Thank you to all members who have RSVPed–we are looking forward to seeing you! For those who haven’t, please contact our Chapter Vice-Chair, Melissa Bruno (melissa.bruno@sympatico.ca), to let us know whether or not you are coming as soon as possible! Don’t miss out on this excellent networking opportunity with our VRA colleagues! Refreshments will be served and there will be no meeting fee charged.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
3:00-4:00:

• Welcome ARLIS Ontario and VRA Members
• Introductions of 2012 Executive Officers
• Approval of Fall 2011 minutes. Click here to access an online version: http://arlison.org/meetings-events-news/meeting-minutes/
• Treasurer’s Financial Report and (Vice-)Chair’s Report
• Circulation of proposed amendments to the Chapter Bylaws to be voted on in the Fall Chapter Meeting: click here for a PDF copy of the suggested revisions
• Student Representative nominations and election
• Celebration and recognition of ARLIS Ontario’s members efforts organising the ARLIS/NA conference in Toronto*

4:00-5:00

• Mark Pompelia’s presentation on “Social Media” followed by a Question and Answer period

* If you would like to formally comment on your experience and/or involvement with the ARLIS/NA conference, or recognize a colleagues efforts, please let us know (melissa.bruno@sympatico.ca). Any and all statements are welcome!

Time and Location Information:
Thursday, March 29, 2012
3pm-5pm
Room 600, 100 McCaul St

For room location information, view the OCADU Campus Wayfinding Map (Room 600 is found on page 3): http://tinyurl.com/795mato

Add our Chapter Meeting to your conference schedule: http://tinyurl.com/89e2qgv

To view the original invitation, click here: http://tinyurl.com/7trdsoa

Joint ARLIS Ontario / VRA Canada Spring Meeting
Featuring Special Guest, Mark Pompelia

The Spring ARLIS/NA Ontario Chapter Meeting will be held at OCAD University, Thursday, March 29, 2012, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. We are pleased to announce that this will be a special joint meeting with VRA Canada! A noted guest speaker, Mark Pompelia (Visual and Material Resources Librarian at Rhode Island School of Design), will be presenting on the theme of “social media.”

The first hour will be an informal business meeting for ARLIS Ontario where we plan on celebrating all the efforts and accomplishments of those who have organized the 40^th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference: Colouring Outside the Lines! An astounding amount of time, energy, and resources have been generously invested by ARLIS Ontario members, and we really want to take this hour to recognize and applaud a job well done! In addition, the Executive Committee has been working on revising the Chapter Bylaws, and the suggested amendments will be circulated to the membership as well as posted online for those unable to attend. To ensure the focus of the Spring Meeting remains one of celebration, we will reserve voting on the proposed revisions of the Bylaws for the Fall Meeting.

Mark Pompelia’s presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 4:00 pm, and will be followed by a Question and Answer period. We hope that you are able to attend, as this meeting will not only be an excellent opportunity to interact and network with our VRA Canada colleagues, but a chance to enjoy some complimentary refreshments with ARLIS Ontario chapter members before the flurry of the conference takes off in full swing!

The following are location details in full:
Room 600, 100 McCaul St.
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Click here for a map of the location. If you are commuting by public transit, the closest TTC station is St. Patrick. For those driving, there is parking available on St. Patrick St. and on McCaul St.

Please send your RSVP before March 23rd, along with any agenda items you would like to submit, to the Vice-Chair, Melissa Bruno at melissa.bruno@sympatico.ca . For your convenience, Fall Meeting minutes are available for review at http://arlison.org/meetings-events-news/meeting-minutes/

We look forward to seeing you!

