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Ray Anne.
I would also recommend Janet Stanley's bibliographies for African Art,
which include a 'recommended' list for academic collections.
Pat
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MSU Libraries
Michigan State University
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> Reply To:     ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
> Sent:         Monday, February 23, 1998 3:38 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list ARLIS-L
> Subject:      Suggestions for Collection Analysis
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> Dear Colleagues:  I am about to embark (with our staff) on an
> analysis/evaluation of our library's collection.  I wonder if any of
> you
> in university research libraries have done this recently.  If so, what
> sources did you use for comparison of holdings?  I always keep track
> of
> how we are doing in terms of Choice, Art Doc, Art Bulletin and other
> art
> history journals.  The faculty don't think that means anything.  Of,
> course I am also checking the "classics" in the art library field:
> Freitag's ART BOOKS (1996), Artzen and Rainwater's GUIDE TO THE
> LITERATURE
> OF ART HISTORY, Lois Jones's ART RESEARCH METHODS AND RESOURCES (most
> recent ed.), the TL YUAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WESTERN WRITINGS ON CHINESE
> ART
> AND ARCHAEOLOGY and some titles of general interest like BOOKS FOR
> COLLEGE
> LIBRARIES (3rd ed, 1988), the art section of the BEST REFERENCE BOOKS
> series.
>
> Any other suggestions are welcome!  Ray Anne
>
>                                 Ray Anne Lockard
>                          Head, Frick Fine Arts Library
>                            University Library System
>                             University of Pittsburgh
>                              Pittsburgh, PA  15260
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