WEEKLY STAFF NEWS | 06.28.2021
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Library Services
We’re excited to announce that the Library will begin its phased reopening to Getty staff on July 6. The following services will be offered during the month of July to staff:
- The Reference staff will continue providing a virtual reference desk and expand to limited in-person hours.
- Library Circulation will move to a weekly schedule for paging and delivering including weekly deliveries to the Museum, GCI and Villa.
- Library “open” stacks on GRI L2 and L3 floors will remain closed in July; continue to request materials online.
- The Special Collections Reading Room will open daily for Getty staff appointments.
- Interlibrary Loan will begin borrowing physical materials again!
Please see the attached PDF for specific details. Information on our reopening to readers is coming soon.
Reminder: Connect to the Internet with Eduroam Wi-Fi
With travel starting again, remember that visitors from institutions that participate in eduroam can obtain secure Internet access when visiting Getty. When Getty staff visit other eduroam participant sites, they can easily obtain the same secure Internet access without needing to ask for a Wi-Fi password. Read more about eduroam here.
NEWS
Celebrating Pride Month
Check out the Iris for stories that explore art and the LGBTQ experience: how celebrated photographer Gisele Freund found herself posing for Robert Mapplethorpe; the queer power couple that changed photography; a celebration of Hal Fischer’s Gay Semiotics; and appreciating Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein through a portrait of the couple at home.
EVENTS
Virtual Opening: Mario Giacomelli and The Expanded Landscape
While we are not yet able to resume in-person staff previews for new exhibitions, staff is invited to join a virtual exhibition opening for two new photographs exhibitions—Mario Giacomelli: Figure/Ground and The Expanded Landscape. The virtual opening will take place today, June 28, 5-6 p.m., and you can join at this Zoom link. Attached is the original email with more details and a drink recipe for a California Negroni created for the occasion by Bon Appetit.
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Getty Anniversaries This Week
20 Years
- Rebecca Edwards, Education, Museum
25 Years
- Thomas Baltazar, Security Operations
- Raul Gutierrez, Warehouse Stores
- Elizabeth Morrison, Manuscripts, Museum
30 Years
- Jeffrey Weaver, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Museum
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