ARTstor
is pleased to welcome Christine Kuan as the new Director of Collection
Development. Christine brings to ARTstor significant experience in curating
image collections, editing textual materials, acquiring images, and developing
online resources in the visual arts.
For
the past four years, she served as the Senior Editor of Grove Art Online and
the Grove Dictionaries of Art at Oxford University Press. In this role,
Christine directed Grove Art's print and online editorial program, and
implemented its first digital image collection. She formed this successful
collection by securing partnerships with a diverse range of
sources–including museums, galleries, scholars, stock photo agencies, and
individual artists. In addition, she has collaborated with more than 1,000
international art historians to update and augment the content within Grove Art
Online, and to produce a number of award–winning publications in art
history.
As
an active member of the visual arts community, Christine has spoken at the
College Art Association, the
As the Director of Collection
Development, Christine joins the senior staff of ARTstor, where her
responsibilities include: convening a collection development committee that
will review ARTstor's collections and recommend collection opportunities;
identifying collections that should be made available through the ARTstor
Digital Library; working closely with scholars, slide librarians, artists,
galleries, and others to enhance ARTstor's content and services; and
communicating with both content providers and users about ARTstor's aims,
tools, mission, and the services it provides.
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Director of Strategic Outreach and User Services
ARTstor
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