Two Travel Awards of $300 each will be offered this year by the Ontario Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The award is intended to promote professional development and encourage involvement among chapter members in ARLIS/NA, by helping to defray the expense of attending ARLIS/NA’s annual conference. Hosted in Toronto, Ontario, from March 29-April 2, 2012, Colouring Outside the Lines will be ARLIS/NA’s 40th Annual Conference. For more information, please visit the Conference website at: http://www.arlisna.org/toronto2012

To apply for an award, please submit:

• A letter of application indicating the conference for which you seek funding and addressing relevant eligibility and award criteria. The application should include brief descriptions of your professional interests, your expectations of the conference, and its relevance to your professional development.
• An estimate of your conference expenses and amount of any institutional funding.
• A one-page résumé listing your employment history, educational background, and professional activities. Include your preferred mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

Further information about the ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award, including purpose, eligibility and selection criteria can be found on the Ontario Chapter website at: http://arlison.org/about/travel-award/

Deadline for Applications: due by 5pm Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
(Recipients will be notified on February 20th, well before the early bird conference registration deadline on March 7th)

Submit applications electronically as either a .PDF or Word attachment to:

ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award Committee 2012
c/o Melissa Bruno (Vice-Chair of ARLIS/ON)
E: melissa.bruno@sympatico.ca
T: 416-346-7329

OR by mail* at:

Melissa Bruno, ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award Committee 2012
C/O Faculty of Information
University of Toronto
140 St. George Street, Room 211
Toronto, Ontario,  M5S 3G6

*Please note that mailed applications must be received by 5pm on Tuesday, February 14^th, 2012.

The closest subway station is Osgoode.

There is a municipal parking lot one block west of the building on the south side of Richmond St. West (between Duncan St. and John St.).

Google street view:
http://tinyurl.com/3n9hgya
Google maps:
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Please see the previous post for the schedule of the meeting.

ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA — ONTARIO CHAPTER PRESENTS

RESEARCH AND INTERSECTIONS WITHIN PRACTICE:

ARTISTS & LIBRARIANS

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011, 7pm

Jackman Hall, AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario

To access to Jackman Hall, please enter the AGO at the McCaul Street entrance, located south of the Henry Moore and adjacent to the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU).

Admission $8 at the door

A panel discussion exploring the different approaches of research and information gathering by artists during the process of art production. Artists, librarians and archivists come together for a discussion of current directions in studio pedagogy and practice and the role that art information professionals can play as facilitators of the creative process. The chosen panel will present perspectives from different artistic practices, experience levels and from a variety of public, university and college, and museum institutions to explore all facets of how research is incorporated into contemporary artistic production.

Panelists:

Ian Carr-Harris is an artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1971, including the Venice Biennale. In 2007 he was named a recipient of the Governor-General’s Awards in the Visual and Media Arts. He also has Bachelor of Library Science from University of Toronto and worked as a librarian at OCADU’s Dorothy H. Hoover Library. Ian currently teaches within the Sculpture/Installation, and Criticism and Curatorial Practice streams at OCAD University.

Lisa Steele produces videotapes, performances and photo/text works that have been exhibited in festivals, museums and galleries around the world. Lisa with her partner, Kim Tomczak, received the Governor General’s Award for lifetime achievement in Visual and Media Arts in 2005.  She is a co-founder of Vtape and teaches at the University of Toronto in the Department of Art where she is the Graduate Program Director of the Visual Studies programme.

David Poolman works in a variety of mediums including drawing, video, print media, and installation, and has exhibited in art galleries and screened in festivals both in Canada and internationally. He is currently is a professor of Drawing at Sheridan Institute.

Adam Lauder is a librarian and the W.P. Scott Chair for Research in E-Librarianship at York University’s Scott Library.

Eric Schwab is the manager of digitization and preservation at the Toronto Public Library.

Amy Marshall Furness is the Special Collections Archivist at the E.P. Taylor Research Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario.

Planned and curated by Tammy Moorse, Past-chair of ARLIS Ontario  and Effie Patelos, 2010-2011 Co-Student Representative.

For further information or questions please contact:

Tammy Moorse (tmoorse at gmail dot com)

We would like to thank Karen McKenzie at the AGO for arranging the donation of Jackman Hall for this event, Laurie McGregor for her graphic design talents, ARLIS Ontario Chapter executive for their support and ARLIS/NA for their financial contribution.

All proceeds from this event go to support the activities of the ARLIS Ontario Chapter.

