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Date Change! ARLIS Ontario Fundraiser now Nov. 12th

We’ve pushed the date of our fundraising event to Saturday, November 12th.

Please open the attached flyer for more information about our celebratory gathering, silent auction of cool vintage stuff and a peek at the private collection of one of our members.

We desperately need to raise funds for Travel Awards, Speakers’ Honorariums and Chapter contributions to the Annual Conference.

If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation via our fundraising page.

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ARLIS/NA Travel Award

ARLIS/NA Travel Award

Dear Colleagues,

The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Committee is pleased to announce the following Travel Awards for attending the 45th annual conference of ARLIS/NA, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana February 5-9, 2017.

Details about the conference can be found here.
The application form for the awards can be found here.
More information about the Travel Awards can be found on the ARLIS/NA website.
Several awards are available to students and non-ARLIS members.  Please feel free to send this announcement to others who might benefit from attending our wonderful conference!
Application deadline for all conference travel awards: Monday, October 31st 2016, 12:00 pm EST.
Awards Open to Current Members:
Conference Attendance Award (1 award/$1000)
Eligibility: Individual member who serves as a committee member, group moderator, and/or chapter officer.
Purpose: To encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting conference attendance by committee members, chapter officers, and moderators, of divisions, sections, and round tables.
Student Conference Attendance Award ($1000)
Eligibility: Student members who are active participants in ARLIS/NA and are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).
Purpose: To encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to attend the annual ARLIS/NA conference.
 Awards Open to All Eligible Applicants:
Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance ($1000)
Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).
Purpose: To encourage multicultural students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA.
Howard Karno Award ($1000)
Eligibility: Art librarians residing in Latin America or Art Librarians residing in North America working with significant Latin American art/architecture research collections or researching subjects or themes related to Latin American art/architecture.
Purpose: To encourage professional development of art librarians who work to advance the study of Latin American art through interaction with ARLIS/NA colleagues and conference participation.
Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance ($1000)
Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) the Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance is given annually in honor of the founding of ARLIS/NA and its first president. The Art Libraries Society of North America was founded in 1972 by a group of art librarians attending the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago at the initiative of Judith Hoffberg.

Eligibility: Students who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).
Purpose: To encourage students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
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Save the dates – Chapter Fundraising Event and Fall Business Meeting

Save the date for two exciting Chapter events!

1. Saturday, November 5th – 3pm to 10(ish)

Please join us for a fundraising gathering at the home of ARLIS Ontario ChapterChair Margaret English. 

Come and enjoy food and drink, socialize and view new displays from an obsessive collector of neat stuff. There will be fantastic silent auction of vintage jewellery, art glass, pottery and original art. View selections from “The OTHER Barnes Collection” featuring  graphic art by Sonia Delaunay, Hans Arp, Kasimir Malevich, Natalia Goncharova, Vladimir Lebedev, Yves Gaucher, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Rita Letendre and many more. Win cool door prizes including a gorgeous Waterman fountain pen!
Cost is $15 and all proceeds go to our Travel Award fund.
Please RSVP to Margaret by October 31st: margaret.english@utoronto.ca

2. Friday, December 2nd 2016

Please attend our Fall  Meeting at the Toronto Reference Library
We will have our Business Meeting in the morning and tours of the Preservation & Digitization, Special Collections and Arts departments in the afternoon.
Details TBA.