Re: [ARLIS-L] Mona Chapin: sad
news
This is very sad news. Mona was a wonderful, caring, smart, and
generous colleague during my 13 years in Ohio. It was always a joy to
spend time with her during the ARLIS/Ohio Valley chapter
meetings.
She will be missed. Condolences to her family and
colleagues at CAM.
John
For many years, I took my Seminar in Art
Librarianship students on a field trip to the Cincinnati Art Museum
where Mona Chapin provided an incredibly thorough introduction to
management, staffing, budgeting, collection development,
organizational issues, public services, facilities changes including
renovation and compact shelving installation in her library, and other
complex matters related to the administration of the Cincinnati Art
Museum Library. Her dedication to the Museum Library and her
conscientious attention to every detail of its management were most
apparent. In addition, the students were impressed by her warm
and generous manner and by the extensive documentation she prepared
and shared with us about her library. She also described a
fundraising program which she developed for the library to enhance its
collections budget. My students' classroom instruction was
greatly enhanced by having this opportunity to learn from Mona's
experiences in managing her library and to see firsthand her extensive
contributions, as well as being able to meet her staff and volunteers
who also talked about their roles in the library.
From my perspective, the Cincinnati Art
Museum was most fortunate to have her conscientious and professional
leadership of the Museum's Library. She was a respected
colleague and a gentle soul who will be dearly missed.
B. J. Irvine, Librarian Emeritus, Indiana
University
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] sad news
Sad news:
Mona Chapin, Cincinnati Art Museum
Librarian for 30 years, passed away on Sunday.
I did not know Mona personally, but I do
know that she was dearly loved by her Cincinnati Art Museum colleagues
and by her friends and colleagues at UC, ARLIS/NA, and ARLIS/OV (Ohio
Valley). She will be missed by many.
For more information on visitation,
burial, memorials, and to offer online condolences see:
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100316/NEWS0104/3170349/
Jennifer Pollock
Head of the DAAP Library
University of Cincinnati
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Duke University
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