A travel award of $750 will be offered his year by the Ontario Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The award is intended to promote professional development among chapter members and to encourage their involvement in ARLIS/NA, by helping to defray the expense of attending ARLIS/NA’s annual conference. Held in Minneapolis Minnesota, March 24-18, 2011, this is second joint conference with the Visual Resources Association. For more information on the conference visit: http://www.vra-arlis2011.org/

To apply for an award, please submit:

·      A letter of application indicating the conference for which you seek funding and addressing relevant eligibility and award criteria. The application should include brief descriptions of your professional interests, your expectations of the conference, and its relevance to your professional development.

·      An estimate of your conference expenses and amount of any institutional funding.

·      A one-page resume listing your employment history, educational background, and professional activities. Include your preferred mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

Further information about the ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award, including purpose, eligibility and selection criteria can be found on the Ontario Chapter website at: http://arlison.org/about/travel-award/

Deadline for Applications: due by 5pm Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
(recipient will be notified before the early bird conference registration deadline on February 25th)

Submit applications to:

ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award Committee 2011

c/o Victoria Sigurdson (Chair of ARLIS/ON)

Head of Visual Resources & Special Collections

E: vsigurdson@ocad.ca

T: 416-977-6000 x. 344

Physical Address:

230 Richmond St. W. 3rd Floor

Mailing Address:

100 McCaul St.

Toronto, ON

M5T 1W1

Two volunteers from the membership are needed for the ARLIS/NA Ontario Travel Award Committee for 2011.  This position involves attending one meeting next week to go over the applications and make a selection.

If you are interested in volunteering, please respond ASAP to:

Victoria Sigurdson

Chair, ARLIS/NA Ontario Chapter

vsigurdson@ocad.ca

T: 416.977.6000 x.344

Nominations for ARLIS Ontario Executive

We are looking for members of ARLIS Ontario who would like to serve on the
2011 executive. We have openings for a membership coordinator, treasurer and
vice-chair. Please send an email indicating your interest in any of these
positions to Tammy Moorse (tmoorse AT gmail dot com) by November 11, 2010.

PLEASE NOTE: You do not have to be at the Fall meeting in Ottawa to be elected for these positions.

Please note: the vice-chair position is a three year commitment. In 2011, the position is vice-chair. In 2012, the position moves to chair of the executive and in 2013 the position becomes ex-officio.

Ottawa Itinerary and Map

Available at the ARLIS Ontario website (arlison.org) – in the post on the Ottawa Fall Meeting, is a PDF document which includes maps and itinerary for the fall meeting in Ottawa. Please feel free to join us there November 12 and 13. Meet some of your colleagues from the Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec chapter.

Volunteers needed

In late February ARLIS Ontario will be hosting a panel discussion between professional artists and art librarians. We are looking for a couple of interested people who would like to help coordinate this event. Please contact Tammy Moorse, if you are interested.

Winter Fundraiser

Please join us December 9th for our winter social and fundraiser. This will be held at U of T. More details to come. We are looking for donations for the silent auction. Books, crafts, art, gift baskets would be welcome. Please contact Margaret English (margaret dot english AT utoronto dot ca) if you have some items you’d like to donate to this event.

The 40th annual ARLIS/NA conference in Toronto will be held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto from Thursday, March 29th to Monday, April 2, 2012. The conference planning team has secured rooms for sessions, workshops and meetings and a convocation and welcome party venue. Immediate next steps are to establish a Conference Theme and begin developing a promo presentation for the Minneapolis conference (March 24-28, 2011).

Thematic ideas were discussed at the first joint conference planning meeting of the Ontario and WNY chapters, held last April in Boston. The Program Co-Chairs would like to obtain the feedback of all Ontario and WNY chapter members on our proposed Conference Theme. The deadline for your response is Sunday, November 7th.

Please complete the very brief survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9SQV6M8

Sincerely,

Program Co-Chairs for Toronto 2012

Jill Patrick, Director of Library Services, OCAD University
jpatrick@ocad.ca

Stephanie Frontz, Art Librarian and Head of the Art/Music Library, University of Rochester
sfrontz@library.rochester.edu

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