The following exchange with Eve Sinaiko, Director of Publications at 
College Art, grew out of a discussion on the CAAH list when someone 
asked about donating a 30+ year run of Art Journal.

Sherman Clarke, NYU Libraries - [log in to unmask]

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Yes, by all means--thank you. I almost mentioned ARLIS as another 
possible place donors might turn, but I know your resources are limited 
and Ididn't have permission to do so. I would also be happy to run free 
notices from librarians seeking individual issues of journals when they 
have incomplete runs. The need for these has been somewhat reduced by 
the arrival of JSTOR and better interlibrary loan systems, but I do 
still occasionally get such inquiries.

You probably know that JSTOR has a pilot project to bring the website 
and its archives to libraries in the developing world at greatly 
reduced prices. That too may, for better or worse, reduce the value of 
a 30-year run of a journal. There remain the local school systems that 
can't afford JSTOR because they don't have computer terminals. I donate 
my own copies of the CAA journals to my local library.

All best,
Eve S.

> Dear Ms Sinaiko:
> I am a member of ARLIS/NA in addition to CAA. This information might 
be
> of interest to the art librarians. May I have your permission to
> forward the letter to the ARLIS list?
>
> Thanks.
> Sherman Clarke
> NYU Libraries
> 212-998-2462
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eve Sinaiko <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:07 pm
> Subject: Re: Donations
>
>> I'm coming late to this thread (bizzy bizzy week at CAA, what with 
the
>> Conference looming), but I did want to chime in.
>>
>> Large complete runs of back issues (in this case more than 30
>> years), can
>> indeed be a valuable gift to underfunded libraries.
>>
>> At CAA we don't have the resources to pay for shipping and
>> collecting back
>> issues--alas. But we are happy to run a notice in our newsletter
>> announcingthat such a run is available. If the donor would prefer
>> not to have his or
>> her name published, I could receive inquiries at the CAA office by
>> email and
>> forward them to the donor. I am told by librarians that for such a
>> gift to
>> be useful, the run should be complete and should comprise at least
>> 15 or 20
>> years.
>>
>> Rick Asher and others have noted the great value of such gifts to
>> librariesoverseas. There are a couple of nonprofit projects in the
>> US (themselves
>> woefully underfunded) that seek to place books and journals in
>> libraries in
>> the developing world. CAA was able, last year, to assist donors to
>> placefairly large back runs of Art Journal and The Art Bulletin
>> donated to
>> libraries in Sarajevo and Baghdad. I am occasionally in touch with
>> peoplewho work in this area (e.g., at UNESCO), and will ask them
>> if they would
>> like contact information posted.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eve Sinaiko
>> Director of Publications
>> CAA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians
>> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
>> > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 4:06 PM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Donations
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a run of the Art Journal from 1971 to the present that
>> > I would
>> > be glad to donate somewhere.  Anyone have any suggestions?
>> > Many thanks.
>> >
>> > Martha Dunkelman, Chair
>> > Department of Fine Arts
>> > Canisius College
>> > 2001 Main Street
>> > Buffalo NY 14208
>> > 716-888-2405
>> > [log in to unmask]

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