Our Collection Development officer has told me that our Ebsco representative has asked for suggestions of full-text titles they should try 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 *~*^*~*~*^*~*~*^*~*~*^*~* Nina Stephenson Fine Arts Library MSC05 3020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 [log in to unmask] 505-277-0679 >>> 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 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send 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 (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]