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1975 |
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ARLIS/ANZ founded, Melbourne, 5 December.
Joyce McGrath elected founding chair. ARLIS/ANZ News no 1
published. |
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1976 |
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Aug |
1st AGM, Sydney.
Inaugural meeting held at the Australia Music Centre with representatives
from New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and the
ACT. Original membership fees: $10 institutional, $5 personal.
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1977 |
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Aug 31 |
2nd AGM, Hobart.
Invitations received from ARLIS (UK) and the Library Association of
Australia (LAA) to affiliate. Resolved that ARLIS/ANZ affiliate with
ARLIS/UK, but not the LAA Special Libraries Group. The 1st
Annual report 1976-1977 records a membership of 36, an increase of 15
since August 1976, and notes that Valerie Richards had convened a
successful seminar of arts librarians in New Zealand. Following the
meeting, Professor Antje Lemke, Syracuse University, gave an address on
Education in Art Librarianship. [Source News no 3, Dec 1977] |
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Sep 1-2 |
Arts Information Seminar in Australia,
organised by the Sydney-based Museums Arts and Humanities Group (MAHG).
Held in conjunction with the LAA conference with the participation of
ARLIS/ANZ. This included, among other papers on the arts and libraries,
Visual Arts Resources in Australia by Sue Boaden, based on a survey of
arts resources conducted by Sue Boaden and Paul Bentley of 41
organisations. In her paper, Sue acknowledges the stimulus provided for
this work by Dietrich Borchardt’s 1975 AACOBS submission proposing a
bibliographic survey of the visual arts. |
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1978 |
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2nd AGM. Membership
39. Discussion on ARLIS/ANZ participation in Art Association of Australia
annual conference, whether ARLIS/ANZ should join IFLA, and possible links
with ARLIS/Sweden. Joyce McGrath summarises progress as follows: “One of
the difficulties associated with formal planning for ARLIS/ANZ is that we
have not yet established close links with other organisations have related
interests, [but] “as retiring chairman, looking back over the past three
years since we first gathered together in Melbourne, I think we can be
please with the start we have made. There were several cooperative
projects which had to be abandoned or deferred, but we have managed to
launch a newsletter, to organise a seminar and to bring a speaker from
abroad.” |
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Aug 18-20 |
ARLIS/ANZ participates in 4th annual
conference of the Art Association of Australia, Melbourne.
The opening session, organised by ARLIS/ANZ, includes a
presentation by Stanley Hess, from the Cleveland Museum of Art, on art
libraries and visual arts resource collections in North America. “The
record of ARLIS/ANZ, like its sister organisations in Great Britain and
North America, is nothing short of phenomenal. Art librarians and visual
resource curator / librarians constitute a small proportion of library and
information specialists in each of those countries and areas, yet our
determination and energy have propelled us forward with speed and
proficiency in developing viable and productive professional
organisations…Libraries everywhere need to become more active and
aggressive in documenting the materials in their collections and carrying
out individual scholarly research. Our institutions and government
agencies need to be made aware of the problems of conducting scholarly
research in art history and encouraged to make available both time and
funding for its understanding by both libraries and visual resource
curators / librarians as well as art historians”. Hess also conducted
seminars on slide collections at the University of Melbourne, College of
Advanced Education in Canberra and Alexander Mackie CAE in Sydney, 21-14
August. |
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1979 |
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Executive 1979- : Katherine
Cummings, Frances Love, Beth Hatton, Sue Boaden. |
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Feb |
NZ art and architecture librarians hold seminar
at 46th Conference of NZ Library Association, Dunedin.
Convener: Michael Hutchings, Hocken Librarian, University of Otago.
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March |
Newsletter 6 notes that
membership is approaching 50. Katherine Cummings notes that the Australia
Council is reviewing a proposal to establish an Australian Art Information
Centre at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1977. |
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Aug 29 |
AGM & Conference held as part of LAA conference,
Canberra. UK guest, Phillip Pacey, presents
keynote address Vive La Difference. ARLIS/ANZ provided an
audio-visual entertainment for the closing session of the LAA conference.
Chair Katherine Cummings proposed an affiliation with ALIA and is
authorised to investigate and decide on the affiliation. There is talk of
a ‘national conference of our own’. ARLIS/ANZ membership 66 (25
institutional, 41 personal). |
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1980 |
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July |
Museums Arts & Humanities Group,
following a joint meeting held at the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced
Education, amalgamates with ARLIS/ANZ because of the significant overlap
in membership. The report on the amalgamation notes that “ an interesting
factor in the amalgamation will be the commitment to active interest in
some formerly neglected areas of art librarianship”. |
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Survey on Indexing the Arts in Australia.
