We look forward to collaborating on the […]

Registration form: loexconference.org/<wbr />registration
– Registering online is the only registration method.
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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]

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.

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

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]

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

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Courtney Hunt
Art & Design Librarian Associate Professor
Pronouns: she/her
The Ohio S…[Read more]

I feel like a call might be the most direct way to discuss this, but I also understand scheduling it might be complicated with many interested parties. Perhaps an email discussion group with interested parties with a survey for proposed call times to work two options together? This would get the conversation started and maybe lead to a…[Read more]

How would you all like to proceed? Should we organize a call, work…[Read more]

Please join the Museum Library Division (MLD) for our first virtual pop-up talk on September 22, 11am central. Abigail Guay, @aguaycb Director of Library and Archives at Crystal Bridges, will be presenting on her work to incorporate library and archival materials into gallery spaces. Details for the event are listed…[Read more]

As part of a two-year, dedicated project, Laura has processed two substantial collections related to the history of biomedical computing at Washington University. In the Spring of 2025, she curated an exhibit that incorporated materials from…[Read more]

I wrote Stephanie privately earlier to express my interest, but I wanted to join in the conversation with the others. I work in a museum library, so there is a constant conversation with not only the exhibitions in the museum but also the ones the librarians mount within our public facing Reading Room. I think being a publicly open…[Read more]

As far as curatorial education goes, I figured out that I wanted to work closely with museums, and I made the decision to enroll in…[Read more]

During our first SIG meeting, we discussed the possibility of submitting a panel and/or workshop for the Montréal conference, potentially on the theme of curatorial education in libraries (i.e., how did/do we learn to do this work?). Now that the CFP is live, would others be interested in developing one or both of these proposals? We…[Read more]

“End Paper provides a venue for artists and booksellers to promote and sell artist books, prints, zines, broadsides, photo books, and more. This year’s fair also includes special satellite programs and workshops at different locations leading up to the fair. Vendors are located in West Building’s lobby. Additional program…[Read more]

I’m super excited to welcome Erin Rutherford as the new co-coordinator of the Book Art SIG!

Erin Rutherford (she/her) is Collection Development Librarian at the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada. Erin leads acquisitions and stewards the library’s collection of over 380,000 vol…[Read more]

A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Art Making

Exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

April 25 to September 28, 2025

“Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW) is one of the few remaining arts organizations that originated at the height of second-wave feminism, the era that spa…[Read more]

“Halifax Art Book Fair (HABF) and conference will take place will take place on Friday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 23rd, 2025.

HABF is a gathering for art publishers and art book enthusiasts. There is a significant art book history in Halifax that has largely gone unnoticed – HABF wants to bring Atlantic art books…[Read more]

Major responsibilities include organizing a virtual SIG meeting in conjunction with the annual conference and drafting a short annua…[Read more]

What is poetry? How do words inspire us? The class will begin with choosing one’s own text or a favorite passage, and proceed to extract words that can be formed into poetic form. Discussion will center on various forms of poetry, how t…[Read more]