Good point Jeff! I would say earlier judges/committee
members felt the competition in a sense that they were
comparing apples to oranges. This produced a more
comprehensive list of award winners. Whose history is
more valued? research? institutions with the most
clout? Politics are always involved whether the
numbers are few or many. No need to be dismissive of
other selections and other committee work. If you
want to lead the committee in another direction,
please do so without offending previous work.
Stephanie Sueppel
Head of Audiovisual
Coe College
--- Jeff Weidman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I do not think that I or any other Chair or members
> of former Wittenborn
> Committees picked a "laundry lists" of titles, as so
> colorfully phrased
> by Kraig.
>
>
>
> A simple explanation would have been sufficient,
> without the erroneous
> editorializing.
>
>
>
> Dr. Jeffrey Weidman
>
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> Development Spencer Art
> Reference Library The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Kraig Binkowski
>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:24 AM
>
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] George Wittenborn Memorial
> Book Award
>
>
>
> The fact that the Wittenborn Committee picked just
> two winners does not
> mean that the quality of art publishing was
> particularly poor last year,
> it simply means that the committee went to the extra
> effort to determine
> the most important publications in the field, and
> not simply a laundry
> list of very good ones. It is much, much more
> difficult to choose the
> few leading works and a small, select list heightens
> the value of the
> award. I know that when I chaired the committee
> (2003), we made a
> concerted effort to limit the number of winners and
> I am sure the
> current committee is operating under that same
> philosophy.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kraig Binkowski
>
> Head Librarian
>
> Reference Library and Photograph Archive Yale Center
> for British Art
> 1080 Chapel Street P.O. Box 208280 New Haven, CT
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> At 10:16 AM 3/14/2007, Jeff Weidman wrote:
>
> >I, also, agree with those who have weighed in, and
> I speak from
>
> >Chairing the Committee in 1990, and working with a
> distinguished group
>
> >of colleagues to review and pick the winners.
>
> >I was also surprised to see only two winners. Was
> the quality of
>
> >publishing really that poor for only two to rise to
> the top?
>
> >
>
> >Dr. Jeffrey Weidman
>
> >Senior Librarian, Public Services & Collection
> Development Spencer Art
>
> >Reference Library The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
>
> >4525 Oak Street
>
> >Kansas City, MO 64111
>
> >Tel: 816-751-1215
>
> >FAX: 816-561-1229
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