Annual Report (2001)
Submitted by Carole
Goldsmith
wisdom@sfu.ca
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Executive Board
Activities
Attended the ARLIS/NA annual
conference in Los Angeles, March 29 - April 4. Participated in the Pre-and Post-
Conference Board Meetings in Los Angeles.
Attended meetings of the Membership and Travel Awards Committees, and
other business meetings, as assigned.
Attended the mid-year
ARLIS/NA Executive Board Meeting in New York, Aug. 11-13. Wrote a brief report on activities in
preparation for the mid-year meeting.
Participated in Executive Board online Blackboard and email
discussions.
Acted as Board liaison to
the Membership Committee. Advised
the Committee on revisions to the membership application/renewal form, based on
input from the Board. The Committee
was concerned with the accuracy of the membership database and ARLIS/NA
membership non-renewals.
Non-renewal lists and "exit interview" questionnaires were distributed to
the ARLIS/NA Regional Representatives, with the goal of contacting non-renewals
in their region. This plan was put on hold due to errors in the membership
database, but should be revisited in 2002.
Acted as Board liaison to
the Travel Awards Committee. The Committee would like to find sponsorship for
new awards. At the same time, the Committee is concerned with maintaining
ongoing funding for existing awards.
ARLIS/Canada
Activities:
Chaired the annual
ARLIS/Canada Business meeting in Los Angeles. Reports were given by members from the
individual Canadian chapters.
Minutes were taken by Paul Chenier, who transcribed the minutes in English and
French. Posted the minutes on
carlis-l and the ARLIS/Canada website.
Submitted the Chapter annual
report for 2000. Posted a news
update on carlis-l in May 2001.
Prepared a report on ARLIS/Canada Chapter activities for the June 2001
issue of Update.
Provided Jonathan Franklin
with missing text for the ARLIS/NA Canadian Representative duties for the
ARLIS/NA website. Prepared
electronic versions of the ARLIS/Canada by-laws for posting on the ARLIS/NA and
ARLIS/Canada websites. Daphne
Dufresne assisted with the French version of the bylaws. Paul Chénier provided French translations
of the ARLIS/NA Canadian Representative and ARLIS/Canada Chapter
annual reports for 2000.
Attended ARLIS/NA Ontario
Chapter spring meeting in London, Ontario.
Attended ARLIS/NA NW Chapter spring and fall meetings in Vancouver. Prepared reports for the ARLIS/MOQ and
NW Chapter annual fall meetings.
Served on the NW Chapter By-laws Committee. Presented revised NW Chapter bylaws to
ARLIS/NA Executive Board for approval.
Prepared a press release for
the 2000/01 Melva J. Dwyer Award, given annually to an outstanding Canadian
reference or research publication. The winner was Kathy Zimon for her
publication, Alberta Society of Artists: the first seventy years,
University of Calgary Press, 2000.
The award was presented by Cheryl Siegel at the 2001 ARLIS/NA annual
conference in Los Angeles. Updated
the Melva J. Dwyer award guidelines and information on the ARLIS/NA
website.
Appointed the jury members
for the 2002 Dwyer Award. Posted a
call for nominations on arlis-l and carlis-l and mailed print copies of the
nomination form to all current Canadian members of ARLIS/NA. Mailing labels were obtained from
headquarters.
Discussed designs for a
Dwyer Award book sticker and certificate with Elizabeth Clarke, ARLIS/NA
Executive Director. The last
remaining artist’s print was awarded at the Los Angeles conference in 2001. The design is similar to a new design
for the Wittenborn Award.
Encouraged Canadian members
to attend the ARLIS/NA annual conferences in Los Angeles and St Louis, and to
support the conferences by donating to the welcome parties and silent auction
events. Also encouraged members to
apply for travel awards. Funding to
attend the annual conference continues to be a concern for our members.
Wrote letters of support for
staff involved in the National Gallery of Canada strike. Participated in
planning for the joint regional meeting of ARLIS/Canada and ARLIS NW Chapter, to
take place from May 31-June 2, in Banff, Alberta.
Attended the 'History of the
Book in Canada' conference Nov. 15-17 in Vancouver. Two of our members (Jo Beglo and Randall
Speller) presented papers at the conference. Met with Jo Beglo, National Gallery of
Canada, and other ARLIS/Canada members.
Discussed Beglo's projected publication on the History of Art
Librarianship in Canada.
Two Canadian members
received research awards and appointments from ARLIS/NA in 2001. Jonathan Franklin, National Gallery of
Canada, received the H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award for a bibliographical
study of art auction catalogues.
Kathy Zimon received a Worldwide Books Publication Award, for her
publication, Alberta Society of Artists, the first seventy years.
Jonathan Franklin was also appointed as ARLIS/NA web editor. Kathy Zimon was appointed as co-editor
of Art Documentation.
Chapter
Activities:
Information on ARLIS/Canada
and the individual Canadian chapters can be found on the ARLIS/Canada homepage
at: http://www.banffcentre.ca/library/carlis/
All of the Canadian chapters
generously contributed to either the welcome party and/or the silent auction in
Los Angeles. ARLIS Ontario and ARLIS/MOQ also donated funds for the welcome
party in St. Louis.
ARLIS/NA Ontario Chapter
spring meeting was held May 25 in London, Ontario, at the London Public Library
and the University of Western Ontario.
Mary Kandiuk (York University) received the chapter travel award to
attend the conference in Los Angeles.
The fall meeting took place at the White Mountain Academy of the Arts at
Elliot Lake, Sept. 28-30.
ARLIS/MOQ held their spring
meeting on May 11 at the Cirque du Soleil site in Montreal. The fall meeting took place at the
Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, on Nov. 16. The Chapter offers three professional
development awards: an award to attend the ARLIS/NA annual conference, a
membership award, and a new award for travel to a conference other than the
annual conference. Jonathan Franklin received an award to attend the 2001
ARLIS/NA annual conference in Los Angeles.
The Chapter is working on a project to update the Directory of Vertical Files on Art and
Architecture / Repertoire des dossiers documentaires en art et
architecture.
ARLIS/NA NW Chapter met at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 4. The annual fall meeting was held Dec. 1 at the University of British Columbia. Members approved revisions to the Chapter by-laws in fall 2001. The Banff Meeting Planning Committee worked on plans for the joint regional meeting with ARLIS/Canada in Banff, Alberta. Information about the regional meeting in Banff can be found at http://www.banffcentre.ab.ca/library/carlis/banff/conf_info.asp