We are currently seeking nominations for the ninth annual Notable Graphic Novels Review. Click here to read the instructions and to submit your nominations, or follow this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc97-aYFxbUBL708Ji-BTewamAzbkSAMpAP-GGx9Zyk0UcBZQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Please submit nominations by…[Read more]

I wanted to introduce myself as I am new to this group.  My name is Nina Aguiar Shempliner and I graduated from Simmons University in May 2025  with an MLS in the Archives Management track.

I am passionate about making visual and cultural resources accessible to support teaching, research, and community engagement. I enjoy h…[Read more]

If you are interested in coming to this upcoming tour of the Brand Library & Art Center on Thursday, February 12th, please RSVP by Friday, February 6th. If you have already RSVP'd, please disregard this message & stay tuned for information about parking and other details. If you RSVP'd but can no longer come, please let us know as the…[Read more]

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ARLIS/SC is thrilled to invite you to a special in-person afternoon event on Thursday, February 12, 2026 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, with an optional happy hour afterwards. This includes a guided tour of the Brand Library & Art Center, a break with refreshments, and a walkthrough of the current gallery exhibition.

It will be a great…[Read more]

Gerd Muehsam Award
The Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship, archives, or related information work. Applicants enrolled in or recently graduated from an accredited library or…[Read more]

Yesterday afternoon, everyone should have gotten an invite from arlischapter.southerncalifornia@gmail.com to the ARLIS/SC Shared Calendar. Its purpose is to simplify keeping tabs on chapter events, as well as for everyone to post events that may be interesting to other members and help to arrange meetups.

The calendar is set up like…[Read more]

Just a reminder to mark the Fall Business Meeting on your calendar and RSVP for some special programming the following day.

• Fall Business Meeting, Thursday, October 9, 12:00 PM (PST), Zoom link and agenda will be circulated closer to the meeting
• LACA Visit + RISO Studio Arts silkscreen printing workshop, Friday, October 10,…

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The San Diego Affinity Group is having its first get-together at Liberty Public Market. All chapter members are welcome to join! No RSVP needed since it's a counter service food court.

Friday, October 17, 12pm
Liberty Public Market
2820 Historic Decatur Rd
San Diego, CA 92106

We'll meet at the big sign out front.

We are happy to start a site connected to the LGBTQIA2S+ SIG KC Commons page as a way to create a more dynamic area where we can share news, publicize events, and maybe get submissions from ARLISNA […]

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Hi everyone,

Please save the date for the upcoming ARLiS Southern California Chapter Fall Business Meeting and join us for some special programming the following day!

Fall Business Meeting,…[Read more]

Please save the date for the upcoming ARLiS Southern California Chapter Fall Business Meeting and join us for some special programming the following day!

Fall Business Meeting, Thursday, October 9, 12:00 PM (PST), Zoom link and agenda will be circulated closer to the meeting

LACA Visit + RISO Studio Arts Workshop, Friday, October…[Read more]

We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the ARLIS/NA Notable Graphic Novels Review is now available! This edition includes reviews for 10 titles that were published in 2024 (reviews were written in 2025), plus an appendix of nominations. All reviews can be downloaded as accessible PDFs from the NGNR Knowledge…[Read more]

Our chapter is looking for a new logo, and we invite you to submit designs for consideration. For more details (guidelines, info about the submission + selection process, and our intended timeline), check out this Google Form.

All members of ARLIS/NA are eligible to submit. The winning designer will receive a year's…[Read more]

The co-editors of the Notable Graphic Novels Review are looking for up to 10 volunteer reviewers for this year's edition. To apply, please fill out this brief form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyiFT3pEv6KFAHgzg-_3fWzF5VRMbULsXyAQHbyZnxv9YxnQ/viewform?usp=dialog

All ARLIS/NA members are welcome to apply, including…[Read more]

This is a reminder to please vote for the ten graphic novels to be reviewed in this year's edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review by using this voting form.

Voting will be open until May 19, 2025 (5:00pm EDT). Once the voting period ends, we will be soliciting applications for reviewers of the 10 graphic novels that…[Read more]

Bring Your Own Stamp: ArLiSNAP Mail Art NetworkMonday May 12, 2025, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Since their inception, […]

Please join us next Friday as L.A. Louver Archive & Library and ARLIS SoCal host an ARLIS/NA 2025 Conference Viewing Party! Come gather together, meet colleagues and friends, and experience the joy of the in-person experience. Attendees will have the chance to casually network and see L.A. Louver’s private Mid-City L…[Read more]

Great to hear about the chapter gathering around the book fair. Encourage everyone to check out that fair this year in its new location in Pasadena and wanted to plug the  Classroom program at the fair. It is a series of talks that I organize for Printed Matter at their book fairs in NYC and LA. It is a chance to learn in an…[Read more]

This is a great […]

Thank you for your fantastic graphic novel nominations this year! Please help us select the ten graphic novels to be reviewed in this year's edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review by using this voting form for the 2024 nominations.

