Hello: I am an MLIS student at the University of Oklahoma who is exploring
possible thesis topics.
I have recently become interested in ephemera and grey/gray literature in
fine arts libraries. I have searched both the ARLIS archives as well as
Dissertation Abstracts and haven't found a lot of discussion on this topic.
There is some literature in the journals, however.
I did find a posting by one Ruth Wallach asking in 2004 if anyone was
interested in hosting a panel on grey literature. Does anyone know if such
a panel was ever conducted?
Additionally I would be curious to know if this is a topic that affects many
of you. Do you find that your institutions house ephemera and/or grey
literature of various kinds? Is this a non-topic because art libraries
already have systematic ways of dealing with these two classes of
information and no further inquiry is needed? Or do you feel, rather, that
there is a lot of ephemera and/or grey literature in fine arts libraries
that has not been effectively managed?
I have intentionally held off offering any definitions of either "ephemera"
or "grey literature" because I'd rather see what kind of responses are
prompted by my questions without any such definitions at this time.
Thank you!
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