ARLIS/TXMX - Special Projects, News: Personal, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Meeting Reports

A Trip Through Denver Parks and Neighborhoods

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:38 -0400

A Trip Through Denver Parks and Neighborhoods
Friday, May 2, 2008

Guide Carolyn Etter, a former co-manager of the Denver Parks and Recreation Department, was an expert guide for this trip.

Let me first explain “co-manager.” Mrs. Etter had experience in non-profit and charitable managing. Her husband, Don Etter, had just retired from law practice. While reading the Denver Post once morning she said to her husband, “Wouldn’t it be fun for us to co-manager the Parks and Recreation Department?” A few phone calls later the newly elected Mayor Frederico Pena, later head of the Department of Transportation in the Clinton administration, made a dual appointment of this couple to head the department. They were among the highest executives in the country to have this arrangement.

News: Sheryl Wilhite Garcia Receives RLG Travel Award

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:25:01 -0400

Sheryl Wilhite Garcia received the RLG Travel Award for a first-time conference attendee from North America. She reports:

I was very happy to receive the award, which allowed me to meet and speak with colleagues from Art Libraries and Visual Resources Collections. I kept fairly busy with meetings and sessions. I attended the Technology Committee, Membership, and VRD meetings and the following sessions: Plenary session on Pittsburgh Art and Architecture; The History of Subject Indexing of Visual Materials; The Visual Resources Professional in the 21st Century; The Construct of Indexing: Thought Processes in Subject Analysis; Still Codeless After All These Years: The History and Possible Future of Subject Cataloging in the Field of Art; Lost in the Fogg: Finding One's Way Around in a Sea of Slides; and Library Support for Distance Education: New Concepts, New Technologies, New Challenges.

News: Robert Beebe Holds Several ARLIS/NA Committee Posts

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:23:24 -0400

Robert Beebe finished a two-year term as a member of the ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Committee at the annual conference in Pittsburgh. He is serving a second term as a member of the Development Committee and will continue as Moderator of the Indigenous Art and Culture Roundtable until the close of the Los Angeles conference. He has agreed to be a candidate for the position of South Regional Representative in the upcoming election.

News: Schwartz Completes Master's Thesis on Lilly Martin Spencer

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:21:52 -0400

Laura Schwartz announces the completion of her Master of Arts in Art History from the University of Texas. Laura's thesis is titled Painting Identity: The Self-Portrait and Genre Paintings of Lilly Martin Spencer. Laura says: "I want to thank all of the ARLIS/Texas-Mexico members who supported me through these three years by giving me encouragement, compassion, and understanding.I could not have done it without the support of this wonderful organization. Thanks!!!"

2000 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Reports

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:44:08 -0400

The Technology Committee

The Technology Committee set as the following goals for the upcoming year:

Provide web site access to technology vendors and product information for products purchased in current calendar year using a form for members to complete data online. This will allow ARLIS/NA members to post vendor names and reviews for various products to a website which others can access for latest information on hardware and software when contemplating a purchase.
Provide web site access to documents and images of interest to membership. Examples might be filing schemes and other operational and technical concerns.

News: Janine Henri's Son Creates Mural for Eagle Project

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:01:01 -0400

Good personal news arrived from Janine Henri (Architecture and Planning Library, University of Texas at Austin). "My son, Geoffrey Kumar Sanford, became an Eagle Scout in April. His Eagle Project was a mural in his High School Library which features a purple jaguar (the school's mascot) in the center sitting on Mayan Ruins, surrounded by a jungle scene featuring both rain forest fauna and a few Texas critters. My husband (who's still undergoing chemotherapy) was well enough to come home for Thanksgiving so Geoffrey's Eagle Scout Court of Honor was finally held on Saturday November 27 in Zilker Park. It was a gloriously sunny day!" Janine also attended the ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter meeting recently. Her report appears later in this newsletter.

Dallas Art Libraries Consortium (DALC): The Details

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:09:04 -0400

The Dallas Art Libraries Consortium, officially organized in 2005, was set up to facilitate the research needs of local art researchers. At this time, there are four members: Hamon Fine Arts Library at Southern Methodist University, Mildred M. Kelly Library of the Art Institute of Dallas, Fine Arts Division of the Dallas Public Library and the Mayer Library of the Dallas Museum of Art. The Consortium's Web site describes each member's collection and what patrons it serves and how. There are no elected officers, no dues and no set meeting times.

ARLIS/NA Artist Files Working Group Update

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:10:51 -0400

The Artist Files Working Group has actively been working over the past year to put together a site that will provide a centralized resource for locating institutions with artist files. As part of this endeavor, we intend to create a directory that provides summary statements of institutional holdings from across North America. This directory will go live in the fall of 2006 and will allow the institutions to supply relevant documentation about their holdings of artist files. Further, we intend to provide documentation for loading minimal level cataloging records into the major union catalogs to enhance access to individual records.