For this meeting, we will primarily focus on the charge for a working group to update the 2021 Best Practices for Library Exhibitions, including writing a call…[Read more]

As promised, I am rescheduling December's meeting. Please share your availability here by Jan. 12 to help pick a day and time.

For this meeting, we will primarily focus on the charge for a working group to update the 2021 Best Practices for Library Exhibitions, including writing a call for v…[Read more]

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You can also see the minutes/agenda doc pinned at the top of this thread.

In our December 2025 meeting, we will discuss and (hopefully) vote on the charge for a new working group to review and propose revisions to the Best Practices document.

I have created a folder in our (new!) Google Drive account for this project, Best…[Read more]

While we do not plan to record this event given its…[Read more]

Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/99803058247?pwd=xU2S2uO6KOWz3IWrjFKhmuPFn0ve8m.1

Meeting ID: 998 0305 8247
Passcode: 784476

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

NEXT MEETING: January 27, 2PM EST/11am PST

• Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/2965690227?pwd=QVJ3L2JIcTRYQjFpbk5Ia3V3TDlqdz09&omn=98653710404

Help us find a time for the next Exhibitions SIG meeting: please fill out this short poll by next Wednesday, October 22: https://forms.gle/p7Kk1Tq2Rf43oyJd8

You can find a draft agenda, add suggestions, and see notes from the previous meeting here. Feel free to add ideas or topics for discussion to this thread, too!

Best,
Stephanie

I'm excited to announce an upcoming event co-organized with the Special Collections & Archives SIG:

Moving Past Wow: the Potentially Paralyzing Effect of Wonder in the Context of Library Exhibits

Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 12–1PM EST / 9AM-10AM PST

Taylor F. Henning, and Rachel C. S. Duke, both of Florida State University Library's S…[Read more]

I'd like to propose that the SIG develop a workshop that we offer directly or in…[Read more]

How would you all like to proceed? Should we organize a call, work…[Read more]

During our first SIG meeting, we discussed the possibility of submitting a panel and/or workshop for the Montréal conference, potentially on the theme of curatorial education in libraries (i.e., how did/do we learn to do this work?). Now that the CFP is live, would others be interested in developing one or both of these proposals? We…[Read more]

Thank you to everyone who responded to the poll and shared discussion topics. You can find a draft agenda here – feel free to add other items or email me directly with questions or topics you’d like to discuss.

Purpose: The Exhibitions Spe…[Read more]

As it turns out, this SIG has been without a moderator for over a year and was marked as inactive. I would love to get things going again and, after talking with Samantha Deutch (VP/president elect), volunteered to serve as moderator for the coming year.

It sounds like our first step is to hold an annual meeting. If you'd like to…[Read more]

Inspired by today's panel on accessibility... For those who've undertaken projects to add descriptions to past exhibit content online, do you have strategies or tools to share, whether for managing the project overall or generating descriptions?

One of my summer projects is to start remediating our library gallery's website--primarily…[Read more]

• Exhibitions Roundtable Toolkit (crowdsourced links & resources)
• Roundtable padlet (breakout notes, links, other resources)

Are others around DC/NoVA considering driving to Pittsburgh for the annual conference, and might be interested in carpooling (either round-trip or one way)? I don't have a vehicle but am happy to contribute fuel/meals for the trip!

Is this something Pyramid Atlantic<https://pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/&gt; might have examples of?

I’m also checking with our graphic design faculty to see what they might have in their letterpress studio.

-Stephanie

From: Shira Eller <noreply@hcommons.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 3:48 PM
To: Stephanie H Grimm &…[Read more]

George Mason Libraries have a number of openings, including a Coordinator for our Scholarship Production Lab (SP@RC). This position is part of our Arts & Humanities team and supports students and faculty in the production and dissemination of research, including poster printing and presentations. We're also hoping this…[Read more]