Thanks to Gary Ditchburn for his thought provoking article in Art
Documentation and his follow-up message on ARLIS-L. It's good to be
reminded that there are bigger issues related to librarianship than trading
duplicate periodicals on ARLIS-L or searching for OP books on the web (and
all those other little chores that seem to consume so much time). I enjoyed
reading his article and reading the comments of other ARLIS/NA members about
the theories expressed in the article.
As one of those librarians who worked in an art library for 10 years before
completing my MLS, I believe I could not have survived without my art
degrees but the MLS made me a better librarian. I have 17 years to go until
retirement so I'm glad to hear that museums will be hanging onto their MLS
librarians longer than other institutions. Who knows what the field will be
like by then!
Mona Chapin
Head Librarian
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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