Bookseller’s Announcement: Richard Minsky. American Trade Bindings with Native American Themes 1875-1933

American Trade Bindings with Native American Themes 1875-1933 My new exhibition catalog is American Trade Bindings with Native American Themes 1875-1933. Cover artists include Margaret Armstrong, Frank Hazenplug, the Decorative Designers, Thomas Watson Ball, Angel de Cora, Bright Eyes, and many others. With the illustrators and dust jacket designers, a total of 87 identified artists are in the exhibition, and many anonymous. In addition to … Continue reading Bookseller’s Announcement: Richard Minsky. American Trade Bindings with Native American Themes 1875-1933

Patron-Driven Acquisitions: New Challenges / by Christina Peter

Art libraries, while lagging behind other disciplines in embracing e-books, have been quick to adopt the patron-driven acquisitions (PDA or DDA) model as a way to introduce e-books on demand into their collections. Referred to as a ‘just-in-time’ practice by Stephen Arougheti in a recent article1 as opposed to the traditional ‘just-in-case’ model of acquiring books “in excess… for the potential they might someday offer,” … Continue reading Patron-Driven Acquisitions: New Challenges / by Christina Peter

ARLIS/NA Washington D.C. Conference: Notes on Collection Development SIG Meeting Minutes

ARLIS/NA 42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON D.C., MAY 1-5, 2014  Collection Development SIG Meeting      Friday, May 2, 4:30 PM Outgoing coordinator: Ross DayIncoming co-coordinators: Paula Gabbard and Chris SalaModerator: Paula GabbardRecorder: Christina Peter Approximately 50 members attending The meeting proceeded according to the agenda previously circulated by Paula Gabbard; each of the six agenda items was allotted ten minutes for discussion. Outgoing coordinator Ross Day welcomed … Continue reading ARLIS/NA Washington D.C. Conference: Notes on Collection Development SIG Meeting Minutes

ARLIS/NA 2015 Conference Proposal Deadline Extended

As you can see below, the deadline for Program Proposals for the 2015 ARLIS/NA Conference in Fort Worth (March 19-23) has been extended to Friday June 20, 2014. We want Collection Development topics to be well represented at this conference. Please use our new Blog as a forum to connect with members who share common ideas which could generate some great proposals. Proposal formats include: … Continue reading ARLIS/NA 2015 Conference Proposal Deadline Extended

Welcome ARLIS/NA members to our new Collection Development SIG Blog

You are all invited to monitor our Blog, and we look forward to contributors from our ARLIS/NA members. Six members have volunteered to provide posts at least twice a year, but we look forward to posts from others as well. The Collection Development SIG Blog can serve as a venue for member vendors and dealers to post information of use to those of us who … Continue reading Welcome ARLIS/NA members to our new Collection Development SIG Blog