2024 Virtual Conference Early Bird Rates & Stipend Applications ARCS Update Vol 9 Issue 20
October 14, 2024 | ARCS NewsVirtual Conference Register before rates go up on October 23, 2024!
ARCS is happy to invite all of our colleagues and friends from around the world to join us for the 2024 Virtual Conference December 2, 4, & 6, 2024.
Member Registration: $125/$150 USD
Early Bird Rates: September 18 - October 23, 2024
Regular Rates: October 24 - December 2, 2024
Non-Member Registration: $200/$225 USD
Early Bird Rates: September 18 - October 23, 2024
Regular Rates: October 24 - December 2, 2024
You can also sign up for workshops (for an additional fee) and free evening events during registration.
Registration and More Information
Conference Stipend Announcement
The Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS) is pleased to announce the availability of eight professional and two student stipends for free conference registration.
Applicants are requested to submit the application form along with a cover letter and resume. Preference will be given to applicants with less than five years experience and from a diverse background.
Recipients agree to write a short review of a session. The specific session will be mutually agreed upon and coordinated by an Awards Committee member prior to the conference and the report will be due to ARCS by January 17, 2024.
Application Process
Emergency Response Resources
Was your institution recently affected by Hurricane Helene or Hurricane Milton? Resources for assistance when experiencing and responding to an emergency can be accessed below:
Emergency Resources
Call for Resources
The Educational Resources Sub-Committee is searching for helpful documents, preferably in PDF or info sheet format, to add to the ARCS Resource Kit. If you have any tools or scholarship that has been helpful to you, please send them our way via the ARCS Resources Submission form located at the top of the Resource Kit.
AIC/FAIC Workshop Building Towards Collections Safe and Zero-waste Exhibitions
Register to join AIC/FAIC for the upcoming online workshop "Building Towards Collections Safe and Zero-waste Exhibitions" to learn about trends and ideas around the design, operation, and deconstruction of exhibitions. The workshop is organized by FAIC in collaboration with AIC's Sustainability Committee and Preventive Care Network, and includes four 90-minute sessions with speakers from a variety of roles at different types of institutions.
Session 1: Design led by Emily Shaw and Douglas Flandro (Oct. 24, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET)
Session 2: Techniques led by T. Ashley McGrew (Oct. 31, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET)
Session 3: Metrics led by Laura Lupton, Hannah Bech Managetta, and Lena Fliessbach (Nov. 21, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET)
Session 4: Materials led by Sarah Nunberg and Megan O'Connor (Dec. 5, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET)
