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
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 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.
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Submitted by ARLIS/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews Editors:
Matthew Garklavs
Bridget O'Keefe
Abigail Walker

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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.

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   Archives Research Compute Hub <https://archivesunleashed.org/arch/>
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      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.

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   The Covid-19 Web Archive <https://covid19.archive-it.org/>
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      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.

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   En Foco <https://enfoco.org/>
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      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.

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   The Flow Chart Foundation <https://www.flowchartfoundation.org/>/Ashbery
   Resource Center
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      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.


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   The Poet’s House LIbrary
   <https://poetshouse.org/about-poets-house-library/>
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      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.



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   The Princeton University Art Museum
   <https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections>
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      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.

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   The Queens Memory Project
   <https://www.queenslibrary.org/programs-activities/arts-culture/queens-memory-project>
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      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.

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   Rock and Roll hall of fame Library & Archives
   <https://catalog.rockhall.com/rrhof-ais/search/simple>
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      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!

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   Welo House-Bishop Museum <https://blog.bishopmuseum.org/welo-hou/>
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      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.

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