New Art Museum Library

The New Art Museum Library addresses the issues facing today's art museum libraries through a series of scholarly essays written by top librarians in the field. In 2007, the publication, Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship, edited by Joan Benedetti, was the first to solely focus on the field of art museum librarianship. In the decade since then, many changes have occurred in the field--both technological and ideological--prompting the need for a follow-up publication. In addition to representing current thinking and practice, this new publication also addresses the need to clearly articulate and define the art museum library's value within its institution. It documents the broad changes in the environment that art museum libraries now function within and to celebrate the many innovative initiatives that are flourishing in this new landscape.
Librarians working in art museum face unique challenges as museums redefine what object-based, visitor-centric learning looks like in the 21st century. These unique challenges mean that art museum libraries are developing new strategies and initiatives so that they can continue to thrive in this environment. The unique nature of these initiatives mean that they will be useful to librarians working in a wide range of special libraries, as well as more broadly in academic and public libraries.
The New Art Museum Library is uniquely positioned to present new strategies and initiatives including digital art history initiatives, the new norms in art museum library staffing, and the public programing priorities that are core to many art museum libraries today.
This book is an endorsed project of ARLIS/NA.

List of contents

Preface
Amelia Nelson, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Traci E. Timmons¿ Seattle Art Museum
Introduction
The Art of Transformation, Kristen Regina, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Part I. Developing, Managing, and Caring for Collections

1. Shelved Out of Sight: Library Spaces and Archives Storage in ArtMuseums

Jenna Stout, Saint Louis Art Museum

1. Cultivating Wisely: Strategies to Keep the Collection Alive and Evergreen

Doug Litts, Art Institute of Chicago

1. Blood on the Walls, Blood on the Shelves: Decolonizing the Art Museum Library

Courtney Becks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1. Haptic Aesthetics: Artists' Books in Art Museum Libraries

Anne Evenhaugen, Smithsonian Institution, American Art & Portrait Gallery Library, and Tony White, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1. Ephemeral Survival: Managing Physical and Digital Artist File Collections

Alexandra Reigle, Smithsonian Institution, American Art & Portrait Gallery Library, and Simon Underschultz, National Gallery of Australia

1. Building Web Archive Collections in Art Museum Libraries

Sumitra Duncan, The Frick Collection/ New York Art Resources Consortium

1. Preservation and Conservation for Art Museum Library Collections: Progressive Approaches and Evolving Concepts

Beth Morris, Independent Librarian, Preservation Specialist, Book Conservator, and Scholar
Part II. Access, Outreach, and Collaboration

1. Prioritizing Special Collections in the Art Museum Library

Lee Ceperich, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

1. The Life of the (Third-) Party (System): Integrated Library Systems and Discovery Layers

Dan Lipcan, Peabody Essex Museum

1. Reconsidering the Reference Collection: Using Print Art Reference Materials as Training Tools

Gwen Mayhew, Canadian Centre for Architecture, and Annalise Welte, Getty Research Institute

1. The State and Vision of Exhibitions in Art Museum Libraries

Carol Ng-He, San Jose State University

1. Evolution & Revolution: New Approaches to Art Museum Library Programming

Janice Lea Lurie, Minneapolis Institute of Art

1. Local Consortia and Museum Libraries: Partnering for the Future

Alba Fernandez-Keys, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Part III. Personnel in the Art Museum Library

1. Entering the Field: Resources for Aspiring Museum Librarians

Lauren Gottlieb-Miller, The Menil Collection

1. Demonstrating the Value of the Art Museum Library through Strategic Volunteer and Intern Management

Traci E. Timmons, Seattle Art Museum
Part IV. Digital Landscapes in the New Art Museum Library

1. Digital Art History and the Art Museum Library

Stephen J. Bury, The Frick Collection

1. The Changing Ecologies of Museum Metadata Systems

Jonathan Lill, Museum of Modern Art

1. Digitization and Contributions to Digital Repositories

Bryan Ricupero, University of Wyoming, and Sophie Jo Miller, University of Wyoming

1. The Wikimedia Movement in the GLAM Sector

Sarah Osborne Bender, National Gallery of Art, and Carissa Pfeiffer, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

1. Getting a Seat at the Table: Art Museum Libraries as Open Access Stakeholders

Heather Saunders, The Cleveland Museum of Art
About the Editors and the Contributors
Index

About the author

Amelia Nelson is the head of library and archives at the Spencer Art Reference Library in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. With a background in public services, information literacy, and digital initiatives she has published and presented on innovative topics like using VTS in information literacy classes and local artists' files in contemporary art classes. In her own professional practice she believes in creating innovative projects that can be replicated and adapted to fit the needs of art libraries across the country. She is inspired by the innovative work that art libraries and archives have done to share unique resources in this rich information landscape and happy that these projects and initiatives can be shared with practitioners and those considering a career in art librarianship.

Traci E. Timmons is senior librarianat the Seattle Art Museum. In this role she manages all aspects of running two research libraries and a satellite library for the largest art museum in the Pacific Northwest: personnel management, acquisitions, cataloging, reference, research, digital collection development, maintaining and processing archives, artist files management, collection development, and grant writing. She has published on such diverse topics as early-printed books, special collections, artists' books, classification theory, and user experience. She is passionate about the field of art librarianship, and specifically about its application in museums.

Product details

• Authors: Amelia Timmons Nelson
• Assisted by: Amelia Nelson (Editor), Traci E Timmons (Editor), Traci E. Timmons (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781538197004
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9700-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, ART / Museum Studies, Management & management techniques, Management and management techniques, Library, archive and information management, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Library, Archive & Information Management