Barbara:
I read with pleasure your referring to the ALA Guide to Reference Books as
"Sheehy". If ever there was a litmus test to the era in which one went to
library school, how one refers to the Guide is it! Like you, somehow it
always remains "Sheehy" to me, although it should be noted that newer
graduates of library schools call it "Balay," its editor since 1996. I
actually had a LS professor who would on occasion refer to it by its first
editor's name, Mudge, which has got to be the quintessential surname for a
librarian!
Best of luck on this important project.
Lee
Lee R. Sorensen
Bibliographer for Art, Architecture, Photography and Dance
Reference Librarian
Box 90727
Lilly Library, Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0727
Phone: 919/660-5994 Fax: 919/660-5999
www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/artsearch/home.htm
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Barbara Sykes-Austin
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:20 AM
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Subject: Guide to Reference Books, 12th ed.
A message to art, architecture, and decorative arts reference librarians:
The "Guide to Reference Books", a staple of reference departments commonly
known as "Sheehy", is being prepared for its 12th edition by
ALA. Paula Gabbard and Barbara Sykes-Austin of Avery Library at
Columbia University have accepted the assignments for the sections on
art, architecture and the decorative arts (Sections BF and BG) to revise and
update, and plan to make significant changes in the organization of
those sections.
If you are a reference librarian who has occasion to use this
resource, and would like to make suggestions on improving or revising
its current content or arrangement, please forward them to Paula
([log in to unmask]) or Barbara ([log in to unmask]). The current
schedule requires work on this project to begin immediately, with the
first draft completed in 2002, and publication in late 2003 or early 2004.
All contributors to the 12th edition have been instructed to maintain
the current length of their sections ("one in, one out"), so
suggestions on what practicing librarians consider the "essentials"
are welcome. You can visit the GRB12 website at
http://www.haverford.edu/library/grb/
for further information on the scope of the project. --Barbara Sykes
Austin and Paula Gabbard, Avery Library, Columbia University
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