ARLIS/TXMX - News: Architecture Libraries

News: UT-Austin reorganizes the Architecture and Planning Library

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:01:57 -0500

The Architecture and Planning Library at the University of Texas at Austin has elected to reorganize its library staffing. Beth Dodd now serves as Head Librarian, charged with the unit's administrative duties. She also continues to serve as the Curator of the Alexander Architectural Archive. The other librarian position, now vacant, has been re-shaped into a subject specialist role, with additional emphasis on shepherding digital projects and resources. The subject specialist's more traditional roles will emphasize a strong liaison with faculty. This is expected to focus more attention on

News: Association of Architecture School Librarians in Houston

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:26:01 -0500

Last March the AASL met in conjunction with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Houston. Janine Henri, formerly of the University of Texas at Austin, served as vice president and planned the conference. Her planning committee consisted of ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter members Margaret Culbertson, Catherine Essinger, Mark Pompelia, and Jet Prendeville. After the business meeting, Janine Henri moved into the role of president.

While in Houston, members attended workshops on information literacy and online tutorial creation. A panel discussion on scholarly communication was also held. Hilary Ballon of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chuck Henry of Rice University Press, and Ann Whiteside of MIT's Rotch Architecture and Planning Library and SAH's Architecture Visual Resources Network served as panelists.

News: Architecture Libraries

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:15:43 -0500

The Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) will meet in Houston, March 27-29, 2008. The annual conference will be held in conjunction with that of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, which is sponsored by the University of Houston. The AASL conference will include walking tours of downtown Houston and the Menil Collection facilities, as well as visits to the collections and facilities at the University of Houston, Rice University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. An information literacy workshop will be offered, as well as presentations on Houston architecture, instructional technology, and scholarly communication. There will also be opportunities to network with publishers and other architecture librarians. Attendees will see both world class and vernacular architecture during conference activities.

News: McCord takes librarian position at New Mexico Office of the State Engineer

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:37:13 -0500

Former ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter Member and Officer Polly McCord announces that she recently accepted a position as a Librarian at the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer. She submitted the following library profile:

The OSE Library collects materials related to the history, science, law, use and management of water resources in New Mexico and the surrounding region. For the architecture librarians, we are in the basement of the Bataan Memorial Building, which was the State Capitol from 1900-1966. Look at http://www.generalservices.state.nm.us/bsd/buildings/bataan.html. The building is in downtown Santa Fe across the street from the Roundhouse (the current capitol) and about 4 blocks south of the Plaza. Because it was the State Capitol, the basement has a number of vaults where Finance used to keep the money, so I have a real turn-of-the-last-century bank vault for my archives.

News from AASL

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:36:19 -0500

News from AASL

ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter members Margaret Culbertson, Catherine Essinger, Janine Henri, Mark Pompelia, and Jet Prendeville are serving on the AASL Conference Planning Committee. They are planning the annual conference of the Association of Architecture School Librarians, scheduled for March 27-30, 2008, in Houston, in conjunction with the 96th annual meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. The conference theme is "Seeking the City."

News: Janine Henri takes librarian position at UCLA

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:34:08 -0500

After sixteen years of service, Janine Henri is leaving her position as Head Librarian of the Architecture & Planning Library at the University of Texas at Austin after August 31, 2007. She has accepted a position as Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian in the Arts Library at UCLA, where she will begin employment on September. 17, 2007. Beth Dodd will be the Interim Head of the Architecture & Planning Library, effective September 1, 2007. To assist in the interim, Library Assistant Donna Coates' appointment has been increased from half-time to full-time. ARLIS/Texas-Mexico and her colleagues at UT Austin wish her well and success in her new position.

News: Architecture Libraries

Tue, 29 May 2007 17:23:17 -0500

News from Rice University

During the last several years, Rice University's Fondren Library underwent significant changes. Plans to demolish the existing building and build a new library with two floors below grade were abandoned after extensive flooding in Houston during June 2001. To address critical space shortages, the University Librarian and planners embarked on two major solutions: a new storage facility and a library renovation.

The university decided to build a library storage facility about 5 miles from campus, on land that had been donated by Raymond Brochstein. Carlos Jimenez Studios designed a high-density storage facility that recently received a 2007 Honor Award from the Houston Chapter of the AIA. Construction began in February 2003 and the facility was completed by March 2004. The transfer of books, serials, LPs, and archival materials began in January 2004 and as of January 2007, over 600,000 items have been processed and stored in the Library Service Center.