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STUDENTS! Apply now for the Seibel scholarship

Awards, News, Professional Development

Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship
We are now accepting applications for our student scholarship to support and encourage future art, visual, and/or cultural heritage information professionals living in New England by helping to defray student expenses (tuition, professional development, support for the cost of books, travel funds toward an internship, cost of gas, conference attendance, housing, materials, etc. Think broadly!).

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must be:

  • aspiring information professionals who are interested in a career in art librarianship, visual resources, and/or cultural heritage 
  • in response to the pandemic, we are expanding the criteria to include those either currently living in New England while enrolled or accepted into an ALA-accredited school of library and information science or those temporarily living elsewhere but currently enrolled or accepted into an accredited LIS program in New England

We welcome applications from students whose identity, experiences, scholarship, and/or service have prepared them to contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our Chapter and the profession.

AWARD 

$500 in award funding will be distributed to one applicant. Chapter members have generously contributed to the Seibel Scholarship fund over the years and donations are always welcome.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants should send:

These should be sent to arlisna.newengland@gmail.com by Monday, October 31, 2022. Award recipients are required to provide a brief written account of how they used/intend to use the Seibel funds to help finance their education and/or professional growth. This account should be submitted to the ARLIS/NA New England Chapter Executive Committee no later than one month from the date of award disbursal (November 30, 2022).

We hope you’ll consider applying for this opportunity! Please let us know if you have any questions.

2022 Freitag Award Winner

Awards, News, Professional Development

We are pleased to announce that Catherine Robertson is the recipient of this year’s Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award.

Catherine will use the funds to support her future attendance of the Rare Book School course “The History of Artists’ Books since 1950.”  Catherine is currently the Library Director at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. The library’s collection includes artists’ books which traditionally support the teaching faculty in the Book Arts, Illustration, Printmaking, and other concentrations. Currently, the artists’ book collection is fledgling and underutilized. By taking this course, Catherine would like to further her professionalized knowledge of this format so that she can advocate for the development of the collection and its integration into the college curriculum.   ARLIS/NA New England is pleased to be able to help Catherine attend this course.

The Wolfgang Freitag Award is made possible through the generous donations of New England Chapter members. Awarded in the amount of $1,000 to one recipient annually, it is intended to aid and encourage the professional development of chapter members and to ensure the vibrant future of the art librarianship profession.

Please join us in congratulating Catherine!

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Annual Conference, Awards, News, Professional Development

Now accepting applications for the 2022 ARLIS/NA conference attendance award AND the 2022 student Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship.

The 50th annual ARLIS/NA conference will be held in person April 5-9, 2022 in Chicago. And while the conference is well on its way to getting “back to normal” the same cannot be said for everyone’s travel budgets. Let the New England chapter help defray the costs of attending the conference. To be considered for the $1000 award please see eligibility requirements and complete the application form by February 28th EXTENDED to March 14th and now open to new members as well!

Students of New England! Please consider applying for the Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship. This $500 award is open to students enrolled in New England library and information science programs with an interest in art librarianship, visual resources, or cultural heritage. Additional details can be found here, application deadline is April 29th.

Note: in response to the pandemic, we are expanding the criteria to include those either currently living in New England while enrolled or accepted into an ALA-accredited school of library and information science or those temporarily living elsewhere but currently enrolled or accepted into an accredited LIS program in New England.

We welcome applications from students whose identity, experiences, scholarship, and/or service have prepared them to contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our Chapter and the profession.

Continue reading Submit your application for chapter awards! →

Apply now for the Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award!

Awards, News, Professional Development

The Chapter is now accepting applications for the Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award of $1000 in funding to defray the costs associated with a variety of professional development activities.

To be considered for this award, applicants should submit a proposal via this form that includes:
A detailed account 250-500 words long explaining what the award will help you accomplish and how it will contribute to the field of art librarianship
A statement describing the financial need of the project or initiative, and a budget detailing a total cost breakdown (e.g. travel and lodging expenses, conference registration fees, workshop fees, course tuition, materials costs, details of additional funding from other sources, etc.)

See the Scholarship & Awards section for additional details and qualifications.

Deadline for proposals is July 30, 2021.

2020 Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship Recipient

Awards, News

The Executive Committee of ARLIS/NA New England is pleased to announce that Clara Scholtz is the recipient of this year’s Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship!

Clara is a Master of Library and Information Science student at Simmons University concentrating in Cultural Heritage Informatics, as well as a practicing artist. She is coming to her studies at Simmons with experience working in the Downtown Art Center (DAC) in Los Angeles as an instructor and assisting them with the organization of their collection of artwork and archival materials. She also worked as a gallery guide and attendant for the Dia Art Foundation.

Photograph of Clara Scholtz.
Clara Scholtz

“I intend to work as an art librarian and educator upon completing my MLIS, at a public library, academic library, or museum,” Clara shares. “A goal of mine as an informational professional is to increase access to cultural heritage materials and knowledge for communities of marginalized people, including people with disabilities. I deeply appreciate ARLIS/NA New England Chapter’s support of this goal, thank you.”

Congratulations, Clara!

