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]

We look forward to collaborating on the […]

Your co-moderators, Jenna Stout and I, want to invite you to an informal meetup of the MLD at the Montréal Conference!

Date: Monday, May 4th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: TBD

We have not determined a place just yet, mostly because we aren't sure how many will attend. A number of you expressed interest during our winter…[Read more]

Here's the Zoom information:

https://riceuniversity.zoom.<wbr />us/j/98229245339?pwd=<wbr />Z7BviHebRjaPUzTjhZmIQwyqcFNmLB<wbr />.1
Meeting ID: 982 2924 5339
Passcode: 390376

Join us for the Feb. 27th town hall.

In conjunction with the 54th annual ARLIS/NA conference, submissions are being sought from ARLIS/NA and/or chapter members who are interested in showing their small artists' publications in a curated group exhibition at Montreal's Artexte that…[Read more]

Here's the Zoom information to add to your calendar:

https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/98229245339?pwd=Z7BviHebRjaPUzTjhZmIQwyqcFNmLB.1
Meeting ID: 982 2924 5339
Passcode: 390376

The…[Read more]

Event Information: Museum Library Division – Winter Conversation – Art Libraries Society of North America

Zoom Lin…[Read more]

For this meeting, we will primarily focus on the charge for a working group to update the 2021 Best Practices for Library Exhibitions, including writing a call…[Read more]

As promised, I am rescheduling December's meeting. Please share your availability here by Jan. 12 to help pick a day and time.

Museum Library Division - Winter Conversation - Art Libraries Society of North America

Zoom…[Read more]

LaVey, A.M. (2025) “Igor Savchenko and Contemporary Belarusian Photography: Reimagining the Visual” [review]. Lib…[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]

For this meeting, we will primarily focus on the charge for a working group to update the 2021 Best Practices for Library Exhibitions, including writing a call for v…[Read more]

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We will be holding a January informal conversation (no recording) for members to chat about topics of interest and/or share about work in the field. Please indicate your preferred date / time and any topics of interest in this form by Friday, November 28: https://forms.gle/K5KL8ygQiM47yBgZ7.

Best,

Jenna Stout

Have any of your libraries decided to forgo security gates?

Conversations are happening here at the DMA about relocating the entrance to the library (as part of a much bigger building renovation project). The library's security gates are currently hidden in a large, built-in display case, which is unlikely to move to the new…[Read more]

https://exhibits.library.txstate.edu/s/artistsbooks/page/home 

20 artists' books from the Artists' Books Collection are featured in the digital exhibit. The books were photographed by our digitization department except when the publisher or artist…[Read more]

You can also see the minutes/agenda doc pinned at the top of this thread.

In our December 2025 meeting, we will discuss and (hopefully) vote on the charge for a new working group to review and propose revisions to the Best Practices document.

I have created a folder in our (new!) Google Drive account for this project, Best…[Read more]

We have collected a list of […]

"Dusting off the Shelves: Improving collections’ accessibility through b…[Read more]

While we do not plan to record this event given its…[Read more]

No worries. I am still getting used to this platform and keep missing messages! Unfortunately, I am not going to be available for the meeting on Monday. I've got a monthly collection development meeting at that time. I look forward to seeing the meeting minutes and figuring out how I can get involved.

Cheers,

Johanna

Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/99803058247?pwd=xU2S2uO6KOWz3IWrjFKhmuPFn0ve8m.1

Meeting ID: 998 0305 8247
Passcode: 784476

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

NEXT MEETING: January 27, 2PM EST/11am PST

• Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/2965690227?pwd=QVJ3L2JIcTRYQjFpbk5Ia3V3TDlqdz09&omn=98653710404

Help us find a time for the next Exhibitions SIG meeting: please fill out this short poll by next Wednesday, October 22: https://forms.gle/p7Kk1Tq2Rf43oyJd8

You can find a draft agenda, add suggestions, and see notes from the previous meeting here. Feel free to add ideas or topics for discussion to this thread, too!

Best,
Stephanie

I'm excited to announce an upcoming event co-organized with the Special Collections & Archives SIG:

Moving Past Wow: the Potentially Paralyzing Effect of Wonder in the Context of Library Exhibits

Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 12–1PM EST / 9AM-10AM PST

Taylor F. Henning, and Rachel C. S. Duke, both of Florida State University Library's S…[Read more]

My name is Lillian Kinney, librarian and archivist, and Manager of the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Research Center at the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds, Ford, PA, managing our libraries, archives, and special collections.

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a major finding aid for the N.C. Wyeth Correspondence…[Read more]

A couple of my colleagues and I are interested in communicating with anyone who has Ben Denzer's artists' book, 5 Ketchups (2019), in their collections.

Only a few entries are discoverable in WorldCat, so we figured this might be a good avenue to find more copies in art libraries!

If you would be willing to quickly chat or email about…[Read more]

Unfortunately, I may not be able to attend due to a scheduling conflict. That said, it would be wonderful if you're interested in organizing a…[Read more]

I'd like to propose that the SIG develop a workshop that we offer directly or in…[Read more]

Thanks for providing feedback on a pre-coordinated panel for the upcoming conference. Based on the suggested topics, we've developed a brainstorming spreadsheet for speakers: ARLIS 2026 Conference - MLD Panel

If you're interested in participating, please add your information to the sheet by Friday,…[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]