Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our fourth issue!

Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for recommendations of library or archive exhibitions held between 2025-2026 to be reviewed by our reviewers. Exhibitions can be physical or virtual format, but must be open to the public.

• Full title of the exhibition
• Exhibition location (online or physical location)
• A brief description about the exhibition
• URL (if applicable)Example exhibitions can include a display case or a gallery installation, a loan/traveling exhibit, a digital exhibit featuring library-owned content, or a digital exhibit hosted by the library. There is no restriction on types of libraries or archives that may participate.

Please submit exhibition recommendations by October 31 2025 through our Exhibition Suggestion Form

Co-Editors:

Emily Eckstrand

Ashley Huot

Meg Wang

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our third issue!

Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.

We have collected a list of exhibitions available for review! Please express your interest in reviewing an exhibition for us by filling out our form by December 13, 2024. You do not need to be a member of ARLIS to contribute!

Timeline

• Call for Reviewers closes December 13, 2024
• Reviewers will be notified in mid-late December 2024
• Initial drafts and images will be due February 7, 2025
• Publication date March 17, 2025

Available Exhibitions for Review

Thanks to everyone that submitted suggestions. Due to the LER publishing timeframe, some of exhibition suggestions are excluded from the List. Note that if an exhibition is both physical and online, they are listed separately. 

Online Exhibitions

Inventing Shakespeare: Text, Technology, and the Four Folios. A 360 Virtual Tour in link., was physically displayed (March 6, 2023 – June 2, 2024) at Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University.

Here to Stay: Celebrating 40 Years at the Architecture Archives. A 360 Virtual Tour in link. Also an ongoing physical exhibition at Hunt LIbrary, 4th Floor Exhibit Space, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Banned: Censorship and the Freedom to Read. Online exhibition in link. A selection of items is on display in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New Yrok Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

Igor Savchenko and Contemporary Belarusian Photography: Reimagining the Visual. Online exhibition in link. Princeton University Library.

Ukrainian Art in Times of War: 2014-  Online exhibition in link. Princeton University Library.

Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and Anti-Colonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album. Online exhibition in link. Duke University Libraries       

Physical Exhibitions

Reviews of physical exhibitions must be done in person. 

Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through January 12, 2025) at Rayner Special Collections Wing, 3rd floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

Byron: A Life in Motion. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through January 12, 2025) at Print Gallery, 3rd floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

Becoming Bohemia: Greenwich Village 1912-1923. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through February 1, 2025) at Wachenheim and Ispahani-Bartos Galleries, 1st floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 1st Floor, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Permanent) at Gottesman Hall, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018

The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through March 1, 2025) at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (entrance at 111 Amsterdam between 64th and 65th), New York, NY, 10023

Disegno: Selections from the R & Company Archives Collection. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through December 13, 2024) at Charles P. Stevenson Library, Bard College, 1 Library Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick. Description in link. Physical exhibition (June 1, 2024 to January 4, 2026, Tickets required) at Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

The Movement of Books. Description in link. Physical exhibition (August 30 to December 13, 2024) at Goldstein Gallery, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Here to Stay: Celebrating 40 Years at the Architecture Archives. Description in link. Physical exhibition (ongoing) at Hunt LIbrary, 4th Floor Exhibit Space, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213  

Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and Anti-Colonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album. Description in link. Physical exhibition (October 8, 2024 – April 5, 2025) at Michael and Karen Stone Family Gallery, Rubenstein Library, Duke University, 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708          

Co-Editors:

Emily Eckstrand

Ashley Huot

Meg Wang

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our third issue!

Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for recommendations of library or archive exhibitions held between 2024-2025 to be reviewed by our reviewers. Exhibitions can be physical or virtual format, but must be open to the public.

• Full title of the exhibition
• Exhibition location (online or physical location)
• A brief description about the exhibition
• URL (if applicable)Example exhibitions can include a display case or a gallery installation, a loan/traveling exhibit, a digital exhibit featuring library-owned content, or a digital exhibit hosted by the library. There is no restriction on types of libraries or archives that may participate.

Please submit exhibition recommendations by October 31 through our Exhibition Suggestion Form

Co-Editors:

Emily Eckstrand

Ashley Huot

Meg Wang

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our second issue!

Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.

We have collected a list of exhibitions available for review! Please express your interest in reviewing an exhibition for us by filling out our form or by contacting us at arlisnaler@gmail.com by December 1, 2023. You do not need to be a member of ARLIS to contribute!

Please encourage people to visit physical exhibitions or people who already visited the physical exhibition to write a review. 

