Art museum libraries and librarianship / edited by Joan M. Benedetti ; foreword by Michael Brand ; introduction by Ann B. Abid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benedetti, Joan M., 1937- editor.

Brand, Michael, 1958- writer of foreword.

Abid, Ann B., writer of introduction.

Art Libraries Society of North America, issuing body.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Occasional papers (Art Libraries Society of North America) ; no. 16.

Occasional papers of the Art Libraries Society of North America ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum libraries--Administration.

Museum libraries--Case studies.

Museum libraries.

Art libraries--Administration.

Art libraries.

Art libraries--Case studies.

Art museums--Information services--Management.

Art museums.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2007.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ; [Ottawa] : Art Libraries Society of North America, 2007.

Summary:

"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 planning, collection development, visual resources, ephemera, special collections, archives, fund-raising, public relations, volunteers and interns, professional development, and solo librarianship.

Each chapter includes essays written by librarians in the field that deal with the unique environment of art museum libraries, from the largest research collections that serve many curatorial departments and multiple administrative layers to the smallest solo-librarian settings where staff work in relative isolation."--Jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index.

Print version record

ISBN:

979-82-16-43394-1

OCLC:

1412569534