Hi Everyone,
I have a request. My email yesterday seems to have hit a nerve. There are quite a few of us who are interested in the topic of unemployment and reduced hours in these difficult tomes.
I thought it might be useful to have a statement from ARLIS/NA discussing the value of art libraries and librarianns to adapt and use for our own personal situations. I emailed Marc Gartler who is on the Public Policy Committee of our group and asked him if ARLIS has a statement of this kind. He told me that he doesn't believe that there is one, and suggested I develop one for consideration.
So, do you have a sentence or two that to you sums up the value that art librarians and libraries bring to their larger institutions? What do you feel makes you an essential (rather than a non-essential) part of your parent organization?
I will put together a statement incorporating ideas, and perhaps the Public Policy
Committee will approve it.
You can reply either to the list, or to me personally - I think this is a topic that we need to keep talking about!
Sheila A. Cork
Librarian
New Orleans Museum of Art
City Park
1 Collins Diboll Circle
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123
504-658-4117
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