Coordinators: Beth Goodrich, Beth Hylen How can students and new professionals get involved in your SIG? And/or are there any projects in progress that need support they can provide? One of our main communication tools for the SIG has been the blog and WordPress site. While we have made postings to the site on occasion, […]
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ArLiSNAP November Happy Hour!
It’s time for another Happy Hour! This virtual event will be held on November 24th at 7pm EST. Angélique, Canadian Liaison, will be hosting this Happy Hour using the site Icebreaker, featuring a series of fun get-to-know-each-other questions. She encourages everyone to dress in their comfiest threads and bring a bevy of their choice to […]
Meet the ARLIS/NA SIGs Series: Retirement SIG
Coordinators: Mary (“Suzy”) Frechette, Carol Terry How can students and new professionals get involved in your SIG? And/or are there any projects in progress that need support they can provide? As the Retirement SIG, we are not exactly geared toward students and new professionals; however one of our ongoing projects involves oral history interviews with […]
Meet the ARLIS/NA SIGs Series: Teaching SIG
Coordinators: Eva Sclippa and Anna Boutin-Cooper How can students and new professionals get involved in your SIG? And/or are there any projects in progress that need support they can provide? One of our biggest areas for involvement is the blog! We’re always looking for more contributors, and we’re very open and flexible on the content. […]
Internship, Interrupted
By Freyja Catton From February to April of this year, I was one of two interns sponsored by TD Bank at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives (NGC). This was my dream job, as I have a background in Studio Art (BFA, University of Lethbridge, 2012) and am a graduate student of Library […]
Meet the ARLIS/NA SIGs Series: Stimulating Creativity in Practice SIG
Coordinator: Jill Chisnell | Art, Architecture and Design Librarian | Carnegie Mellon University | jillianc@andrew.cme.edu How can students and new professionals get involved in your SIG? And/or are there any projects in progress that need support they can provide? The Stimulating Creativity in Practice (aka SCIP) SIG is a community that supports the idea of […]
Call for Questions: Panels at the ArLiSNAP/VREPS 2020 Virtual Conference
We want to hear from you! To make sure we’re asking the questions you are most interested in at the upcoming ArLiSNAP/VREPS Virtual Conference: Visualizing Your Future Art Information Career, we are calling for students and new art information professionals to submit their questions in advance of the panels (see list below). Even if you […]
A New Job, A New Degree, and A New Pandemic
By Meg Tohill Ever since I can remember, all I’ve ever wanted to do when I got older was to help people. The question of how I would do this has continuously meandered along with my career path. With a passion for reading and writing, diving into library science has always been at the back […]
Write for ArLiSNAP: End-of-Year Wellness Wrap-up
To all our loyal ArLiSNAP members, we welcome you to the end of 2020, a hectic year for our profession. The unprecedented pandemic has affected librarians at every career level, but for new librarians, students, and prospective librarians, it has been especially difficult. Job hunting has grown more complicated, and closings have left institutions bereft […]
ArLiSNAP Biennial Survey – EXTENDED!
We still want to hear from students and new professionals through our biennial survey! We are extending the deadline, and expanding our reach due to low responses. This is a participant’s opportunity to tell us how they engage with ArLiSNAP (or don’t yet), which services they find relevant, and what topics they’re interested in. Answers […]