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
Senior Librarian, Public
Services & Collection Development Spencer Art Reference Library The
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Tel: 816-751-1215
FAX: 816-561-1229
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On Behalf Of Kraig Binkowski
Sent: Wednesday, March 14,
2007 11:24 AM
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 06520-8280
Phone: 203.432.2846
Fax: 203.432.9613
Email:
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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
>
>
>Tel: 816-751-1215
>FAX: 816-561-1229
>
>
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