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Considering the future of art bibliography: the FAB initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Kathleen Salomon
Kathleen Salomon*
Affiliation:
The Getty Research Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100, Los Angeles 90049-1688, California, USA
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Email: ksalomon@getty.edu
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Abstract

The Future of Art Bibliography (FAB) initiative developed out of various conversations among colleagues in the United States and Europe. Events in the art historical community, including limited funding resources for art libraries and projects internationally, and the cessation of the Getty’s support for the production of the Bibliography of the history of art (BHA) provided the catalyst for the Kress Foundation grant to the Getty Research Institute. A series of international meetings of art librarians, art historians, publishers and information specialists ensued. The goal was to review current practices, take stock of changes, and seriously consider developing more sustainable and collaborative ways of supporting the bibliography of art history in the future.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 36 , Special Issue 3: Special issue: the future of art bibliography , 2011 , pp. 10 - 14
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2011

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1. Further information about the Future of Art Bibliography project, including participants and detailed reports of past meetings, is available at the Future of Art Bibliography web page on the Getty Research Institute website: http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/fab/index.html. Thanks to Thomas Gaehtgens, Max Marmor, Rüdiger Hoyer, Jan Simane, Joe Shubitowski, Kenneth Soehner, Günter Waibel (and OCLC Research), and Carole Ann Fabian for their insight and collegiality as we conceptualized the initial FAB meetings. Additionally, Günter Waibel played a critical role by expertly facilitating the lively discussions in the first set of meetings.Google Scholar
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