Patricia Sabine, Victorian College of the Arts, and Margaret Shaw of the
National Gallery of Australia, design a preliminary questionnaire for a
study being carried out by Patricia in relation to the proposed Australian
Art Information Centre. |
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Aug 25-29 |
Conference. ARLIS/ANZ & Art
Association of Australia Joint Conference |
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1981 |
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Jan |
AGM, organised by Valerie Richards, held in conjunction
with LAA/NZLA Conference, Christchurch, NZ.
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1982 |
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Aug 22-26 |
Conference & AGM, Adelaide,
held in conjunction with LAA 22nd Conference. |
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1983 |
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Executive 1983. Margaret Shaw
(Chair), Joan Bruce (Secretary), Lynn Farkas (Treasurer), John Thomson
(editor). Additional committee members: Kay Britcliffe, Fancoise Lentsch,
Betty Collins |
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Aug 28-29 |
Conference & AGM, Canberra.
Proposal to affiliate with Council of Australian Museums Association
(CAMA) defeated 13 votes to 11. The ARLIS/ANZ chair asked to investigate
an affiliation with Art Association of Australia. An affiliation with LAA
rejected. |
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Directory of Arts Libraries and Resource Collections in
Australia / edited by Sue Maddrell, published by
the Australia Council. The directory had been stimulated by the 1975 Arts
Information in Australia Seminar. |
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1984 |
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May 7-12 |
Education in Arts Librarianship seminar,
Sydney with Professor Antje Lemke as overseas presenter.
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Aug 25-26 |
Conference & AGM, Brisbane.
Theme: Art in Queensland. Considers affiliation with the Art
Association of Australia. Issue referred to chapters for recommendation.
Call for an ARLIS/ANZ logo to be developed through a competition.
Membership fees $15 personal, $30 institutional. |
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1985 |
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Executive: Ray Choate (Chair);
Rosemary Griffiths (Secretary/Treasurer), Committee: Christine Downer,
Massie Durinck, Patricia Forster, Elaine Meehan, Dianna Routt, Michael
Watson. |
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Aug 22-23 |
Conference & AGM, Melbourne,
held in tandem with the Art Association of Australia, incorporating Future
of Art Research Libraries Seminar. |
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1986 |
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Jul 2 |
Conference & AGM, Darwin, held
in association with the LAA biennial conference: Theme Aboriginal Art.
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Sep 27-28 |
Documentation in Australian Art seminar held in
Wagga Wagga. Later published as Documentation
in Australian Art / edited by Claire Louise Williams and James Henri
(Wagga Wagga: Riverina Murray Institute of Higher Education, 1986). |
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Australian artists index: a biographical index of
Australian artists, craft workers, photographers and architects
/ compiled by Jan McDonald. (Sydney: ARLIS/ANZ, 1986). |
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1987 |
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Executive: Susan Schmocker,
Katherine Cummings (Co-chairs); Jill More (Secretary), Katherine Cummings
(Treasurer) |
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Sep 30 |
Conference and AGM, Brisbane. |
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1988 |
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Jul 18-29 |
Art Librarians Seminar
conducted by ARLIS/ANZ in conjunction with the School of Librarianship,
University of NSW. |
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Aug-Sep |
ARLIS/ANZ program held as part of IFLA Conference,
Sydney. Keynote speaker: Antje Lemke. Issues
discussed at AGM: suggestion from Art Association of Australia for
increased cooperation; ARLIS/ANZ lack of funds and newsletter production
difficulties. |
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Australians: A Guide to Sources published as part of
Australians: A Historical Library. Includes
The Visual Arts by Terry Smith incorporating bibliography of
reference, general and periodical sources. |
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1989 |
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Executive 1989-1900: Gillian
Harrison (Chair); Nola Dean (Secretary); Elizabeth Agnew (Treasurer).
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Aug 6-10 |
ARLIS/ANZ conference and AGM, Adelaide,
coinciding with ALIA Asian Pacific Special and Law Libraries Conference. |
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1990 |
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Sep 27-29 |
Conference & AGM, Perth.
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1991 |
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Executive 1991-1992: Joye
Volker (Chair); Corinne Collins (Secretary); John Thomson (Treasurer);
Margaret Shaw (Conference convener); Jacquie Woodbury (Special Projects);
Margaret Cazaban (News editor); Ann MacCallum (Visual Resources)
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Sep 4-7 |
Conference & AGM, Canberra.
