Why join ARLIS?
Membership of ARLIS brings many benefits, including opportunities to:-
- network with fellow professionals in the field: librarians, archivists, artists, and academics;
- receive and exchange information and ideas with colleagues via the ARLIS-Link discussion list [link);
- access a range of continuing professional development events and activities such as short courses, seminars and study visits to libraries and other places of interest;
- keep up-to-date with professional developments via ARLIS publications: the News-sheet (bi-monthly); The Art Libraries Journal (the premier journal of the art library profession internationally. ARLIS also regularly publishes books on specialist areas of interest;
- attend the ARLIS/UK & Ireland Annual Conference, which focuses on issues of current importance to the profession and is attended by delegates from around the world. The Conference is held in a different university city each year allowing opportunities to explore the art and architecture of the local area and to observe at first hand the practice of fellow professionals;
- apply for ARLIS travel grants to enable you to pursue a research interest or an exchange with another professional in a different country.
