From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 20 Apr 2000 17:08:34 EDT716_US-ASCII ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- A colleague not on this list is developing a policy for sales/auction catalogs (not exhibition catalogs) in an art museum library and would appreciate some information about how others deal with them.
Who uses them? Curators, other museum staff, museum members, non-members? Are they used for cost info, provenance, art history research, other? How are particular items found in the mass of catalogs? Do you acquire all you can, or are you selective? Do you keep them "forever" or discard/give away? If the latter, when? If not kept, would other art museum libraries possibly want them? Do they [...]36_20Apr200017:08:[log in to unmask] |