JStor does about 50 titles--so if Ebsco wants more, let's make sure we don't duplicate--what a great opportunity
this could be.
anne haas
Art Librarian
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
----- Original Message -----
From: Nina Stephenson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:31 pm
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Full textJournals
> Our Collection Development officer has told me that our Ebsco
> representative has asked for suggestions of full-text titles they
> shouldtry to add to their databases. She has suggested that if I
> come up with
> a list of the top 2 dozen titles art titles, perhaps they might
> work on
> some. So... what full-text titles would be on your most-wanted list?
> Include title, publisher and maybe a few words on why the title is so
> vital.
>
> Nina
>
>
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> Nina Stephenson
> Fine Arts Library MSC05 3020
> 1 University of New Mexico
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> >>> Nina Stephenson 11/30/2006 2:57 PM >>>
> I don't know if these discussions about art journals are taking place
> on more general library discussion lists, but the art librarians ARLIS
> list has recently had messages posted about the dearth of full text
> journals in the arts...
>
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:03:21 -0500
> Reply-To: Lucie Stylianopoulos
> Sender: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
> From: Lucie Stylianopoulos
> Subject: Full text Journals
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I know that particularly in Academic Libraries we are always
> pressured to find Full-text journal articles. Often, the packages
> that our libraries purchase contain few, if any important full text
>
> journals in the Arts (with obvious and notable exceptions). Thus,
> Fine Arts Libraries are left behind in the online library
> environment
>
> and often overlooked in funding initiatives.
>
> After listening to a discussion of the new CSA Illustrata product
> which will make available scientific images in full text journals,
> I
> wondered if an opportunity has come to leverage more full text
> availability for Arts journals. At least four major Art and
> Architecture databases (Avery, BHA, DAAI, and ArtBibModern) are
> currently available through CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
> Will
>
> CSA also be making images in art and architecture journals
> available
> through CSA Illustrata? I think it would be a good time to talk
> about this.
>
> I would like to see ARLIS form a Task Force to leverage more online
>
> access in our field. Perhaps we could also collaborate with our
> colleagues in ACRL-ARTS and VRA to present a stronger presence. I
> would hope that we could meet with our colleagues in the Avery and
> BHA User Groups in Atlanta to start the ball rolling.
>
> Would anyone else be interested in such a group/task force? Is
> this
> something the Board would find useful?
>
> thanks,
>
> lucie
>
> Chair, Academic Library Division
>
> Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos
> Acting Head, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
> Collections & Instruction Librarian
> Librarian for Art/Archaeology, Architecture and Drama
> University of Virginia
> Bayly Drive Box 400131
> Charlottesville, VA 22904-4131
>
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