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Notable Graphic Novels Review 2020
Notable Graphic Novels Review 2020

Read the 2020 issue of the Notable Graphic Novels Review. It is available to read on the newly created ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons site. This edition includes reviews for 11 titles that were published in 2020 (reviews were written in 2021), plus an appendix of nominations. ... Continue Reading

Date posted11/15/2021


ARLIS/NA Core Competencies for Art Information Professionals
ARLIS/NA Core Competencies for Art Information Professionals

This report identifies the fundamental knowledge, behaviors, and skills currently essential to most professional positions within the art information field. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted05/1/2021


Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship
Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship

The first publication of its kind, Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship looks at every facet of art museum librarianship. Continue Reading

Date posted03/1/2021


Art, Architecture, and Design Information Competencies
Art, Architecture, and Design Information Competencies

These ARLIS/NA reports on student information competencies reevaluates and broadens the Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines (2006, updated 2007). (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted02/1/2021


Artist Files Revealed
Artist Files Revealed

This pioneering web-based resource represents a giant step forward in providing access to one of the most important "hidden" collections in art libraries, the Artist Files. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted01/1/2021


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


Census of Art Information Professionals: Preliminary Report of Findings
Census of Art Information Professionals: Preliminary Report of Findings

This preliminary report is the first publicly shared summary of the results of the Census of Art Information Professionals (2016). (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted10/1/2019


Collection Development Policies for Libraries and Visual Collections in the Arts
Collection Development Policies for Libraries and Visual Collections in the Arts

Paradigmatic policy statements from academic, architecture, museum, and art school libraries, as well as from visual collections. Continue Reading

Date posted09/1/2019


Core Competencies and Core Curricula for the Art Library and Visual Resources Professions
Core Competencies and Core Curricula for the Art Library and Visual Resources Professions

An invaluable tool that guides art librarians and visual resource professionals through the issues and challenges of creating competency standards and allied curricula. Continue Reading

Date posted08/1/2019


Fair Use in the Visual Arts: Lesson Plans for Librarians
Fair Use in the Visual Arts: Lesson Plans for Librarians

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) announces the publication of Fair Use in the Visual Arts: Lesson Plans for Librarians as an open-access e-book. (Open Access) Continue Reading

Date posted07/1/2019