2020 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Travel Award Winner

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The ARLIS/NA New England Chapter is pleased to announce that Abigail (Abi) Sweeney is the recipient of the chapter’s 2020 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Travel Award. Abi has been working at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 2006, and is currently serving as the vice-moderator of the Art and Design School Library (ADSL) Division of ARLIS/NA.  At the 2020 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, she will be stepping into her new role as moderator of the division.  During the conference, Abi and the current moderator will be reviewing their progress to date on a comprehensive report of the ADSL Division, to include current and ongoing challenges.  In particular, Abi will be covering her findings on issues related to staffing and professional development. The final report is scheduled to be presented at the 2021 conference in Montreal. 

The ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Travel Award will help defray Abi’s expenses related to attending the 2020 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. We would like to extend our thanks to our chapter’s donors, whose contributions help make this award possible.

Congratulations Abi!

Apply now for the Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award!

Awards, News, Professional Development

Are you looking to fund a new project? Or are you doing research related to art librarianship intended for publication or presentation? Or, maybe you have your eye on a conference you would like to attend?…

Apply for the Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award for $1000 in award funding to defray the costs associated with a variety of professional development activities.

Apply by Friday, November 8, 2019 by sending application materials to John Schlinke, ARLIS/NA New England Chapter Past-Chair, jschlinke@rwu.edu. Applicants will be notified of results by Wednesday, November 20, 2019.

For application details: http://newengland.arlisna.org/resources/scholarships-awards/freitag/

Apply now for the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Travel Award!

Annual Conference, Awards, News

Are you planning to attend the 2020 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference?

Would you like $1,000 to help defray the cost?

ARLIS/NA New England Chapter members are eligible to apply for the chapter’s annual travel award.  One applicant will receive $1,000 to help cover registration, travel, and lodging expenses.

To be considered, please complete the application form by Friday, November 8, 2019.  Applicants will be notified of results by Wednesday, November 20, 2019.

For more details: http://newengland.arlisna.org/resources/scholarships-awards/travel/

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Joshua Ness on Unsplash.

Lyndsay Bratton’s ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Experience in Salt Lake City, UT

Annual Conference, Awards, News

Lyndsay Bratton is the recipient of the chapter’s 2019 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference Travel Award.

Read on to learn about Lyndsay’s conference experience…

I was so grateful to receive the New England Chapter’s travel award this year to attend the Art Libraries Society of North America’s 48th annual conference in Salt Lake City. In addition to benefiting from the wealth of knowledge shared in a wide variety of sessions and enjoying the fantastic tours and receptions at local arts institutions we have all come to expect at our organization’s annual meetings, it was also important that I attend the conference in my third and final year as Media Editor on the Society’s Editorial Board. Besides being able to capture and share the conference events on ARLIS/NA social media channels, it was an opportunity to work with the incoming Media Editor for a seamless transition.

The highlight of the sessions I attended this year was the It’s About Time: Open Educational Resources and the Arts panel with speakers Shira Loev Eller of George Washington University Libraries and John Hilton III of Brigham Young University (co-moderated by Ian McDermott of LaGuardia Community College Library and Emily Coxe, RISD Librarian and ARLIS/NA New England Chapter’s treasurer). The speakers shared useful statistics and resources on the benefits of OERs, where to find them, and how to promote them on our campuses. Of particular note, George Washington University Libraries is achieving faculty buy-in for OERs by asking liaisons to have a conversation about them with at least one professor per semester and contribute to a shared spreadsheet to document these outreach efforts and identify interested faculty with whom to follow up. The interest has all been garnered without grants or stipends, although the library is now hoping to develop an incentive program to build capacity in this area. During the break-out portion of the session, I was part of a discussion about the potential for ARLIS/NA to develop a resource guide to OERs in the arts. Given the financial need for and pedagogical benefits of increased OER adoption throughout higher education, such an effort would be a great contribution by the organization.

Lyndsay at the site of the Spiral Jetty.
Lyndsay at the site of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty.

Outside the sessions, the conference provided a great opportunity for representatives of participating institutions in Yale University Press’s Art & Architecture ePortal pilot this past year to meet with representatives of the database project at a breakfast event. We heard about next steps, as well as new features and publications in development, and we had the chance to meet with other participating members. I was also lucky to snag a spot on one of the two Spiral Jetty tours with guide extraordinaire Hikmet Loe. This perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the famed earthwork did not disappoint. Furthermore, the poster sessions and exhibitors were outstanding this year. At these and other meetings and events during the conference, I met new colleagues and learned about some exciting initiatives in the field.

I would like to thank the New England Chapter and the travel award committee for this opportunity to attend the annual conference on a travel award. I look forward to reconvening at this year’s chapter events and in St. Louis next spring.

About Lyndsay: Lyndsay is the Assistant Director for Digital Scholarship and the arts subject librarian at Connecticut College.

About the ARLIS/NA New England Chapter’s Annual Conference Travel Award: The Travel Award is intended to encourage the professional development of ARLIS/NA New England Chapter members by supporting travel to the ARLIS/NA annual conference. Money for this award is generously donated by ARLIS/NA New England Chapter members.