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ARLIS/Texas-Mexico: The Medium: v.30, no.1 (spring 2004) file:///Users/sduncan/Documents/ARLIS-TXMX/www.arlis-txm... D I V I S I O N N E W S Academic Libraries v. 30, no. 1 (spring 2004) | issues Our very own Laura Schwartz, regional representative, has been named Head of the Fine Arts PRESIDENT'S COLUMN Library at the University of Texas. Dear Colleagues, When The Medium requested biographical material she sent the Although it is early summer as I draft this message, the recent spring following: witnessed a tremendous amount of activity that I am pleased to share with you. "I own three canine children, Hank, Winnie and Scruffy. I would never Soon after the Chapter meeting last November in New Orleans, then-Vice have gotten to where I am without President/President-Elect Mary Leonard informed the Executive them." (Laura, with names like Committee that she would be unable to fulfill her term as president for that, we can only imagine their 2004. According to our Chapter bylaws, this meant that I, as the vice lineage and place of origin.) president/president-elect for 2004, would fulfill her term for that year, in addition to my own for 2005. The task then fell to me to appoint a vice On a less personal note, she president who could not be in the presidential line of succession as an included the following press unelected officer. I am very pleased that Gwen Dixie has volunteered to release: serve one year as vice president. As you know, her chief responsibility is Laura Schwartz named Fine Arts to produce the Medium and I believe this issue will show that Gwen is Library Head well suited for the task. The election this autumn for a vice president/president-elect will return us to a regular line of succession. AUSTIN, Texas (June 4, 2004) - Laura Schwartz has been promoted Turning to the 2004 Chapter meeting in Houston, the dates have been to Head Librarian, Fine Arts Library, set: October 21-23. I have approached the Hilton Americas hotel (site University of Texas at Austin of ARLIS/NA 2005), for both special room rates and meeting space. Libraries, effective June 1, 2004. Should the Hilton be unavailable or cost-prohibitive, we will be able to Schwartz previously served as offer special room rates for the Warwick Hotel, site of the 2000 Chapter acting head, assistant head and art meeting. Meetings will then be held either on the campus of Rice librarian. She joined the staff of the University or at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with a visit to the Fine Arts Library in 1995. conference hotel--all along Houston's new light rail line. The Chapter meeting will feature paper sessions and tours, in addition to a working In announcing her new meeting to prepare for the annual conference. Please look for further appointment, Dr. Fred M. Heath, information via the Chapter discussion list. Vice Provost and Director, cited Schwartz's "increasing The Chapter gathering at the 2004 ARLIS/NA annual conference in New responsibilities including services York City was modestly yet enthusiastically attended. After sharing for library users, management, details of our NYC experiences, I was impressed that the conversation reference, materials selection, turned to how to continue the well-received events of the NYC library instruction and donor conference in Houston for 2005. I want to thank the contributors to this relations. Ms. Schwartz initiated an issue who wrote summaries of the various tours and special events. I important information literacy also want to commend the Chapter at large, as ARLIS/TX-MX was the program in cooperation with the most represented regional chapter among conference attendees after the Department of Art and Art History NYC chapter. and provides specialized library In early April just before the New York conference, Sam Duncan debuted instruction for undergraduate and the Houston conference website that housed the online program graduate students. Her work with submission guidelines and form. I want to call attention to Sam's the College of Fine Arts in continued excellence in thoughtful and elegant Web design; Houston will developing partnerships supporting never look better. Conference Program Co-Chairs Elizabeth Schaub and the arts community is outstanding." Laura Schwartz collated and presented the dozens of proposals at the 1 of 12 10/27/11 12:02 PM ARLIS/Texas-Mexico: The Medium: v.30, no.1 (spring 2004) file:///Users/sduncan/Documents/ARLIS-TXMX/www.arlis-txm... Conference Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) meeting that was held Schwartz is a member of the June 17-18 at the Hilton Americas. Details of their studied analysis, in Executive Board of Art Libraries addition to other developments from that meeting, will be in the summer Society of North America and is a issue of The Medium. key organizer of the 2005 annual meeting; she is also a member of In the last issue then-President Jon Evans listed the Conference Planning the