Art museum libraries and librarianship / edited by Joan M. Benedetti ; foreword by Michael Brand ; introduction by Ann B. Abid.
"Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship serves as an introduction to the field of art museum librarianship and its diverse settings. Sixteen chapters address - from the point of view of practicing art museum libraries - leadership, reader services, automation, security, cataloging, space planni...
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Lanham, Maryland : [Ottawa] :
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ; Art Libraries Society of North America,
2007.
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| Series: | Occasional papers (Art Libraries Society of North America) ;
no. 16. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Outside In : Leading and Managing the Art Museum Library. Collaborative leadership of art museum libraries and archives / Janice Lea Lurie ; Library and imaging services management at the Dallas Museum of Art / Jacqueline Allen ; Heading an art museum library in Mexico : the Museo Franz Mayer Library / Martha Escobar Palacios ; Managing an art museum library within a collections division / Barbara Rominski
- 2. Reader Services, Reference, and the Art Museum Library's Clientele. Reader services and reference in large art museum libraries / Linda Seckelson ; Assisting students assigned to write a visual analysis / John Hagood ; Serving an art museum and school : museum staff, faculty, artists, and students / Dennis Kreps ; Interlibrary loan in the art museum library setting / Lilah J. Mittelstaedt
- 3. Automating the Art Museum Library in the Twenty-First Century. Google and other challenges : adding value to the catalog of a large art museum library / Jonathan Franklin ; Joining the revolution : a primer for small art museum library automation / Kraig A. Binkowski ; Automating with ASPs / Linda Tompkins-Baldwin
- 4. A Delicate Balance : Access and Security in the Art Museum Library. "Reasonable access" in a large urban art museum library : the Art Institute of Chicago / Peter Blank ; Access and security in medium-sized museum libraries / Lilah J. Mittelstaedt ; The Hillwood Museum & Gardens experience / Kristen A. Regina ; Copyright and fair use in the art museum library : an overview / Roger Lawson
- 5. Cataloging and Technical Services in the Art Museum Library. Cataloging in the art museum library / Daniel A. Starr ; The lone cataloger / Lynda Bunting ; A mountain of art books : cataloging at the Research Library, Getty Research Institute / Billie Hackney ; Object cataloging in art museum libraries / Maria Oldal ; Cataloging in a merged library and museum environment / Cheryl H. Toyama
- 6. Space Planning in the Art Museum Library. A primer on space planning based on experiences at the Amon Carter Museum and the Museum of Modern Art / Milan R. Hughston ; Artful architecture : the challenges of renovation / Margaret Culbertson ; Misadventures of an accidental library mover / Kraig A. Binkowski
- 7. Collection Development and the Acquisition Process : The Art Museum Librarian as Curator. Art museum library collections and collection development / Deborah Barlow Smedstad ; Actually acquiring : acquisition strategies for the small art museum library / Linda Tompkins-Baldwin ; Serials collecting in art museum libraries / Lilah J. Mittelstaedt ; Exhibition catalog exchanges as part of the collection development program at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Research Library / Barbara Rominski ; Auction catalogs in art museum libraries / Jeffrey Weidman
- 8. Curating Images : Visual Resources in the Art Museum Library. The Imaging Department at the Dallas Museum of Art / Jacqueline Allen ; From lantern slides to slide libraries to image collections : the view from the Cleveland Museum of Art / Sara Jane Pearman ; The Vancouver Art Gallery's audiovisual collections / Cheryl Siegel ; The evolution and merging of museum education collections : teacher resources join the slide library / Jane Ferger
- 9. The Invisible Made Visible : Collecting Ephemera in the Art Museum Library. Capturing ephemera / Margaret Crocker Ford ; Ephemera in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Research Library / Barbara Rominski ; The Archives on Women Artists at the National Museum of Women in the Arts / Sharon Wasserman
- 10. Special Collections in the Art Museum Library. Re/discovery : rare books, manuscripts, and library recognition / Karen McKenzie ; Special collections at the Art Gallery of Ontario's E.P. Taylor Research Library and Archives / Amy Marshall ; Special collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art / Carol Rusk ; Special collections at the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at The Art Institute of Chicago / Amy Ballmer and Peter Blank
- 11. Institutional Archives : The Art Museum's Memory. The institutional archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts / Stacey Flatt and Sharon Wasserman ; Traces of exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles / Lynda Bunting ; The Dallas Museum of Art archives / Jacqueline Allen ; The Vancouver Art Gallery archives / Cheryl Siegel
- 12. Fundamentals of Fund-Raising for the Art Museum Library. Three experiences in museum library development and fund-raising / Allen Townsend ; Fund-raising for the library at the Museum of Modern Art / Milan R. Hughston ; The National Museum of Women in the Arts Library Fellows Program / Sharon Wasserman
- 13. Marketing, Public Relations, and Advocacy in the Art Museum Library. Planning for outreach / Regan Brumagen ; Demonstrating the library's value at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library / Gillian Currie ; Public relations every day in the library at the Dallas Museum of Art / Jacqueline Allen ; Programming as advocacy : art museum libraries at the crossroads / Deirdre E. Lawrence
- 14. Working with Volunteers and Interns in the Art Museum Library. Of mutual benefit : volunteers in the Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Jonathan W. Evans ; Volunteers in the library of the National Gallery of Australia / Gillian Currie ; The Whitney Museum of American Art library's volunteer program / Carol Rusk ; Internships in art museum libraries / V. Heidi Hass ; The intern and the art museum library : an exchange partnership / Artis Wick
- 15. Professional Development : Investing in Art Museum Librarianship. Professional development at The Corning Museum of Glass / Aprille Nace ; The most important resource / Gillian Currie ; Professional development at the Dallas Museum of Art / Jacqueline Allen
- 16. Solo Librarianship in the Art Museum Library. The Vancouver Art Gallery library / Cheryl Siegel ; Three years as the solo librarian at the Currier Museum of Art / Michele J. Turner ; Hillwood Museum & Gardens library / Kristen A. Regina
- Thumbnail Sketches : Profiles of Fifteen Art Museum Libraries. Arizona State Museum library ; Art Institute of Chicago ; California African American Museum ; Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Corning Museum of Glass ; Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park ; Galleria degli Uffizi ; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Museum of International Folk Art ; The National Gallery, London ; Rhode Island School of Design Museum ; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ; Yale University Art Gallery.