Dear ARLIS/NA Colleagues,
The editorial group working on the 2nd edition of Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship would like to share the chapter outline that we have developed. This outline incorporates the issues and opportunities that were reported in the February survey circulated through the ARLIS/NA listserv. We would like to thank everyone who was able to share their perspective!
We would also like to request your help on the next step in the publication process. We have reached out to several potential publishers and will need to submit at least three sample essays, as well as the chapter outline, for publisher consideration.
If you are interested in contributed to this volume, please submit a chapter proposal by October 6, 2017 which includes:
Name & position title:
Institution:
Essay topic:
Brief Abstract (150 – 300 words):
Essays from art museum libraries of all types and sizes are encouraged.
Proposals due: October 6, 2017
Draft essays will be due: December 15, 2017
Final essays (incorporating editor feedback) are due: January 15, 2018
Please feel free to reply with any questions to:
Amelia Nelson, Senior Public Services Librarian at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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and I will coordinate with the full working group:
Caroline Dechert, MLIS,
Librarian & Archivist
Bartlett Library
Museum of International Folk Art
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Lauren Gottlieb-Miller
Assistant Librarian
The Menil Collection
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Douglas Litts,
Executive Director
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries and Archives
The Art Institute of Chicago
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Amelia Nelson
Senior Public Services Librarian
The Spencer Art Reference Library
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Traci Timmons, M.A., M.L.I.S.
Librarian
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library
Seattle Art Museum
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Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship, 2nd edition
Chapter Outline
Collections
o Overview
o Collections Management and Acquisitions
o Books/ebooks/journals
o Book Arts / Artists Books
o Ephemera
§ Artist Files
§ Pamphlet Files
o Unique Collections & Special Collections
§ preservation and digitization of special collections
§ in house physical preservation and conservation
o Auction Catalogs
§ SCIPIO
o Digitization and contribution to digital repositories
Archives
o Overview
o Challenges – email, digital preservation, websites, staffing
o Preservation
o Access
o Archiving the web
§ Archives Space
o Digitizing archival materials
§ Equipment - large format scanner, book-eye
o Collections (Institutional, Individual, Affiliated Organizations)
o Archival Management for the librarian archivist
§ creating finding aids
§ training
§ DAM
Collection Access
o Overview
o Programing/Outreach
§ library programs within the museum
o Visual Literacy/Information Literacy Instruction
o Library curated exhibitions
o Circulation
o Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing
o New audiences
o Patron perspective - curator, faculty, students, researcher
o Embedded Librarians
§ Subject / Department Liaisons
o Library Space
Technical Services
* Overview
* Cataloguing with RDA
* Controlled Vocabularies
* Choosing authorities
* ILS/Discovery Systems
* Cataloguing Special Formats
* Information Technology
* Cataloging digital resources
* metadata
Images
o Overview
o Visual Resource collection
o Subscription Image Repositories / Databases
o metadata - linked data / controlled vocabularies
o Image Rights and Reproduction / Copyright / Fair Use
o DAMS
Personnel
o Overview
o Core competencies
o Interns
o Volunteers
o Access/Diversity in librarianship
o How to do more with less
§ Staff reductions
o Training to equip staff with new skills
Marketing
o Overview
o Outreach
o Social Media
o Websites
o Leadership
§ advocating for funding, staffing, raising profile of the library
Collaboration
o Overview
o Parent Museums
§ art librarians working to support other disciplines
o Outside groups
o Classes
o Researchers
o Information Technology
o Consortiums/ Partnerships and art libraries
o Global perspective - collaboration with ARLIS UK / ARLIS TXMX
New to the field
o Overview
o The rise of Wikipedia in GLAM
o Big Data in Art Libraries
o Metadata
o Blurring boundaries – unconventional roles for art librarians
§ Embedded librarians / rise of reading nooks in galleries
o Maker’s spaces in Art Libraries?
Conclusion
o Looking to the future
o Skills for the next generation
o Training for Art Librarians – MLIS Faculty
§ Continuing Education Resources
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