Timeline

• Call for reviewers closes December 1, 2023
• Reviewers will be notified in mid-late December 2023
• Initial drafts will be due February 2, 2024
• Publication date March 15, 2024

Available exhibitions are listed below.

Online/Physical Exhibitions

Teaching with Art: The History of the Visual Resources Collection at Yale. Online exhibition in link, physical exhibition at Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, 180 York Street New Haven, CT 06511

Let None Be Excluded: The Origins of Equal School Rights in Salem. Online exhibition in title link, physical exhibition at Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

Reverberating Feminisms: Chronologies of Feminist Art Movements at CalArts. Online exhibition in link, physical exhibition at California Institute of the Arts, CalArts Library, 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, CA

Physical Exhibitions only

Unseen Labor: Social Justice in Cataloging. Exhibition catalog in link. Traveling exhibition hosted at The Special Collections Research Center, Fresno State University, from August 28, 2023 to May 17, 2024. Fresno State Library 5200 N. Barton Ave., M/S UL34 Fresno, CA 93740

The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts. Description in link, co-presented by The University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, and the School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba.

Words Matter! The Inclusive Cataloging Movement Takes Flight. Description in link. Physical exhibition at The Special Collections Research Center, Fresno State University, Fresno State Library 5200 N. Barton Ave., M/S UL34 Fresno, CA 93740

Abject Object: Feminism, Art & The Academy. Description in link. Physical exhibition at The Ohio State University, Thompson Library Gallery, Columbus, OH

On Various Subjects: 250 Years of Phillis Wheatley. Description in link. Physical exhibition at Special Collections Library, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI

Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code. Description in link. Olin Library, Washington University in St. Louis., MO

Responding to Climate Change Through Art and Design. Exhibition catalog in link. Physical exhibition at Emily Carr University of Art and Design Library, Vancouver BC. Please note this exhibition has already closed.

At the Limits of the Book. Description in link. Physical exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

In Their Own Voices: Black Women’s Lives from the Archives. Description in link. Physical exhibition at Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Storied Leaves. Description in link. Physical exhibition at the Cargill Gallery, located on the second floor of Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN.

Exhibition Suggestions

We are looking for more recommendations of library or archive exhibitions! Exhibitions can be physical or virtual format, but must be open to the public. If the exhibition is a physical one, we may ask for additional documentation (photographs, drawings, etc.) to increase our reviewers’ access to the exhibition.

Suggestions can be sent to us at arlisnaler@gmail.com for consideration in the 2025 issue of Library Exhibitions Review.

Co-Editors:

Freyja Catton, Wordeater Consulting

Emily Eckstrand, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ashley Huot, University of Manitoba

Alex Regan, University of California Santa Barbara

Meg Wang, Mississippi State University

We are looking for:

· Exhibitions to review for the Library Exhibitions Review (due Sept 29)

· Panelists and Moderator for the 2024 Conference (due Aug 31)

Call for Exhibitions for Library Exhibitions Review

Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA Exhibitions Special Interest Group. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our second issue!

Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for recommendations of library or archive exhibitions held between 2022-2024 to be reviewed by our reviewers. Exhibitions can be physical or virtual format, but must be open to the public.

• Full title of the exhibition
• Exhibition location (online or physical location)
• A brief description about the exhibition
• URL (if applicable)
  
  Example exhibitions can include a display case or a gallery installation, a loan/traveling exhibit, a digital exhibit featuring library-owned content, or a digital exhibit hosted by the library. There is no restriction on types of libraries or archives that may participate.

Please submit exhibition recommendations by September 29, 2023 to arlisnaler@gmail.com.

Co-Editors:

Freyja Catton, Wordeater Consulting

Ashley Huot, University of Manitoba

Alex Regan, University of California Santa Barbara

Meg Wang, Mississippi State University

Call for Panelists for ARLIS/NA Conference 2024

The Exhibitions SIG is putting together a panel on the topic of exhibition programming at the 2024 Conference.

What experiences or challenges have you had with exhibitions programming? What resources are needed to support this programming? Are there differences in exhibitions programming and other kinds of programming? What is the role of the library in an institution’s exhibition programming? So many questions. 👀

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for panelists! Panelists may wish to give a brief presentation and/or to participate in a roundtable-style Q&A Session at the ARLIS/NA 2024 Conference in Pittsburgh. Anyone interested is welcome to apply.

We would also welcome a panel moderator. Currently the SIG Coordinator’s in-person attendance is not guaranteed.

Please submit your expression of interest to us by August 31, 2023 to arlisnaler@gmail.com.

Exhibitions SIG Coordinator:
Freyja Catton, Wordeater Consulting

This site is officially launched in Fall 2022, and we are excited to present the resources and opportunities relating to library exhibitions.