportunity to serve our
wonderful community of Southern California art librarians!
Our full 2009 board composition is as follows::
Sarah Sherman, Chair
Alyssa Resnick, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Julie Yamashita, Secretary
Cathy Billings, Treasurer
Robert Gore, Past Chair
Please join us in congratulating our new officers!
ARLIS/SC Nominating Committee:
Janine Henri and Nancy Norris
ARLIS/SC Meeting Minutes
November 6, 2008
10:00-11:30am
Beverly Hills Public Library
32 Attendees: Robert Gore (Chair), Sarah Sherman (Vice-Chair), Alyssa Resnick (Treasurer), Barbara Rominski (ARLIS/NA Exec Board Liaison), Sally McKay, Jeri Byrne, Marti Pike, Angi Brzycki, Emily Meredith, Leanne Hindmarch, Mary Stark, Jeanne Roberts, Heather Cleary, Nancy Norris, Janine Henri, Lorraine Perrotta, Allison Schulte, Susan Tockgo, Joel Parham, Jessica Thomas, Maureen Burns, Cathy Billings, Lorinda Holmes, Rachel Longaker, Liz Pickering, Linda Modesitt, Delores Nielsen, Patti Peregrine, Christine C. Maasdam, Virginia Allison, Jeannie Koh
Review of past meeting minutes
· Agenda item “Review of meeting minutes, September 10, 2007 and January 25, 2008” was postponed until the next Business Meeting (date tbd)
Treasurer’s Report
· Account balance $4,237.44. Account still healthy as a result of the Artists Books Conference in 2005.
· In 2008, membership total $300 and contributions total $100.
· 2009 Membership forms passed out to attendees
Secretary’s Report
· 27 current members for 2008
Vice-Chair’s Report
· Cathy Billings and Sarah Sherman have been working on the fall newsletter. It is almost complete. ACTION ITEM: The newsletter will be mailed to current and lapsed members as well as posted on the ARLIS-CA and ARLIS-L listservs.
Chair’s Report
· R.Gore attended the California Connecting to Collections Project on 10/2/08 at the Huntington. It has yet to be seen what ARLIS/SC’s role in this collaboration of California institutions will be. Final report of meeting will be written. ACTION ITEM: R. Gore to post link to listserv.
· As Past Chair R. Gore will dedicate efforts on membership to increase members.
Membership discussion
· Current student involvement has increased.
· Within the last couple of years (since A. Resnick has been Treasurer) the chapter membership as been as high as 70 members.
· M. Burns and J. Roberts remember in the early/mid 1990’s that membership as high as 120 members.
· Suggestions to increase membership: more overlap with VRA/SC (M. Burns), utilize member’s area of website (J. Henri), day of week when meeting are scheduled is not always convenient for all members (J. Roberts), the chapter used to plan 4 meetings per year, which were ½ day events with a tour of local site/institution (N. Norris).
· Possible locales for future meetings are San Diego, Santa Barbara, Riverside.
Nominating Committee
· ACTION ITEM: J. Henri and N. Norris volunteered to be the Nominating Committee for 2009 Vice-Chair and Treasurer officer positions. Task of committee: get people to run for the positions, send out ballots (if needed), and notify Board with results.
Blog update
· Heather Cleary gave a demonstration of new blog/website.
· ACTION ITEM: H. Cleary to look into blog appearing as 1st result in a Google search. Take down old website could solve this. H. Cleary to add information about ARLIS/SC logo and its creator Susan Jurist.
ARLIS/NA annual conference 2013 in Pasadena
· ACTION ITEM: J. Henri made a motion for ARLIS/SC to submit formal proposal to ARLIS/NA for Pasadena 2013. A. Resnick seconded motion. Vote by attendees was unanimous. R. Gore passed motion.
· R. Gore asked B. Rominski if ARLIS/NC would be interested to help the SC Chapter. B. Rominski agreed NC would be interested. ACTION ITEM: B. Rominski to mention this agenda item at the NC fall meeting on Nov. 7.
· Rep. from Pasadena Tourism Bureau contacted A. Resnick.
· MCN 2008 conference held in Pasadena. M. Burns said people could walk downtown and it was a convenient location.
