art librarians with a PhD
swalker5
Hello ARLIS-L:
Sandra Rothenberg's message reminded me of 2 articles published in _Art
Documentation_. Possibly this information will help. Both articles were
written by Deirdre Corcoran Stam. The first, "How Art Historians Look for
Information," appeared in Art Doc in Winter 1984 (v.3, n. 4, pp. 117-119).
The second, "What Do Art Information Professionals Want to Learn About
Information Technology and How Do They Want to Learn It?", appeared in
Art Doc in Spring 1993 (v. 12, n. 1, pp. 3-5). I think it is possible
that Deirdre Stam has a Ph.D.
Sandra C. Walker, Visual Resources Specialist
Department of Art, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
swal...@utk.edu
On Mon, 3 May 1999, Sandra Rothenberg wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>There is a woman who wrote a book on the information behaviour of art
>historians. I believe she has a PHD in library science. I don't remember her
>name. Does anyone out there remeber her name?
>Good luck,
>Sandra Rothenberg
>
>Lena Stebley wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> I am interested in hearing from anyone with a PhD in Library & Information
>> Science who is working in art librarianship. I am specifically interested
>> in comments on the value of the degree in this field, how you used the
>> degree (particularly beyond teaching), and opportunities that might not
>> have been available to you without it.
>>
>> Those without the degree who have comments are also encouraged to respond.
>>
>> Any suggestions for tracking down information about people with this degree
>> working in the field of art librarianship?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Lena Stebley
>> Kress Fellow
>> Yale University Art & Architecture Library
>> 180 York St / P O Box 208242
>> New Haven CT 06520-8242
>> lena.s...@yale.edu
>> http://www.library.yale.edu/art/aapage.html
>> Fax: 203.432.0549
>
Kathryn M Evans
I think that may be Deirdre Stam.
Kathy Evans
Kay Downey
I believe you are referring to Deirdre Stam, Syracuse University.
Kay Downey, Serials Librarian
Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
e-mail dow...@cma-oh.org
Robert Craddick
Deirdre Stam wrote:
How Art Historians Look for Information
Winter
1984
pages 117-19.
---robert craddick
JUDITH HERSCHMAN
I believe Sandra is referring to Sara Shatford Layne whose
1997 dissertation for UCLA is entitled "Modelling Relevance in Art
History: Identifying Attributes that Determine the Relevance of Art
Works, Images, and Primary Text to Art History Research." She is
currently Head of Cataloging in the Science and Engineering Library at
UCLA. Her e-mail address is sla...@library.ucla.edu
Judy Herschman
Judith Herschman
Librarian, Arts Library
jher...@library.ucla.edu
(310) 206-5426
Elizabeth W. Harter
To dovetail on Judy Herschman's message (hi, Judy) and the UCLA
connection, a library school faculty member there, Marcia J. Bates, wrote
about art historians' online research techniques. Ms. Bates has written
books and articles on other topics, but a series of reports from the Getty
Online Searching Project 1993-96 deals with the following:
An analysis of search terminology used by humanities scholars (no. 1)
A profile of end-user searching behavior by humanities scholars (no. 2)
Research practices of humanities scholars in an online environment (no. 3)
The design of databases and other information resources for humanities
scholars (no. 4)
Document familiarity, relevance, and Bradford's law (no. 5)
Overview and conclusions (no. 6)
If you need citations for the above, please contact me off-list.
Interestingly, each report appeared in a different journal.
Good luck.
Liz Harter
Senior Subject Specialist (202) 994-1356 voice
Gelman Library (202) 994-1340 fax
The George Washington Univ. lha...@gwu.edu
2130 H St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052