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Hi Traci and Amelia:

I am completely blown away by these documents.  No wonder Rowman & Littlefield signed you up so quickly.  The revised Chapter Outline looks excellent.

I do think an overview/introduction to each chapter will be a good structural element; you will write those after you have all the essays in hand.  Although I understand your wanting to have essays on topics rather than individual case studies, I hope you will get contributions that will address the special issues of those who lead very large art museum libraries as well as those of small/solo libraries.  There are certainly similarities (which is what led to the publication of Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship), but there are also big differences that should be addressed.

As I’ve told you, I love the title, The New Art Museum Library.  I hope the final essays will really stress what is new in art museum libraries—and art museums (!)—since 2007 when Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship was published.  In fact, I would say that should be a perquisite of all the essays you include.  That is what will make the new book different—and saleable—as your answers within the Rowman & Littlefield Book Proposal Outline make clear.  I hope you’ll also be able to get an art museum director who is on the forefront of not only technological, but also ideological changes to write a preface about working on developing audiences as well as collections.  Perhaps ARLIS members who work for such “new” directors can assist with soliciting such an introduction.  Given your relatively short timeline, it is not too early to start making such inquiries.  Perhaps a separate email to the listserv requesting recommendations of likely brave directors might be useful.

By the way, I don’t think it is true that Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship is actually out of print.  It has been available as “Print on Demand” for several years.  I’ve been able to order copies (in paperback only) that are identical to earlier copies—actually the later copies are better as within a year of the initial printing the index was expanded and some typos were corrected.

Congratulations to you and your committee!  I am very happy not only that this publication has found a publisher, but that the changes that have been happening in art museums and their libraries, which are making art museum libraries even more exciting places in which to work, will now be documented in a timely way.

Very best wishes,

Joan

*First call for authors*

Dear ARLIS/NA Museum Division Members and other ARLIS/NA Colleagues,

For those of you who weren't at the Museum Division Meeting at the ARLIS/NA conference, we announced that we are in the contract phase with publisher Rowman & Littlefield for the publication, The New Art Museum Library! To learn more about this publication, please see the attached Introduction and Proposal that we submitted to the publisher. 

We need your expertise to make this publication a success. Please see the attached Chapter List and let us know where you would like to contribute. 

·         The writing style for chapters should be similar to what one would submit for Art Documentation:

• We are looking for essays on a topic, rather than case studies
• Word count should be close to 2,500 words
• Use Chicago Manual of Style guidelines

See more on Art Documentation’s Contributor Guidelines: https://arlisna.org/publications/publications/257-art-documentation-contributor-guidelines.

Learn more by joining our conference call: For anyone who is interested, but would like more information, we’ll be hosting a Conference Call on May 1, 2019 at 2pm EST/11am PST. During the conference call Traci Timmons and Amelia Nelson will introduce the concept of the book and answer questions that potential authors may have.

If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please submit a chapter proposal by May 30, 2019 that includes:

• Name & position title
• Institution
• Chapter choice/Essay topic
• Brief abstract (150 – 300 words)

Essays from art museum libraries of all types and sizes are encouraged.

Following initial selections, the timeline will be as follows:

• First draft of your essay is due on September 30, 2019
• Revisions will be returned to you by December 31, 2019
• Final versions are due on February 28, 2020

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Traci Timmons and Amelia Nelson

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