Voting will be open until May 14, 2025 (5:00pm EDT). Once the voting period ends, we…[Read more]

The ArLiSNAP team is […]

I have question for the SIG. Does anyone have a recent bibliography or reference list of articles/books that show the benefits of “maker areas/spaces” or leisure crafting or making art in academic libraries or in libraries in general? I can do the research but if someone has already done it and wou…[Read more]

Join the ARLIS/NA Graphic Novels, Comics, and Zines SIG for our annual conference meeting! We will meet virtually for the 2025 conference. The SIG meeting will be held Wednesday, May 28th from 3:00pm - 4:00 pm ET on Zoom. Zoom link on SCHED.

Add to SCHED here.

Here is the basic agenda for our meeting:

Introductions
Update on…[Read more]

We are currently seeking nominations for the ninth annual Notable Graphic Novels Review. Click here to read the instructions and to submit your nominations, or follow this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbi9hvhshm90yeG42pfY1IdwYutZOnJ8oQkcRCQ-aOE2jx4A/viewform?usp=dialog

Please submit nominations by Friday,…[Read more]

We are currently seeking nominations for the ninth annual Notable Graphic Novels Review. Click here to read the instructions and to submit your nominations, or follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbi9hvhshm90yeG42pfY1IdwYutZOnJ8oQkcRCQ-aOE2jx4A/viewform?usp=dialog</p>

Please submit nominations by Friday,…[Read more]

This is a call for paper proposals for the New Voices in the Profession session at the 2025 ARLIS/NA virtual conference (May 12-16).

New Voices in the Profession provides professionals who are new to art librarianship or…[Read more]

Contents include:

• A letter and travel award report from 2024-2025 Chair Lauren Haberstock
• Member spotlight of Morgan Yanni from Otis College of Art and Design
• Chapter participation at the 52nd Annual Conference in Pittsburgh

Thank you to all of our great c…[Read more]

A final reminder that TODAY is the LAST day to self-nominate or nominate a peer/colleague for any of our 3 open positions to the 2025 ARLIS/NA SoCal Executive Committee! Details of the roles are outlined in our bylaws on the chapter website. All 3 roles will go into effect on February 1, 2025.

We are planning a…[Read more]

I'm happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2025/26 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University: https://www.arlisna.org/news/-kress-fellowship-in-art-librarianship-at-yale-university202526---yale-university-library-

First and foremost: I hope that you are all safe and taking care, and to anyone whose lives or loved ones have been affected by the wildfires: our hearts break for you. If anyone is in need of mutual aid, we are more than happy to provide local resources/lists, but we know that so many are already circulating on…[Read more]

The ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter is looking for volunteers to form a Nominating Committee as we prepare to elect new officers. The Nominating Committee is an ad-hoc committee comprising at least two members of the ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter. Currently serving on the committee is Ashley Peterson, and we are…[Read more]

Bio: Amy Marshall Furness has been the Rosamond Ivey Special Collections Archivist and Head at the Library & […]

A reminder to RSVP for our Friday, November 22 meeting at the Legion of Honor if you plan to attend. Last day to RSVP is this Friday, the 15th!

RSVP HERE

We'll meet at the Legion at 9:30 for coffee and pastries, followed by our business meeting. (I will follow up with more specific meetup instructions early next week.)…[Read more]

Bio: Eng Sengsavang graduated from the University of British Columbia iSchool in 2015 with dual MAS/MLIS degrees. Before then, she was working in a totally […]

With big thanks to Melissa Gonzales for offering to host, I'm reaching out to let you know that our next chapter meeting will be on Friday, November 22 at the Legion of Honor, with an optional afternoon excursion to the de Young.

Basics of the day:
We'll meet at 9:30 for coffee and pastries followed by our business meeting.…[Read more]

Bio: Jane Devine Mejia is the iSchool Co-op Education Manager at the University of British Columbia i […]

"Dear Colleagues,

The Equitable Action Committee of the Visual Resources Association is hosting a Community Hour this afternoon, September 18th at 3 PM Eastern Time, 2PM, 1PM, 12 Noon Pacific Coast Time. You do not have to be a member of…[Read more]

Posting for Anna Tomlinson, Assistant Special Collections Librarian, National Gallery of Art. Please direct your responses to a-tomlinson@nga.gov

Dear ARLIS/NA,

I’m writing on behalf of the National Gallery of Art Library, where we’ve recently undertaken a collecting project ten…[Read more]

Are you a student or early-career librarian/archivist who self-identifies as racialized or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC)? Do you have a project/internship in mind that you would like to get paid for?

The ARLIS/NA Compass Award provides $3,000 USD for a project-based…[Read more]