Please see below a press release on the forthcoming ARLIS/NA Conference
in New York.
Sonia


ARLIS/NA News Release Contact: Vicky Roper
For Immediate Release ARLIS/NA Headquarters
November 2003 800-817-0621


The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) will convene its
32nd Annual Conference in New York City, April 15-20, 2004 at the
historic Roosevelt Hotel in mid-town Manhattan. This event will bring
together a diverse group of nearly 600 arts information professionals
and 75 exhibitors from North America's premier universities, museums and
business affiliates, including art and architecture librarians, visual
resources professionals, artists, curators, educators, publishers,
booksellers, vendors and others interested in visual arts information.
To serve the wide-ranging interests of its constituency, the Society
provides a broad base of programs and services and solicits member
participation at all levels. ARLIS/NA is a growing, dynamic organization
promoting the interests of nearly 1,100 members.

HIGHLIGHTS:

The 32nd Annual Conference will offer a wide variety of tours, workshops
and programs, including many which will take advantage of the wealth of
cultural sites in and around New York City. Tours include visits to the
Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum, the New York Botanical
Gardens, the Dia Art Foundation, the Grolier Club, as well as walking
tours of Chelsea Galleries and Harlem. Workshops on book structures and
book binding, papermaking, library management, art and architecture
bibliography, and digital collection management will also be offered.
Programs will feature New York art and architecture, new developments in
online art and architecture sources, the current state of art book
publishing, image collection management, and shared cataloging.

Information about registration, travel, hotels and a preliminary program
can be found on the conference web site:
http://www.arlisna.org/nyc04/index.htm

For additional information contact: ARLIS/NA Headquarters, 329 March
Road, Suite 232, Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2E1 Canada PHONE: 800-817-0621 FAX:
613-599-7027 email: [log in to unmask]

For additional information about ARLIS/NA visit the website at:
http://www.arlisna.org/


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Sonia French
Administrator, ARLIS/UK & Ireland

18 College Road
Bromsgrove
Worcs.
B60 2NE
England

Tel. & Fax: +44 (0)1527 579298
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