Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:21:26 -0400
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ARLIS/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews is seeking reviewers for the following resources relevant to art librarianship and art history. The June 2026 issue of Multimedia & Technology Reviews (M&TR) will focus on digital resources that were originally supported by grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). In light of the significant cuts affecting this federal agency, M&TR invites reviewers to reflect on the impact of federal funding on libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions through the examples listed below. In addition to evaluating the resources themselves, we are also including information about the original grant awarded to each institution to provide additional context for reviewers. To volunteer, choose a resource from the list below and complete our Reviewer Interest form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbtrdi_DpJOiU9K2EDfBbQvboKvf8kCnJY16tOK03USISvVA/viewform> by *Wednesday, April 1st, 2026. * If you are interested in reviewing a tool that is not listed here, you are welcome to *nominate a resource* using the same form. Initial draft submissions are due* Friday, May 1st, 2026* Contributing to ARLIS/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews <https://multimediatechnologyreviews.arlisna.hcommons.org/> is a great opportunity to get involved with the Society, learn about interesting new resources, and help shape the conversation around new tools in our field. Please send direct comments and questions about the reviews to arlisna.mtr_at_gmail.com. Submitted by ARLIS/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews Editors: Matthew Garklavs Bridget O'Keefe Abigail Walker *__________________________________________* Resources for Review We seek reviewers for the following resources. The snippets below are taken from each resource's web page and are not necessarily the opinions of the M&TR Co-Editors. - Archives Research Compute Hub <https://archivesunleashed.org/arch/> - Grant information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-254878-ols-23> ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub) is a research and education service that helps users easily build, access, analyze, publish, and preserve web archive datasets at scale. - The Covid-19 Web Archive <https://covid19.archive-it.org/> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/arpml-250873-omls-22> The COVID-19 Web Archive includes 168 collections containing more than 70,000 websites documenting the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities, businesses, healthcare and other aspects of everyday life. Search the full-text of the archived web pages, as well as images, videos, pdfs and more. - En Foco <https://enfoco.org/> - Grant information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/igsm-255763-oms-24> En Foco, Inc. is a non-profit that supports U.S.-based photographers of African, Asian, Latino, Native American, and Pacific Islander heritage. Founded in 1974, En Foco makes their work visible to the art world, yet remains accessible to under-served communities. Through exhibitions, workshops, events, and publications, it provides professional recognition, honoraria, and assistance to photographers as they grow into different stages of their careers. - The Flow Chart Foundation <https://www.flowchartfoundation.org/>/Ashbery Resource Center - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/igsm-255741-oms-24> The Flow Chart Foundation was established in 1998 as a private foundation to create the Ashbery Resource Center <https://www.flowchartfoundation.org/arc> (ARC), a space dedicated to housing and preserving John Ashbery’s personal archive. The ARC acquires, preserves, and provides access to a range of primary materials from Ashbery's personal collection of visual art, books, objects, ephemera, and belongings, as well as a range of materials documenting Ashbery’s work and artistic influence. The ARC’s holdings represent the exploration of interrelationships of various art forms, offering unique opportunities for innovative scholarship and creative inspiration, and promoting new possibilities for discovery, thought, and connection as guided by the legacy of Ashbery's work. - The Poet’s House LIbrary <https://poetshouse.org/about-poets-house-library/> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/st-252527-oms-22> Among the largest and most comprehensive independent poetry collections available to the public in open stacks anywhere in the country, the Reed Foundation Library at Poets House houses over 80,000 poetry books and related materials, all freely accessible to poets, readers, researchers, and the broader poetry community. The collection includes books, chapbooks, literary journals, special collections, and the Axe-Houghton Multimedia Archive. - The Princeton University Art Museum <https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ma-30-17-0551-17> As an academically-based, public-facing institution, the Princeton University Art Museum educates, challenges, and inspires the students of Princeton University and members of diverse local, national, and international publics through exposure to the world of art. - The Queens Memory Project <https://www.queenslibrary.org/programs-activities/arts-culture/queens-memory-project> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-256664-ols-24> The Queens Memory team works with community partners and volunteers from across the borough to organize public story sharing events, oral history projects, and photo scanning days that bring exciting new collections out of people’s homes and into the archives. - Rock and Roll hall of fame Library & Archives <https://catalog.rockhall.com/rrhof-ais/search/simple> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ma-245762-oms-20> The mission of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is to engage, teach and inspire through the power of rock & roll. We share stories of the people, events and songs that shape our world through exhibits, innovative programs and concerts. The Library & Archives collects, preserves and provides access to our collections in support of the Rock Hall’s mission and to help you tell your rock & roll stories! - Welo House-Bishop Museum <https://blog.bishopmuseum.org/welo-hou/> - Grant Information <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ng-04-17-0218-17> Mele are an invaluable primary resource for Hawaiian scholarship and cultural connection. The Welo Hou: Building Connections to the Roberts Mele Collection project, funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will improve the digitization, indexing, and accessibility of a unique and treasured collection of mele dating from pre-Western contact to the early 1900s. This pilot project will serve as a model for improved access to and increased engagement with the Bishop Museum Library & Archives’ other mele collections. -- _____________________________________________________________ *Matthew Garklavs* | Electronic Resources Librarian, Associate Professor Pronouns: He/Him/His <https://pratt.libcal.com/appointments?u=74286> Schedule an appointment with me on Zoom <https://pratt.libcal.com/appointments?u=74286> *PRATT INSTITUTE* 200 Willoughby Avenue | Pratt Library 1 | Brooklyn, NY 11205 phone: (718) 399-4423 | mgarklav_at_pratt.edu [image: image.png] <https://www.pratt.edu/pratt-shows/pratt-shows-2026?utm_source=Signature&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Pratt-Shows-2026&utm_content=signature>
