ARLIS/NA HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
The Art Libraries Society of North America was founded in 1972 at the initiative of Judith Hoffberg by a group of art librarians attending the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago. This group realized that to fulfill the need among art librarians for better communication and cooperation, and to provide a forum for ideas, projects, and programs, an entirely new and separate organization was required. Inspired by the model of the Art Libraries Society, established in 1969 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, ARLIS/NA was created.
Sponsored by the ARLIS/NA Documentation Committee, this site highlights some of the Society’s archives and oral histories. The Archives have been housed and managed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne since 2009. You can find current administrative documents on the ARLIS/NA website.