The 10th annual ARLIES Film Festival featured 29 videos by ARL members, shown at the ARL Spring Association Meeting in Minneapolis and live streamed on the ARL YouTube channel this week. The festival highlights and shares videos developed by member institutions to increase knowledge and use of libraries, their spaces, services, collections, and expertise.
ARL member representatives in attendance voted on the videos and a working group of the ARL Member Engagement and Outreach Committee, who hosted the ARLIES, presented the following awards resulting from the vote:
Best Collections-Focused Film: Descendants of African American Poet Discover their Roots in LSU Libraries Special Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries
Behnoush Tavasolinia and Christine Wendling
This film celebrates the power of family, heritage, and the preservation of African American literary history as it follows two Maryland cousins on their journey to discover their grandfather’s long-lost poetry book at LSU Libraries Special Collections.
Best Development/Fundraising Film: Rhapsody in Jayhawk Blue: The Centennial Celebration of Watson Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Kayla Higginbotham (Cub Bear Creative)
KU Libraries welcomed close friends for “Rhapsody in Jayhawk Blue: The Centennial Celebration of Watson Library” on September 19, 2024, a glittering night of festivities that commemorated this 100-year milestone with pizzazz.
Best Free-Form Film: UW Libraries Student Guide: Barbie Edition, University of Washington Libraries
Braedyn Reed and Sandy Hawley
The Year of Barbie may be over, but it’s never too late to explore our world of resources, and find what you are looking for!
Best How-To/Instruction Film: How to Find a Book in the Stacks, Duke University Libraries
Aaron Welborn, Janelle Hutchinson, Megan Crain
Follow the Littlest Blue Devil as he uses Library of Congress call numbers to find a book in the Duke University Libraries.
Best Publicity/Marketing Film: Gen Z–Scripted Tour of UCSB Library, University of California, Santa Barbara Libraries
Johannes Steffens, Bob Nieder, Emily Savage, Jessie Ward O’Sullivan, Gaurav Chakravarty, Sidney Campbell, Carley Palmer, Caz Carter
A tour of the UC Santa Barbara Library led by a Baby Boomer–generation library employee who uses Generation Z slang to describe key library collections, services, spaces, expertise, and building policies.
Best Reflection of Inclusion: What We Have to Offer, University of Michigan Library
Alan Piñon, Laurie Alexander
U-M librarians give a quick overview—in languages other than English—of the wide range of services available from the library. This is just a sampling of the multilingual librarians on staff.
Best Production: Antarctica’s Wonders Captured Through a Texas A&M University Libraries Camera, Texas A&M University Libraries
Richard Nira
On Texas A&M University’s first-ever study abroad trip to Antarctica, grad student Alyssa Schaechinger ’24 captured the continent’s picturesque wildlife and vast, icy expanses through high-end photo and video equipment from the Texas A&M University Libraries’ Tech Bar.
Best Humor: UF Architecture and Fine Arts Library SPEED TOUR, University of Florida Libraries
Rae Riiska, Aimee Sullivan, Emily Webster
Buckle up, you’re going on a speed tour of the UF Architecture and Fine Arts Library.
Best Performance: UF Architecture and Fine Arts Library SPEED TOUR, University of Florida Libraries
Rae Riiska, Aimee Sullivan, Emily Webster
Buckle up, you’re going on a speed tour of the UF Architecture and Fine Arts Library.
Best Picture: breathe., Emory University Libraries
Alina Rahim
This is a student-produced Instagram Reels short film that showcases the benefits–from a student perspective–of a contemporary art exhibition in Emory’s Woodruff Library Schatten Gallery.
