We received one nomination for Vice Chair and no nominees for Treasurer. Cathy Billings has agreed to stay on as Treasurer for another year. The Vice-Chair nominee has confirmed her willingness to serve.

We are pleased to announce the ARLIS/SC Chapter 2011 Board:

Krista Ivy, Chair

Janine Henri, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect

Virginia Allison, Secretary

Cathy Billings, Treasurer

Alyssa Resnick, Past-Chair

Below is information about our newly elected Vice Chair. Please join us in congratulating our new officers!

JANINE JACQUELINE HENRI

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY AND STATEMENT OF GOALS

I am currently the Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian in the Arts Library at UCLA.  I was previously Art Librarian, Fine Arts Library (1991-1995), then Head, Architecture & Planning Library (Sept. 1995-Aug. 2007) at the University of Texas at Austin.

I am active in the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) as well as in the Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL).  I have recently served as AASL President and previously served on the Executive Board of ARLIS/NA as South Regional Representative.  While in Texas, I was active in the Texas-Mexico Chapter of ARLIS/NA, including serving as Chapter President and on conference planning committees.  I have also served ARLIS/NA as a committee chair, as ARLIS/NA Liaison to professional associations, as a Section and Division Moderator and as member of Conference Planning Committees.  Prior to Texas I was active in the Northern California Chapter of ARLIS/NA and since returning to California I have served the Southern California Chapter as member of the Nominating Committee.

The next three years will be exciting and interesting for the Southern California Chapter as we prepare to host the 2013 ARLIS/NA conference in Pasadena.  I look forward to the opportunity to work with our members to showcase Southern California artistic traditions and institutions, to explore new developments and challenges in our profession, and to recognize the myriad talents of our membership.  Thus, the main goal for my tenure will be to facilitate communication among our membership and to facilitate the business of our society in order for us to host a successful conference in 2013.

In addition, I have been fortunate enough to work at institutions with accredited library schools and have enjoyed opportunities to mentor library and information science students and interns, including the first ARLIS/NA internship award recipient.   I will endeavor to build on this experience and work with Southern California chapter members to encourage student participation in our chapter activities.

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