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Sounds great Deirdre. I wish I could be there. For some years now we
have followed the practice of appointing one of the professional library
staff to the project team for each major exhibition [and to smaller
exhibitions if the curator requests it]. Their responsibilities vary
but have included research back-up, identifying and filling gaps in the
Research Library's collection, checking facts, footnotes and
bibliographies appearing in the catalogue, creating bibliographies and
in some cases giving public lectures if the exhibition is in their area
of special interest, assisting with editing papers for symposia [facts
and bibliographic details only - we leave the layout and language to the
professional editors on the Publications staff] etc.. In other words
anything which librarians can do better and/or quicker than the
alternative.
This has proved popular with curatorial, editorial and library staff.
Margaret
J. Margaret Shaw
Chief Librarian
National Gallery of Australia Research Library
GPO Box 1150
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Telephone: 61-(0)6-240 6532
Fax: 61-(0)6-273 2155
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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>From: Deirdre Lawrence[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 1997 0:36
>To: Multiple recipients of list ARLIS-L
>Subject: next ARLIS conference - program idea
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>ARLIS/NY just had a very interesting meeting at the New York Public
>Library that has recently opened 2 exhibits ("Richard Tuttle" and "Artful
>Interiors") which are well worth seeing. Robert Rainwater, Paula Baxter
>and Heidi Martin Winston discussed their experiences (both positive and
>negative) about mounting exhibits.
>
>Unless it has been done already in the recent past, I think it would be
>useful to devote a program to the "librarian as curator". The Brooklyn
>Museum Library staff has been contributing research collections to
>exhibits for the past 10 years. It has mostly been a very rewarding
>experience and is an opportunity for art librarians to focus on their
>curatorial roles in collection development and interpretation of different
>themes and cultures.
>
>I would really like to hear from my colleagues who are also involved in
>contributing library or archival material to exhibits. Is anyone
>interested in participating in a session which would talk about what is
>being done and what it entails? Is this topic of interest to anyone else?
>
>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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