Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship
by Benedetti, Joan M.; Brand, Michael; Abid, Ann B.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-04-02
Publisher(s): Scarecrow Press
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Summary
This introduction to the field of art museum librarianship and its diverse settings addresses the topics of leadership, reader services, automation, security, cataloging, space planning, collection development, visual resources, ephemera, special collecti
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| The Many Facets of Art Museum Librarianship | |
| Outside In: Leading and Managing the Art Museum Library | p. 3 |
| Collaborative Leadership of Art Museum Libraries and Archives | p. 3 |
| Library and Imaging Services Management at the Dallas Museum of Art | p. 7 |
| Heading an Art Museum Library in Mexico: The Museo Franz Mayer Library | p. 9 |
| Managing an Art Museum Library within a Collections Division | p. 13 |
| Reader Services, Reference, and the Art Museum Library's Clientele | p. 17 |
| Reader Services and Reference in Large Art Museum Libraries | p. 17 |
| Assisting Students Assigned to Write a Visual Analysis | p. 22 |
| Serving an Art Museum and School: Museum Staff, Faculty, Artists, and Students | p. 25 |
| Interlibrary Loan in the Art Museum Library Setting | p. 28 |
| Automating the Art Museum Library in the Twenty-First Century | p. 33 |
| Google and Other Challenges: Adding Value to the Catalog of a Large Art Museum Library | p. 33 |
| Joining the Revolution: A Primer for Small Art Museum Library Automation | p. 37 |
| Automating with ASPs | p. 41 |
| A Delicate Balance: Access and Security in the Art Museum Library | p. 44 |
| "Reasonable Access" in a Large Urban Art Museum Library: The Art Institute of Chicago | p. 44 |
| Access and Security in Medium-Sized Museum Libraries | p. 48 |
| The Hillwood Museum & Gardens Experience | p. 50 |
| Copyright and Fair Use in the Art Museum Library: An Overview | p. 53 |
| Cataloging and Technical Services in the Art Museum Library | p. 61 |
| Cataloging in the Art Museum Library | p. 61 |
| The Lone Cataloger | p. 65 |
| A Mountain of Art Books: Cataloging at the Research Library, Getty Research Institute | p. 68 |
| Object Cataloging in Art Museum Libraries | p. 72 |
| Cataloging in a Merged Library and Museum Environment | p. 76 |
| Space Planning in the Art Museum Library | p. 81 |
| A Primer on Space Planning Based on Experiences at the Amon Carter Museum and the Museum of Modern Art | p. 81 |
| Artful Architecture: The Challenges of Renovation | p. 85 |
| Misadventures of an Accidental Library Mover | p. 87 |
| Building Collections: The Intellectual Content of the Art Museum Library | |
| Collection Development and the Acquisition Process: The Art Museum Librarian as Curator | p. 93 |
| Art Museum Library Collections and Collection Development | p. 93 |
| Actually Acquiring: Acquisition Strategies for the Small Art Museum Library | p. 96 |
| Serials Collecting in Art Museum Libraries | p. 98 |
| Exhibition Catalog Exchanges as Part of the Collection Development Program at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Research Library | p. 102 |
| Auction Catalogs in Art Museum Libraries | p. 105 |
| Curating Images: Visual Resources in the Art Museum Library | p. 114 |
| The Imaging Department at the Dallas Museum of Art | p. 114 |
| From Lantern Slides to Slide Libraries to Image Collections: The View from the Cleveland Museum of Art | p. 118 |
| The Vancouver Art Gallery's Audiovisual Collections | p. 124 |
| The Evolution and Merging of Museum Education Collections: Teacher Resources Join the Slide Library | p. 126 |
| The Invisible Made Visible: Collecting Ephemera in the Art Museum Library | p. 131 |
| Capturing Ephemera | p. 131 |
| Ephemera in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Research Library | p. 134 |
| The Archives on Women Artists at the National Museum of Women in the Arts | p. 137 |
| Special Collections in the Art Museum Library | p. 140 |
| Re/Discovery: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Library Recognition | p. 140 |
| Special Collections at the Art Gallery of Ontario's E. P. Taylor Research Library and Archives | p. 143 |
| Special Collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art | p. 146 |
| Special Collections at the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at The Art Institute of Chicago | p. 147 |
| Institutional Archives: The Art Museum's Memory | p. 152 |
| The Institutional Archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts | p. 153 |
| Traces of Exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | p. 156 |
| The Dallas Museum of Art Archives | p. 159 |
| The Vancouver Art Gallery Archives | p. 163 |
| Promoting, Sustaining, and Developing Support for the Art Museum Library | |
| Fundamentals of Fund-Raising for the Art Museum Library | p. 169 |
| Three Experiences in Museum Library Development and Fund-Raising | p. 170 |
| Fund-Raising for the Library at the Museum of Modern Art | p. 172 |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts Library Fellows Program | p. 175 |
| Marketing, Public Relations, and Advocacy in the Art Museum Library | p. 177 |
| Planning for Outreach | p. 177 |
| Demonstrating the Library's Value at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library | p. 181 |
| Public Relations Every Day in the Library at the Dallas Museum of Art | p. 184 |
| Programming as Advocacy: Art Museum Libraries at the Crossroads | p. 187 |
| Working with Volunteers and Interns in the Art Museum Library | p. 192 |
| Of Mutual Benefit: Volunteers in the Hirsch Library, Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston | p. 192 |
| Volunteers in the Library of the National Gallery of Australia | p. 196 |
| The Whitney Museum of American Art Library's Volunteer Program | p. 199 |
| Internships in Art Museum Libraries | p. 201 |
| The Intern and the Art Museum Library: An Exchange Partnership | p. 204 |
| Professional Development: Investing in Art Museum Librarianship | p. 208 |
| Professional Development at The Corning Museum of Glass | p. 208 |
| The Most Important Resource | p. 211 |
| Professional Development at the Dallas Museum of Art | p. 214 |
| Solo Librarianship in the Art Museum Library | p. 217 |
| The Vancouver Art Gallery Library | p. 217 |
| Three Years as the Solo Librarian at the Currier Museum of Art | p. 220 |
| Hillwood Museum & Gardens Library | p. 223 |
| Thumbnail Sketches: Profiles of Fifteen Art Museum Libraries | |
| Arizona State Museum Library | p. 229 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | p. 231 |
| California African American Museum | p. 232 |
| Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture | p. 233 |
| Corning Museum of Glass | p. 234 |
| Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park | p. 236 |
| Galleria degli Uffizi | p. 237 |
| Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | p. 237 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | p. 238 |
| Museum of International Folk Art | p. 240 |
| The National Gallery, London | p. 241 |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum | p. 242 |
| Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | p. 243 |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | p. 244 |
| Yale University Art Gallery | p. 245 |
| Appendixes | |
| Academic Programs of Interest | p. 247 |
| Relevant Professional Associations | p. 249 |
| Sample Art Museum Library Documents | p. 255 |
| Bibliography | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 291 |
| About the Contributors | p. 307 |
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