Submitted by: Sharon Wasserman, 2004-2005 Chair
swasserman@nmwa.org
202-266-2806
Chapter officers during 2004:
- Chair: Sharon Wasserman, National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Lucie Stylianopoulos, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia
- Secretary/Treasurer: Regina Koehler, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
- Newsletter Editors: Kristen Regina, Hillwood Museum and Gardens; Roger Lawson, National Gallery of Art
Chapter officers elected for 2005:
- Chair: Lucie Stylianopoulos, Fisk Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia
- Vice Chair/Chair Elect: Emily Rafferty, Baltimore Museum of Art
- Secretary/Treasurer: Barrie Howard, Digital Library Federation
Chapter Website:
http://www.lib.umd.edu/arlis
Chapter Meetings
The spring meeting was held on April 19, 2004, during the ARLIS/NA annual conference at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY. Minutes are available at: http://www.lib.umd.edu/arlis/meetings/meetingminutes/meeting_minutes_2004.04.19.html.
The summer meeting was held on June 18, 2004, at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting, organized by Kathy Cowan of MICA, was titled a Digital Arts Workshop, and featured faculty members from MICA and a curator and archivist from the Corcoran. It included an overview of the history of electronic art, presentations from practitioners and teachers in the field, and a panel on digital preservation and curation issues. Minutes are at: http://www.lib.umd.edu/arlis/meetings/meetingminutes/meeting_minutes_2004.06.18.html.
Our fall meeting was held October 1 and 2 at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. This meeting was a joint event with the Visual Resources Association/Mid-Atlantic Chapter. The meeting started with tours of some Colonial Williamsburg facilities, including the slide collection; photo studio; productions center; and the Visual Resources Center at Rockefeller Library. The tours were followed by a panel discussion titled “Common Ground” which focused on the theme of collection building, particularly in the area of electronic resources. Speakers’ topics included the Digital Library Foundation; collecting artists’ books; ARTStor; electronic journals in the arts; and building non-eurocentric collections. Participants who stayed over night attended tours of plantations along the James River or in Surry County. Minutes are at: http://www.lib.umd.edu/arlis/meetings/meetingminutes/meeting_minutes_2004.10.01.html.
Chapter Awards
The DC-MD-VA chapter gave two awards this year: the Caroline Backlund Travel Award and the Diversity Award. The Backlund Travel Award provides $500 for a member to use toward attending the national conference. This year’s recipient was Phyllis Graham, of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. (Phyllis had previously lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. area, and had retained her membership in the DC-MD-VA chapter).
The Diversity Award provided national membership, local membership, and conference registration to a local library science student interested in art librarianship. The award recipient was Trin Intra of the University of Maryland.
2004 Treasurer’s Report for ARLIS DC-MD-VA Chapter
Submitted by Regina Koehler, Secretary/Treasurer
Income
Money toward travel fund – $760.00
Money toward membership dues – $1205.00
Money toward diversity fund – $180.00
Money toward notecards – $149.00 – balance $-14.23
Fall Williamsburg Meeting registration – $400.00
VRA Reimbursement for Williamsburg lunches – $134.25
Total Income – $2828.25
Expenditures
Travel fund – $500.00
Diversity fund – $400.00
Donation to ARLIS/NA conference welcome party – $250.00*
Lunches for Falls Williamsburg Meeting – $314.00
Reimbursement for Marianne Martin for Williamsburg refreshments – $25.00
Membership mailings and Officer Elections (including postage and photocopying) – $105.71
Total Expenditures – $1594.71
Totals
Balance as of January 17, 2005 – $5235.00
Money toward travel fund – $2402.50
Money toward diversity fund – $160.00
Money from membership dues + meeting registration -$2667.50
2004 Membership – 68 current
2005 Membership – 28 current
* Check for ARLIS/NA conference welcome party mailed March 2, 2004. Donation acknowledged by Allen Townsend May 10, 2004. Check NOT cashed as of January 17, 2005. Total reflects as if check was cashed.