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Featured Art Library: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University
Featured Art Library: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University

Over the more than 40 years since our founding, our collection has grown to be the premier institution for the study of comics and cartoon art. Continue Reading

Date posted12/2/2020


Featured Art Library: Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, Cornell University
Featured Art Library: Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, Cornell University

What used to be a red-bricked fortress is now a cathedral of space. In a renovated and repurposed building that’s more than 100 years old, the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library (FAL) opened its doors to the public just over a year ago. Continue Reading

Date posted10/12/2020


What Our Members Are Saying: Andrew Wang
What Our Members Are Saying: Andrew Wang

Andrew Wang, Architecture Librarian, University of Oregon Continue Reading

Date posted10/7/2020


Artists' Studio Archives
Artists' Studio Archives

A guide for aritsts, their assistants, and others managing and preserving an artist's studio archives. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted10/1/2020


Best Practices in Art Information Job Recruitment
Best Practices in Art Information Job Recruitment

The ARLIS/NA Advocacy and Public Policy Committee announces a report outlining best practices and resources for job recruitment in the art information field. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted09/1/2020


Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices
Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices

This series of publications on best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee, is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted08/1/2020


ARLIS/NA Advocacy: Statement Against Anti-Black Racism and Violence
ARLIS/NA Advocacy: Statement Against Anti-Black Racism and Violence

ARLIS/NA Executive Board statement against anti-black racism and violence. Continue Reading

Date posted06/8/2020


Featured Art Library: Biblioteca Walter Wey and Documentation Center
Featured Art Library: Biblioteca Walter Wey and Documentation Center

The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is the oldest art museum in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It is committed to improving the public experience with visual arts, by studying, preserving and supporting its collections. Continue Reading

Date posted05/13/2020


ARLIS/NA Advocacy: Endorsement of AAMD Resolution on Paid Internships
ARLIS/NA Advocacy: Endorsement of AAMD Resolution on Paid Internships

ARLIS/NA Executive Board endorsement of AAMD Resolution Urging Art Museums to Provide Paid Internships. Continue Reading

Date posted04/23/2020


48th Annual Conference
48th Annual Conference

ARLIS/NA cancelled its 48th Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO originally scheduled to be held April 20-24 because of the serious health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In lieu of in-person meetings, a selection of virtual sessions and workshops focusing on the conference theme "Preserve,... Continue Reading

Date posted04/20/2020


Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library at the Birmingham Museum of Art
Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library at the Birmingham Museum of Art

Alabama Continue Reading

Date posted04/19/2020


What Our Members Are Saying: Courtney Hunt
What Our Members Are Saying: Courtney Hunt

Courtney Hunt, Art & Design Librarian (Assistant Professor), Fine Arts Library, The Ohio State University Continue Reading

Date posted04/18/2020