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Specialized and Decentralized: Stewardship of the Art Research Collective Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2024

Chela Scott Weber ,
Mercy Procaccini ,
Dennis Massie  and
Brian Lavoie
Chela Scott Weber
Affiliation:
Senior Program Officer, OCLC, Inc., 220 W. Mercer St. #200, Seattle 98119 Washington USA Email: [email protected]
Mercy Procaccini
Affiliation:
Senior Program Officer, OCLC, Inc., 220 W. Mercer St. #200, Seattle 98119 Washington USA Email: [email protected]
Dennis Massie
Affiliation:
Senior Program Officer, OCLC, Inc., 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin 43017 Ohio USA Email: [email protected]
Brian Lavoie
Affiliation:
Senior Research Scientist, OCLC, Inc., 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin 43017 Ohio USA Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Art libraries play a vital role in building, managing and sustaining collections to support art scholarship. Ensuring that these valuable collections remain available long into the future requires innovative thinking about collection development, resource sharing and stewardship. The specialized and decentralized nature of the art research collective collection suggests that multi-institutional collaboration is an important option for art libraries as they seek sustainable pathways for their collections. Findings and recommendations from the Operationalizing the Art Research Collective Collection (OpArt) project show that data-driven analysis, as well as the practical experiences and lessons learned from real-world partnerships, are important sources of intelligence for art libraries as they address their sustainability challenges through collaborative approaches.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 2024 , pp. 105 - 113
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of ARLIS

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