Art Libraries Society of
Professional Development Committee (PDC) Meeting
Agenda
1. Introductions
New committee member Angel Moyes,
Serials Reference Librarian,
(including the numbers who serve on
committees, the length of terms,
committee turnover, and
other issues)
2. Funding needs
Additional funding for brochures may be sought. These brochures would be designed to inform
students and other individuals about ARLIS and the fields of arts librarianship
and visual resources curatorship. T. Caswell and J. Allen will continue working
on this issue. It would perhaps be
useful to get estimates from a design firm for the costs of a brochure. C. Graney will check if another brochure has recently been
printed for a sense of the cost estimate.
3. Mentoring program
The Committee established a mentoring program subcommittee
consisting of: Angel Moyes, Deborah Ultan, Tony White, and Heidi Hass. It was also agreed to copy Carol Graney (Board Liaison) on all business and
correspondence. The committee will
investigate what we mean by mentoring, who the audience for the program would
be, and what activities other organizations with mentoring programs engage
in. It might be useful to consider
different kinds of mentoring, for example, in the areas of management, publishing,
research, etc. It was questioned whether
we need to gather information on the strengths of our members, so that the
mentoring program can function as a clearinghouse for who we are and what
we do best. Committee members noted that the program, if
established, should be proactive rather than simply reactive. Members speculated that other ARLIS groups,
such as the Management Issues Round Table or the Academic Library Division,
might be interested in actively participating or contributing, and that it might
be wise to submit a message to ARLIS-L to gauge potential interest. C. Graney noted
that she would raise the issue at the post-conference Board meeting. At the end of the discussion,
the subcommittee agreed to email
each other to begin work, the larger PDC will foster the work of the
subcommittee.
4. Internship award
Cathy Billings is the recipient of this year’s Internship
Award. She will work with Gregory Most
at the National Gallery of Art. The
Committee would like to engage in a longer-term follow-up with internship
recipients after the internship ends, and perhaps then facilitate involvement
with ARLIS and the larger profession.
The schedule for the next internship award cycle is forthcoming. PDC will once again work with the Membership
Committee.
5. Core competencies project
H. Ball invited comments on the core competencies draft from
everyone, and noted that the session on Core Competencies would be a vehicle
for the membership to begin to talk about the topic, thereby opening discussion
on the working core competencies draft.
A survey on the draft will take place.
The possibility of conducting a survey on the roles and responsibilities
of ARLIS members in their positions was raised, and the ARL Spec Kit was
mentioned as a model. A discussion took
place on the distinctions between job descriptions versus job advertisements in
the development of the competency standards.
The Board views the competency standards as a way to help provide
content and structure to conferences and sessions. A brief discussion took place on the
importance of underscoring the commitment of arts librarians and visual
resource professional to visual information research as a unique element of
what we do. Others commented that
retrospective collection development in a
monograph-driven field was an
important factor.
6. Recruitment activities
T. Caswell and J. Allen will continue working on the design of a
brochure intended to inform students and other individuals about ARLIS and the
fields of arts librarianship and visual resources curatorship.
The meeting was adjourned shortly after
Compiled by Sara Harrington, Art Librarian,
saraharr@rci.rutgers.edu
List of Attendees
Jacqui Allen,
Heather Ball, Virginia Tech
Tom Caswell,
Elizabeth Clarke, ARLIS/NA
Carol Graney, University of the Arts
Sara Harrington,
V. Heidi Hass, Pierpont Morgan Library
Angelica Moyes,
Henry Pisciotta,
Barbara Prior,
Jack Robertson, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Christiane Schaper,
Deborah Ultan,
Tony White, Pratt Institute