Theme: The Art of Excellence. Margaret Shaw, convener. |
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1992 |
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Sep |
Conference & AGM,
Albury-Wodonga, coinciding with ALIA Conference. Proposal to continue
ARLISANZ as a special interest group of ALIA rejected. Constitution
amended 30 Sep 1990. |
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1993 |
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Executive 1993-1994,
1994-1995: Andrew MacKenzie (Chair); Dominica Chinarini (Secretary);
Michael Watson (Treasurer); Barbara Cameron (News editor). Jennifer Durran
joins executive 1994-1995. |
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1994 |
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Sep |
Conference & AGM, Wellington,
coinciding with the NZ-ALIA Conference. |
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1995 |
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Aug 25-26 |
ARLIS/ANZ conference, Sydney,
coinciding with the ALIA Special Libraries Conference. |
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1996 |
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Executive 1996-1997: Jill More
(Chair); Neil Hinsch (Secretary); Susan Schmocker (Treasurer); Wendy
O’Connor (Journal); Jennifer Durran (Web); Joye Slater and Janet Sorby
(Committee members) |
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Oct 3-6 |
Conference & AGM, Melbourne,
coinciding with the ALIA conference. Theme: Fin-de-Siecle: Art
Libraries- Dynamic or Decadent? Membership increased
from $20-$30 to $40-50. |
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1997 |
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Oct 10-12 |
Conference & AGM, Perth.
Theme: Horizons. Attendance: 17. Membership 138 (institutional 66,
personal 71). E-list subscribers: 109. Resolved that ARLIS/ANZ
News be changed to Journal. |
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1998 |
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Executive 1998-1999: Joan
Bruce (Chair), Alice Steiner (Secretary); Cheryl Stevens (Treasurer);
Wendy O’Connor (Journal); Jennifer Durran (Web). |
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Feb 2 |
NZ Chapter of ARLIS/ANZ officially formed.
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Oct 22-24 |
Conference & AGM, Adelaide.
Theme: Money and Mission - Achieving our Goals in Art Libraries.
Convener: Jin Whittington. Proposal to merge Australian arts information
and curatorial special interest groups deferred. |
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1999 |
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Executive 1999-2001: Julie
Phillips (Chair); Michael Proud (Secretary); Cheryl Stevens (Treasurer);
Wendy O’Connor (Journal), Joye Volker (Website & e-list). |
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Sep 8-10 |
Conference & AGM, Brisbane.
Theme: Beyond the Future. In NSW report Jill More commented that
“memberships from visual arts librarians were shrinking and the appeal [of
ARLIS/ANZ] had to be broadened to keep up membership”. Membership 155
[personal – 86, institutional 69].
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2000 |
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Oct 19-22 |
Conference & AGM., Canberra.
Theme: Securing our Heritage. Convener: Margaret Shaw. |
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2002 |
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Conference & AGM, Auckland.
Theme: Getting the Picture. Convener: Catherine Hammond.
Membership in 2001 - 126 [personal 68, institutional 58]. |
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Executive 2002-2004: Paul
Bentley (Chair); Barbara Rendall (Secretary); Cheryl Stevens, Jin
Whittington, Susan Schmocker (2002, 2003, 2004 respectively); Wendy
O’Connor until June 2004; Jill More from August (Journal); Joye Volker
(Website & e-list). |
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2003 |
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May |
Visual Arts Information Project.
Initial meeting on Australian visual arts information resources held at
UNSW Library with representatives of ARLIS/ANZ and National Library after
Jill More, supported by the NSW University Librarian Andrew Wells,
initiated request for National Library support to review and develop
strategies for management of visual arts information resources.
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Australian Libraries Gateway.
ARLIS/ANZ submits suggested improvements. |
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ARLIS/ANZ membership: 113. |
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2004 |
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May |
Visual Arts Information Project.
Forum held at the National Library of Australia, following
a survey conducted by the NLA on behalf of ARLIS/ANZ.
Papers incorporated in the June
2004 issue of the Journal. Working
groups on digitisation, indexes and databases established. A workshop on
digitisation was held in conjunction with the 2004 Conference program.
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Sep 8-11 |
Conference & AGM, Sydney.
Theme: What Makes Us Special? Serving the Arts as an Information
Provider. |
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2005 |
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Executive 2005: Linda Groom
(Chair), Vicki Marsh (Secretary), Susan Schmocker (Treasurer), Jill More
(Journal Editor), Joye Volker (Website and arlisanz-l manager), Gillian
Currie (committee member).
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