Here is another such comment from CAAH (CAA email list) about BHA. I know that scholars rely on their colleagues for citations and also footnotes and bibliographies in books, but there are things, as we librarians know, that scholars miss. They also do not understand how BHA can save them time in doing their research or other reasons to use it. Please send messages to the CAAH email list if you are able to do so. Thanks so much, Ray Anne We need faculty input, expecially from those who have been research scholars at the Getty! And why their own librarians use BHA. Ray Anne Lockard Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian Frick Fine Arts Library University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Voice-mail: 412-648-2411 E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Exra Pound ________________________________ From: Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vernon H Minor Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: bibliography of the history of art Dear Colleagues, There hasn't been much discussion on our list serve about the end of the Bibliography of the History of Art. There is a perception (reported from a number of sources, some quite influential) that art historians no longer use such research tools; in part, this may be why the Getty dropped BHA. Is this a common perception of those on our list? If you publish, are you indifferent to whether or not your publication can be found through such a search engine as BHA (now IBA)? As an editor of a journal, I have heard from art historians that it is important to have our articles indexed by BHA. But perhaps this is not a wide-spread desire? Committees who review faculty for promotion and tenure often take note of the fact that a candidate's work cannot be found on professional indexing services. It strikes me that there can be real consequences for one's career if our profession loses-or only retains a weak version of-bibliographic services. I can imagine those in language departments being up in arms if they were to lose their research database, the MLA international bibliography of books and articles on the modern languages and literatures. Should art historians be protesting? Vernon Vernon Hyde Minor Editor, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Research Professor, University of Illinois, School of Art and Design Professor Emeritus of Art History, The University of Colorado at Boulder __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]