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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At Washington University Art & Architecture Library, we're faced with a set of circumstances that have us pondering our mission. These have to do with limited space, and serving users ranging from art history doctoral candidates to studio artists to architecture pre-professionals. We've come up with a preliminary list of related questions. We wonder if other academic art librarians are facing these, or have already come up with some answers, and if anyone would be interested in getting together for an informal discussion in Pittsburgh. With no space for growth, can we maintain our stance as a graduate research library? Can cooperative collection sharing with other institutions play a more significant role? Can increased use of digital formats really help? Will publishers support such a shift? Should we add ongoing "deselection" as a major element of our collection development activities, maintaining a constant collection size? How will we staff this? Can a single art and architecture library facility and staff meet the needs of our varied users? Can an existing art and architecture collection and staff be divided between locations in some logical way that will be fair to different user groups? What type of information service do studio art students need? How can we find out? Can they be served by a broad, traditionally research-oriented program such as ours? Can ARLIS/NA play a role in coordinating collection sharing, and working with publishers to promote digitizing materials? -- Dana Beth and Deborah Ultan ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dana Beth [log in to unmask] Art & Architecture Librarian phone: 1-314-935-5218 Washington University, St Louis fax: 1-314-935-4362 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]