For the past two years I have been told to do collection development for both the full Classics Department (not just art which I have been doing for 25 years) and also for Anthropology about which I know absolutely nothing. I never had an undergrad course in it! This is a national trend as the role of bibliographers begins to disappear (in my opinion) and fewer are asked to do more. It should indeed be a discussion at a conference! Ray Anne Lockard
Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian
Frick Fine Arts Library
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Voice-mail: 412-648-2410
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"A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra Pound
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Art, design, and architecture librarians with additional disciplinary responsibilities
Colleagues-
I am curious how many of us have disciplinary responsibilities that are outside of the arts/architecture and related areas, and whether there have ever been even informal discussions through ARLIS on this issue, whether it is a trend, how we cope (or not), prepare the next generation for possibilities, etc., etc., etc.
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Ruth Wallach, (213)740-6917, [log in to unmask]
Head, Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library & Librarian for Comparative Literature, East European History, Gender Studies, and Russian Literature, USC Libraries.
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