LACMA has several branch libraries housed in curatorial departments. We use "branch" library and "satellite" library interchangeably.
Alexis Curry
Alexis Curry
Head Librarian
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Research Library
T: 323 857-6122
F: 323 857-4790
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Here at the Metropolitan Museum we have recently tended to refer to 'branch' or 'departmental' libraries as either 'independent libraries' (for various historical and/or administrative reasons) or indeed as 'departmental' libraries. The 'independent' moniker comes in part as an acknowledgment that these libraries often report to a curatorial department rather than the principal museum library. It is also frequently the case that the heads of these libraries, themselves professional librarians, reserve the right to set certain collection development and access policies. As such the libraries are as much a consortium of libraries as a head-and-branch system.
Of course, I speak only for myself and as an 'independent' librarian.
Ross Day
Museum Librarian
The Robert Goldwater Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10028-0198 U.S.A.
Tel. 1-212-570-3707 = Fax 1-212-570-3879
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patricia Thompson
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Here at UNC we are having an ongoing discussion about nomenclature-what to call the various specialized (former"departmental" libraries. The new designation is "branch" which to some doesn't sound right.
How are those of you in specialized subject libraries within a large entity described?
Thanks!
Patricia T. Thompson
Art Librarian
Sloane Art Library
CB# 3405 Hanes Art Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-0001
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