ARLIS/NA New England – Visit to North Bennett St. School – Bookbinding Department
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- Bennett Street Bookbinding
North Bennett St. School Visit
Spring Meeting in Boston
ARLIS/ NA New England Chapter Spring Meeting
Friday, March 28, 2014
North Bennet Street School & American Meteorological Society
Agenda
9:30am – Coffee and muffins 3rd floor, Windgate Gallery North Bennet Street School
(150 North Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109)
10am – Program begins – presentation about North Bennett St. School and studio tour
12am – Lunch in the North End
2pm – Meet at American Meteorological Society
(45 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108-3693)
Business meeting
Coffee / snack
- Updates from the board – Online registration, Archives, Logo contest, announce travel award winners, ARLIS/NA national conference D.C.
- library volunteers for Panopticon Mentoring project
- Break out group discussions by job position (tech, public, etc.)
“What is your biggest challenge?”
“What changes/innovations in the field are you most excited about?”
Optional tour of 45 Beacon Street by AMS librarian and Curator Jinny Nathans
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Fall Meeting at UMass Dartmouth
ARLIS/ NA New England Chapter Fall Meeting
Friday, October 18, 2013
Claire T. Carney Library – UMASS Dartmouth
ARLIS/ NA New England Chapter’s Fall meeting was held on Friday, October 18th at the Claire T. Carney Library at UMass Dartmouth. The Library has recently undergone a major renovation and expansion project, which was recently highlighted in the September/ October 2013 issue of American Libraries. http://lib.umassd.edu/about/library-building-renovation-and-expansion-program.
Please note that the day’s agenda has been updated with 2 additional items: a presentation by DesignLab architect Kelly Ard Haigh on the interior renovation of the Claire T. Carney Library and an afternoon architectural walking tour of the campus led by Bruce Barnes, UMASS Dartmouth librarian emeritus and creator of the website “Paul Rudolph and his Architecture”. The updated agenda is below:
9:30 – 10:15 – Coffee and greetings
10:30 – 11:15 – Business meeting
11:15 –11:30 – Presentation on the Brutalism of UMass Dartmouth’s Campus Architecture by art historian Anna Dempsey
11:30 – Noon – Presentation on the interior renovation of the Claire T Carney Library by Kelly Ard Haigh – New addition!
12:00 – 12:30 – Tour of the Claire T. Carney Library
12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch on Campus (the cost for lunch will be $10)
1:30 -2:30 – Campus Architecture Walking Tour led by Bruce Barnes– New addition!
Panopticon Gathering at the BAC Friday, October 4, 2013
Panopticon members attended and event hosted by the New England Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/ NA). This reception was held at the Boston Architectural College (BAC) Library and welcomed all new and returning Simmons GSLIS students interested in Art and Design Librarianship. Attendees had a chance to learn more about the ARLIS/NA organization at the national and local chapter level and to meet some local ARLIS chapter members. There were also tours of the BAC Library’s collections. Light refreshments will be served.
