#arlis2015

Lynn Wexler, Reference Librarian, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Walter Schlect, Edyth Griffinger Art Catalog Project Manager, Leo Baeck Institute "These cowboy boots belonged to my Grandfather, Carter Fetsch, who ran the family business in Lakeview, OR, called Fetsch's. It was a respected men's clothing store in this small Eastern Oregon town. He was once honorary rodeo king of the Lakeview rodeo."

Elizabeth Schneider, Technical Services Manager, User Services, Artstor, MLIS

Eva Athanasiu, MLIS Student, University of Toronto, Toronto, Cananda

Natisha Harper, Instruction and Research Services Librarian, Kimbrough Library, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

Anna-Sophia Zingarelli-Sweet Consulting Editor, HackLibrarySchool.com

Hillary Veeder Texas Tech University, Lubbock

Sarah Polkinghorne Public Services Librarian University of Alberta at Edmonton

J.E. Molly Seegers Web Archiving Intern The Frick Library, NYC

Karl-Rainer Blumenthal National Digital Stewardship Resident NYARC, NYC

LIS Microaggressions is soliciting Post-it submissions to be collected and included in our first ever LIS Microaggressions zine, which will be distributed at the upcoming ARLIS, ACRL, and REFORMA conferences (March-April 2015). This zine will also be available for download on our site!

Definition: Microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward individuals from marginalized communities. Microaggressions can be difficult to identify because they are more nuanced, subtle forms of prejudice. They may arise from the language we use with our peers, the assumptions we make of others, or perceived compliments.

Submissions: Snail mail your Post-it submission to the address below postmarked by Friday, March 13th. Please write down or draw out your microaggression on a Post-it (or plain paper) no larger than 3x3. Submissions can be anonymous, or feel free to include your name/pseudonym/handle/etc. The zine will be constructed by LIS Microaggressions editors, kinda like our ALA 2014 poster but in zine form!

Mailing address:

Cynthia Mari Orozco California State University Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, MS-1901 Long Beach, CA 90840-1901

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

Thanks so much!

My poster proposal for the ARLIS/NA 2015 conference in Ft. Worth has been accepted and it will highlight The Artist and The Librarian Project!  I am still actively collecting interviews.  If you or those you know are both an artist and a librarian, send a submission my way to [email protected] with The Artist and The Librarian Project in the subject line.

Submission requirements:

Name

Job Title

Place of Employment (ex. Academic or Public Library)

One image of you working in the library or on your art 

One - two images of your artwork (include captions)

Short paragraph on how being a librarian has influenced your art-making practice

Short paragraph on how being an artist has influenced your librarianship