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ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information professionals in the Social Sciences). http://www.alissnet.com are pleased to announce a visit to The Women's Art Library 14th August 2-3.15 pm The Women's Art Library Special Collections and Archives The Library Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London, SE14 6NW www.gold.ac.uk/make<http://www.gold.ac.uk/m> The resource began as an artist-led slide library and was developed in order to enhance public knowledge of the practice, impact and achievement of women in visual culture. The library contains published and unpublished written documentation, photographs, posters and videos in addition to a substantial slide collection and artists' files on contemporary and historical women artists One of the most important sections of the collection is the Women of Colour Index (1985-1995) which was developed in collaboration with the African-Asian Visual Artists Archive. This includes information on individual Black women artists working in the UK as well as key exhibitions that took place during the late 1980s and early 1990s. We will meet staff and see items form the collections Visit is free to ALISS members £5 to non-members . Admin charge To sign up contact Heather Dawson ALISS Secretary [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> LSE Library 10 Portugal Street WC2A 2HD ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-LINK list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-LINK&A=1