Conference
CHALLENGING COLLECTIONS
6-8 July 2026 | Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
This year the ARLIS UK & Ireland annual conference will be held in Leeds, hosted at the Carriageworks Theatre.
Under the theme of Challenging Collections, we will explore some of the ways we are challenged by the collections we work with, and how we, in turn, can challenge them.
The Call for Contributions is now open!
Contact the Conference Working Party with any questions at conference@arlis.net.
Chair: Jo Baines | Academic Liaison Librarian / Archivist, Special Collections, University College London
Karolina Adamska-Shuttleworth|eContent Manager at the Open University
Elin Angharad |Learning Resources Assistant for the Grwp Llandrillo Menai (GLLM) Library Service in North Wales | Curator of Llyfrgell Zine Cymru
Richard Cleverley | Librarian at the Open College of the Arts
Abigail Chapman |Museum Librarian, National Army Museum
Karen Fisher | Academic Librarian for Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University
Emma Hayton | Art Librarian, Leeds Central Library
Lorraine-Marie James | Academic Librarian, Art, Design & Photography, Journalism, Media and Performance, Fashion and Textiles, University of Northampton
Emma Jambor | Assistant Librarian, Henry Moore Institute –
Maria Simoes | Academic Librarian, Leeds Beckett University
Ann Sproat | Librarian, Henry Moore Institute
Jennifer Spykerman |Library Assistant, Cork School of Music at Munster Technical University
Laura Wood | Librarian, National Art Library, V&A East Storehouse