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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Great idea and furthermore, if CAA (and like associations) haven't thought of defining a literature competency standard, can we art librarians not undertake that, too? This sounds like a terrific project for a committee, and maybe a future occasional paper. Karen McKenzie Chief Librarian E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON M5T 1G4 CANADA Phone (416) 979-6660 Ext. 389 [log in to unmask] Fax (416) 979-6602 http://www.ago.net At 10:13 AM 24/09/99 EDT, you wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Colleagues: > >The American Chemical Society, Committee on Professional Training, has >defined what every practicing chemist needs to know to be able to use >chemical literature effectively. This has allowed Duke University's >Chemistry librarian (among others, I assume) to issue an information >retrieval skills checklist based on the standards of the professional >society. It's a wonderful one-page outline tied her library's electronic >and printed sources. > >I wonder if the same exists, or should exist, in art history. Does CAA (or >other professional AH organizations) have a literature competency standard? >Is this something that our CAA liaison should approach them on? Could we >(as art librarians) then build on this for our own instruction and >professional development? > >Comments to the list or myself would be appreciated. > >Lee > > > >Lee R. Sorensen >Art Librarian >Box 90727 >Lilly Library, Duke University >Durham, NC 27708-0727 > >Phone: 919/660-5994 Fax: 919/660-5999 >www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/artlibry.htm > >"Light, Sweet, Crude" - NYSE category of oil > >