from the editors: changing collections, changing times
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FROM THE EDITORS: Changing Collections, Changing TimesAuthor(s): Betsy Peck Learned and Stephanie SigalaSource: Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 18,No. 1 (Spring 1999), p. 4Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27948992 .
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Art Documentation Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America
Volume 18 ? Number 1 ? Spring 1999
Co-Editors:.Stephanie Sigala and Betsy Peck Learned
Copy Editor..Eileen Markson Production Manager..Ashley Prather Review Editor:.Joan R. Stahl
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Regional Representatives: Northeast:.Debbie Kempe, Frick Art Reference Library
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FROM THE EDITORS
Changing Collections, Changing Times For art librarians and visual resources profes
sionals, the nature of our jobs as collections mana
gers seems to be changing faster than we can say
"Ready, set, scan!" No longer are we the medieval
gatekeepers of knowledge harboring lofty collec tions of the printed and illustrated word. We are now concerned with developing and providing access to collections that often are not even physical and not
held within our library walls, in addition to those traditional collections we have developed and cared
for over the years. In light of ever-changing tech
nologies, new methods of control and analysis of
our electronic and traditional collections are
indispensible to our growth and quality of service. This issue of Art Documentation gives a pan
oramic view of some of the new approaches to col
lection development and access in art libraries and
visual resources collections. In Deirdre Lawrence's
article on the Brooklyn Museum of Art, we focus first on an historical collection which has just cel ebrated a milestone anniversary. Some traditional
collection development practices are presented in a
critical light in Michelle Wolff's article on the art
approval plan and that of Erika Dowell on citation
analysis. Of particular interest is a feature article on
the current state of collection development from an
out-of-print vendor's point of view ? none other
than ARLIS/NA's long-time friend and benefactor, Ars Libri.
These articles will not serve to propel us from the medieval gatekeeper to the wily Webmaster
overnight, but they may help to solve some of our immediate problems in working with our traditional sources and methodologies, such as auction cata
logs, ephemera, and approval plans, point out ways in which we can sustain our relationships with our vendors for the good of our collections, and even
present some practical ways to bring our art librar
ies into the new millennium.
Cheers,
Betsy Peck Learned and Stephanie Sigala
4 Art Documentation ? Volume 18, Number 1 ? 1999
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