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Collection Summary
 

Administrative History

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Contact Information

Box List
National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives

Canadian Art Libraries and Information Services Section (CARLIS) fonds:

Finding Aid


Collection Summary
Title: Canadian Art Libraries and Information Services Section (CARLIS) fonds. 
Dates: – 1967-1986. 
Quantity:  – 36.5 cm of textual records. 

Administrative History

The Canadian Art Libraries and Information Services Section (CARLIS) was founded in 1967 as a committee within the Canadian Library Association. Its mandate was to support, advance, and promote the cause of art librarianship in Canada. Originally known as the Art Libraries Committee, the group petitioned to become a subject division within the Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services (CASLIS), achieving this new status by 1976. At that time, the Committee's name was officially changed to the Canadian Art Libraries Section of CASLIS. In 1977, a cosmetic change to the group's logo was proposed, in order to clarify the logo's interpretation and encourage greater international recognition. The new logo, CARLIS, did not change the meaning or the name of the section.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The fonds consists of records from 1967 to 1986 related to the founding and administration of CARLIS. Files include correspondence, bylaws, budgetary and funding information, minutes of meetings, copies of forms and ballots, copies of materials related to conferences and their organization, annual reports, and mailing lists. There are in addition files on specific CARLIS projects, including the Survey of Art Libraries in Canada (1967), the microfilm sales of the Vancouver Public Library Canadian Artist References (1969-1970), the Survey of Canadian Fine Arts Resources (1974-1976), the Survey of Fine Arts Library Resources (1976-1980), the Artists in Canada database project (1979-1980), the resolution passed to increase Canadian content in RILA (1980), the CARLIS Elections Nomination Committee (1981), the establishment of the Melva J. Dwyer Award (1985), and the CARLIS Newsletter (1976-1983). There is also a copy of the Handbook for Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services Chapter Executives (1984) and miscellaneous brochures, flyers, papers, and newsletters related to other organizations (e.g., ARLIS NA), books, art, and art libraries.

Source of supplied title proper: Title supplied by cataloguer.

Immediate source of acquisition: Some papers in the fonds were donated to the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives by Melva J. Dwyer, 1999.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission to reproduce or publish material from the Canadian Art Libraries and Information Services Section (CARLIS) fonds must be obtained from the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

Finding aids: Box list available.

Accruals: Further accruals are expected.

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Index Terms
Names:
Anthony, Peter
Balke, Mary Noel
Dwyer, Melva J.
Ouimet, Lucile
Toupin, Jaunita
Organizations:
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS NA)
Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services (CASLIS)
Canadian Library Association
Document Types:
Brochures.
Files.
Newsletters.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Title of item], Canadian Art Libraries and Information Services Section (CARLIS) fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

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Contact Information

Reference Services
Library and Archives 
National Gallery of Canada 
380 Sussex Drive 
Ottawa, Ontario 
K1N 9N4 

T 613-714-6000 ext. 6323 

[email protected]


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Box List

Box Folder
Box 1 File 1 Correspondence, etc., 1967-1969 
File 2 Correspondence, etc., 1970-1974 
File 3 Correspondence, etc., 1975-1976 
File 4 Correspondence, etc., 1977 
File 5 Correspondence, etc., 1977-1980 
File 6 CARLIS programme at Canadian Library Association (CLA) - Correspondence, June 1980 
File 7 Vancouver Public Library Microfilm Sales of Canadian Artists' References, 1969-1970 
File 8 Artists in Canada database project 
File 9 RILA - Correspondence regarding Canadian content, 1980 

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