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apologies to all for the duplicate messages. I thought the original
message never made it through!

Deirdre E. Lawrence
Principal Librarian/Coordinator of Research Services
Brooklyn Museum of Art Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn NY 11238
(718) 638-5000 x 308
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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Deirdre Lawrence wrote:

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> Max and all those interested - I appreciate your thoughful comments about
> a recon of AI. One very important reality we have to keep in mind is the
> user. At Brooklyn, we have many interns and volunteers (and curators
> who are not comfortable with computers) who use AI and we are slowly
> getting
> them used to a cd version. I wouldn't want to have to depend on a web
> version especially with very unpredictable connections to the
> Internet. By the way, if this message is messy it is because our
> connection just went a little crazy!!
>
> Deirdre E. Lawrence
> Principal Librarian/Coordinator of Research Services
> Brooklyn Museum of Art Libraries and Archives
> 200 Eastern Parkway
> Brooklyn NY 11238
> (718) 638-5000 x 308
> ([log in to unmask])
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Max Marmor wrote:
>
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> > Colleagues,
> >
> > I'd like to share (with apologies) a few ill-formed thoughts about the idea
> > of encouraging Wilson to recon Art Index, thoughts prompted by the recent
> > discussion on ARLIS-L and by the (I think) impressive Web version of
> > Chadwyck-Healey's ambitious Periodicals Contents Index (available only via
> > license at http://pci.chadwyck.com/ ; there is also a CD-ROM version that
> > leaves, I think, much to be desired, not least the price tag).
> >
> > As many of you will know, PCI represents an ambitious attempt to provide
> > searchable tables of contents for core humanities and arts journals from the
> > turn of the century to the present--precisely those bygone times we wish
> > were available via Art Index.  It does not feature controlled vocabularies
> > for subjects, names etc., but is of immeasurable utility nonetheless, not
> > least because it presently indexes "almost seven million articles in 1,730
> > journals" and "will grow to encompass 3,500 journals" (to quote the Web
> > blurb) and covers a period woefully ill-covered by other online humanities
> > indexes.  In some contexts, quantity rivals quality in value.  Could it in
> > the case of Art Index?
> >
> > I, too, would love to have the full run of AI online, and would sacrifice
> > abstracts to this cause eagerly.  But (as Ted Goodman has reminded us re Ave
> > given the complexity, cost and time an Art Index recon enterprise employing
> > a standardized
> > vocabulary would require--our children should look for completion well into
> > the next millenium!--
> > would it make sense to encourage Wilson to take a lesson from PCI and take a
> > more
> > cost-effective and timeily route?
> >
> > Once Art Index is available through a genuine Web interface (presumably real
> > soon from First Search Web), and not only via telnet and on CD-ROM, why not:
> >
> > 1) scan back volumes sequentially from 1983 back to '29 _without_ slowing
> > the process down by decades and ultimately bankrupting Wilson by trying to
> > clean up the headings, and
> >
> > 2) make a clear distinction between the 1984 portion of the eventual Web
> > site (featuring controlled vocabularies and some abstracts) and the earlier
> > portion (without controlled vocabularies, alas, but possibly completed
> > within our lifetimes and employing a solid search engine that allows us to
> > live with uncontrolled vocabularies)
> >
> > Again, I apologize for the ill-formed nature of these thoughts, but my sense
> > is that our specialized art indexing and abstracting services should
> > consider carefully the rapidly changing technological landscape they must
> > live in--and
> > compete--with or (in some instances perhaps) spend themselves into extinctio
> > I also apologize for not addressing the fact that many colleagues are
> > principally interested in the
> > CD-ROM version of AI and would not enjoy the benefits of a Web version.
> >
> > Max Marmor
> >
>