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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

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