Bibliographic instruction for graduate art history students

Abstract

Given the complexity and diversity of resources in art history, the research student needs a thorough and systematic programme to guide him through the range of information sources from catalogues and indexes to esoteric and elusive art works and individuals. Such a programme is described in detail and also a survey made of the literature on bibliographic instruction in art history.Special thanks are extended to Phillip Heagy for bibliographic assistance and manuscript preparation and to Sue Ramage for manuscript review.

Cooperative collection development and resource sharing among art libraries: past and present

“…Indeed, I would go so far as to say that it has been a touchstone of art librarianship, bolstering its claim for an identity as a distinct branch of the library profession. The subject has been dealt with directly by Wesley Simonton in I 9 6 0 , 2 by Margaret Stieg in 1 9 8 1 , 3 by Philip Pacey in 1 9 8 2 , 4 and most recently by Deirdre Stam in 1984, 5 but it has also entered, passim, into the discussion of other more philosophical art library issues by such well-known and widely published colleagues as Trevor Fawcett and Philip Pacey to whose writings we shall return often, and others who have written about it in the context of bibliographical instruction: Betty J o Irvine (1978) 6 and British art librarians Mike Avann and Kath W o o d (1980) 7 . The topic has of course received attention from library school educators and others concerned with the training of young people for our profession.…”