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Hi everyone, I recently put out a request for information on how museum libraries fit into the overall structure of their museum. A number requested that I share the information I gathered. Thank you for all that responded. Here it is in condensed form: A number of museums in this group have changed their organizational structure recently and others have changed over the years. I received 30 responses The Library is part of the: Education Department: 7 Curatorial/Collections: 17 Other: 2 Research, Technology, Audience Engagement (Education) Arts Division Reports to a Director who oversees Education and Curatorial: 3 Reports directly to Director: 1 Definitions of Collections and Curatorial varied. Some libraries were part of a Collections Dept. which may not have included Curatorial. A number provided information about their Archives: Archives part of the Library: 22 Archives separate: 4 There were also a few who don't have an Archives, a few who have recently begun a formal archives (as part of the library) Only a few mentioned Visual Resources 7 libraries also contain visual resources, 3 libraries do not. 1 does a little rights and reproduction. Some no longer have visual resources. Since I initiated this, the Toledo Museum of Art's set up: TMA Reference Library is just the library. Archives is separate. Visual Resources is separate and deals with images, photography, rights and reproductions and also have a collection of DVDs and Videos. The library does not collect videos and films. Alison L. Huftalen, MA, MLS Head Librarian Art Reference Library Toledo Museum of Art [log in to unmask] 419.254.5771 x7386 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~