American Library Association. Committee with a call for volunteers. Please find below an updated list; Schwartz received the University of volunteers will be needed mainly for the Registration/Hospitality Desk, Texas at Austin Excellence Award in though there will be other areas that may require assistance, such as 2003. Her publications include Exhibits and Tours. reviews of many recent works. Local Arrangements Chairs Schwartz obtained her M.A. in Art Jon Evans and Mark Pompelia History and M.L.I.S. from the Program Chairs University of Texas at Austin. She Elizabeth Schaub and Laura Schwartz Registration/Hospitality Desk Coordinators also holds a B.A. in art history and Beverly Carver and Margaret Ford criticism from University of Exhibits Coordinators California, San Diego. Janine Henri Special Events Coordinator Congratulations, Laura! Bonnie Reed Museum Libraries Website Coordinator Sam Duncan Jacqui Allen, Director of Libraries Development Coordinator and Imaging Services, curated an Allen Townsend exhibition from the Museum's Fundraising Event Coordinator Jon Evans archives this spring. The show, Tours Coordinator titled "From the Archives: A Margaret Culbertson Building Celebration" Publicity Coordinator commemorated the dual John Hagood anniversaries of the original downtown Museum building as well My thanks go to the many encouraging Chapter members during this as the Jake and Nancy Hamon transition and period of increased activity and responsibility. It is a addition. privilege to take on this role and, with the members listed above and the rest of the Chapter, host over seven hundred of our friends and Featuring photographs, colleagues next spring. Lastly, I need to acknowledge my predecessor, memorabilia, and blueprints, the Past President Jon Evans, who provides sound guidance as I learn more exhibition documented the bond about Chapter governance. We all know what a great guy Jon is, but I campaigns that led to the opening benefit directly from his thoughtful professionalism as he works just up in 1984 of the downtown Museum, the street. designed by Edward Larrabee Thanks again for your support and participation in the Chapter, Barnes and Associates. The original building opened January 29, 1984, Mark Pompelia after Museum trustees sold the city Rice University on the idea, using the slogan, "A great city deserves a great art museum." The Hamon wing, which CHAPTER REPORT FOR 2003 opened in 1993, was also designed ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Annual Report by Barnes. Jacqui's exhibition January 1 - December 31, 2003 included the gold-toned shovel used by Nancy Hamon at the Chapter Officers groundbreaking, as well as fun photography from the gala President: Jon Evans, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opening. Vice-President: Mary Leonard, Dallas Museum of Art Past-President: Laura Schwartz, University of Texas at Austin Sam Duncan, Associate Treasurer: Beverly Carver, University of Texas at Arlington 2 of 12 10/27/11 12:02 PM ARLIS/Texas-Mexico: The Medium: v.30, no.1 (spring 2004) file:///Users/sduncan/Documents/ARLIS-TXMX/www.arlis-txm... Librarian/Cataloguer at the Amon Secretary: Elizabeth Schaub, University of Texas at Austin Carter Museum, organized a small Webmaster: Sam Duncan, Amon Carter Museum exhibition about Alvin Lustig, an ARLIS/NA South Regional Representative: Laura Schwartz, University of influential designer from the Texas at Austin mid-twentieth-century. The exhibition focuses on his book List of Chapter Meetings designs and illustrations and The chapter met for an informal gathering during the ARLIS/NA includes several exemplary objects conference in Baltimore on March 21, 2003. from the library's collection. Lustig's illustrations for Alfred The chapter hosted its first joint conference in its thirty-year history, Young Fisher's The Ghost in the which was held in conjunction with the Southeast Chapter in New Underblows are the centerpiece of Orleans, LA from November 13-16, 2003. Margaret Culbertson, Mary the exhibition. Leonard, Janine Henri, and Jon Evans served on the planning committee from the Texas-Mexico chapter. Features included tours of Tulane University's rich archives, the Historic New Orleans Collection, an Egyptian exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, a walking tour of the Garden District, an exploration of the inner workings of the O'Neal Auction House, as well as post-conference tours of St. Louis Cemetery #1 and the newly christened Ogden Museum of Southern Art. A session devoted to collection assessment rounded out the event. New Orleans natives Carl Penny and Norbert Raacke hosted the entire group for traditional New Orleans fare one night. A complete itinerary can be found in the Summer 2003 issue of The Medium. Summary reports and meeting minutes can be found in the Fall 2003 issue. Activities of the Chapter The Chapter submitted a bid to host the 2005 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in Houston, Texas.