Hello All.
I'm wondering if there has been any attempt to find out if BHA will
be archived in any way at all in electronic form. What about all the
collaborators (editors) in the enterprise of creating BHA? Will the
entire project be dismantled? Given all the money we've given to the
database vendors of BHA over the years...we should have something to
show for this. Many of us have purged our print indexes based on the
stability of this database. ARLIS, CAA, and other scholarly art
societies should put their heads together to find a solution to this
problem. There have been many initiatives to electronically archive
e-journals. What about the databases that access these e-journals?
Maybe I am misunderstanding the way that the markets work however.
Has anyone contacted CSA, for example, to find out if there is any
possibility of taking over the database...currently they vend it
(along with Artbibliographies Modern).
Perplexed in Maine.
Margaret Ericson, Art and Music Librarian, Colby College.
At 02:49 PM 5/29/2009, Ruth Thomas wrote:
>As I begin drastic weeding of our print reference collection (the
>reference area is metamorphosizing into an information commons--read
>computers), the news of the possible demise of BHA and maybe Avery
>as well gives me pause: how many of the electronic counterparts of
>major indexes, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. can I count on
>being around for future scholars and students? And I thought my
>project was a piece of cake!
>
>
>
>Ruth S. Thomas
>Archaeology, Art, Art History, Classics Bibliographer
>Mugar Memorial Library
>Boston University
>771 Commonwealth Ave.
>Boston, MA 02215
>(617)353-3770
>
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