Friday, March 21, 2014

ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter Spring Meeting


Please join us for the ARLIS/NA Northern California Chapter meeting on April 4th from at the University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library from 10-3:30. The meeting is limited to 25 attendees; please RSVP to Lauren MacDonald lmacdonald@cca.edu by April 2nd.

9:15 - Meet up with fellow chapter members at Caffe Strada before our business meeting http://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-strada-berkeley

10-10:30 - Business meeting, held in the Stone Room of Bancroft Library

10:30-10:45 - Overview of the Guadalajara International Book Fair and ALA Free Pass Program with Theresa Salazar, Curator of Western Americana at the Bancroft Library

10:45-12:00 - Discussion of trends in art book publishing with Erin Dunigan and Sarah Roberts

Erin will review the recent ACRL-ARLIS/NA webinar "Perspectives on ArtPublishing: Past, Present, Future and Open"

Sarah, the Andrew W. Mellon Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at
SFMOMA, will give us an overview of the innovative online Rauschenberg
Research Project
As the project's primary author and project director, Sarah will be able
to provide insight into how to use this resource and best share it with researchers and patrons. A great opportunity to talk with an author about the making of the resources we use.

12-1:30 - Lunch at the Faculty Club (or free choice)

1:30-3:30 PM - Tour of Bancroft Library and viewing the Artists' books and Artists' Papers collections

After Tour Fun!
Those with energy can head over to the Berkeley Art Museum BAM/PFA to explore the galleries. And later that evening in Oakland, you can explore the First Friday Art Murmur or Friday Nights at the Oakland Museum of California. You may never want to leave the East Bay!

Reminder
If you haven't paid your 2014 dues, please visit http://arlisnanc.blogspot.com/ to pay through Paypal or send a check to:
Mary Wegmann 
277 Park View Terrace, Apt. 11 
Oakland, CA 94610