· CLA will be in Pasadena. A. Resnick to attend.
· Metro Gold Line will make it easier for visitors to travel from Pasadena to downtown L.A. (S. McKay)
Judith Hoffberg
· ACTION ITEM: R. Gore to re-post information regarding Judith Hoffberg fund on listservs.
· Interview with J. Hoffberg in Art Documentation Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2008 may be of interest to members.
· Ideas discussed regarding individual effort to raise money for J. Hoffberg included auction of art-related items on Ebay coordinated by J. Henri.
Executive Board Liaison Report (B. Rominski)
· New role in ARLIS/NA is the Chapter Coordinator Liaison (currently held by Cate Cooney)
· Exec. Board candidates review
· Dues increase. Dues have not been increased in 10 years and the decision reflects current cost of living.
· Art Documentation will become a peer-review journal. Spring issue will be a modified peer review. Fall will be total peer review. Reviews will be double blind.
· Occasional papers 1 -14, Technology papers, and Member’s Handbook will be available in pdf, print on demand, for members only on ARLIS/NA website.
· ARLIS/NA will no longer distribute hard copies of the Member’s Handbook.
· Members will be able to receive RSS feeds from the entire ARLIS/NA website or choose from selected sections.
· ARLIS/NA archives will be processed and housed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
· Cate Cooney working on mentor program at the chapter level.
· ARLIS/NA is currently reviewing RFP’s to seek a new Administrative Company/Headquarters. Should be in place by the next annual conference. It may be possible that contractors (Susan Rolick and Elizabeth Clarke) that work with the current headquarters, MacPherson, will be able to continue work with ARLIS/NA with future headquarters.
Chapter support, welcome reception ARLIS/NA 2009 annual conference (Indianapolis, IN)
· ACTION ITEM: Board will send a $200 contribution. No objections by attendees.
· Chapter sent the same amount ($200) last year.
Joint chapter conference, 2010
· R. Gore said Mountain West chapter suggested this venture because they have interest to visit California. Because of above motion to submit proposal for Pasadena 2013 annual conference, it might be best if there is a continued interest to hold a joint conference ideal locations would Northern California or Mountain West location.
College Art Association conference in LA (Feb. 2009)
· VRA sponsored session. M. Burns passed out information.
· ARLIS sponsored session. A. Resnick, C. Billings, and M. Stark to participate on panel about how different user groups use public libraries
· CAA conference registration is not required to attend sponsored session (M. Burns)
· Discussion about a joint VRA/SC ARLIS/SC social event. Details to tbd.
submitted by Sarah Sherman
11/11/2008
One of our chapter’s founding members, Judith Hoffberg, just announced the publication of the final issue of Umbrella over ARLIS-L:
Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:30 PM
The final issue of Umbrella Online and Umbrella is now available to anyone in the world at www.umbrellaeditions.com. You can now read Umbrella without any password or e-mail. Just go to the website whenever you want to do research or read current or back issues.
I explain why I have had to end to journal after 31 years. Thanks you for your loyalty and support.Sincerely,
Judith A. Hoffberg
Here is an excerpt from her piece, From the Editor, in the last issue:
Obsessed with umbrellas and parasols, it allowed me to create a huge collection of “umbrelliana” which has overwhelmed both my domestic and storage settings. I learned more about textiles, fashion, kitsch, marketing, performance art, multicultural innovations with the object umbrella, encountering artists who used the image to intrigue me as well as to whet my appetite. It has been an easy image to collect in paper ephemera as well as almost 200 three-dimensional umbrella objects. From a tiny Chinese lace umbrella to a 19th century silk parasol, from 333 antiquarian books to countless artifacts, the collection has grown over the past 30 years.
In the ensuing two months I have been in hospice, I have missed sharing with you all the art news, umbrella news, and mail art news for this issue. With this issue I say goodbye, knowing full well that you can always read back issues, do database research in all the issues from vol.1 no. 1, with Umbrella being a free journal for all to read, from 1978 through 2008. This has been made possible for posterity thanks to Indiana University and Sonja Staum-Kuniej at IUPUI.
Read the full editorial here.
