SURVEY 1991: LIBRARY SCHOOLS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREERS IN FINE ARTS &VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARIANSHIPAuthor(s): Jack RobertsonSource: Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 11,No. 4 (Winter 1992), pp. 188-189Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27948483 .

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188 Art Documentation, Winter 1992

SURVEY 1991 : LIBRARY SCHOOLS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREERS IN FINE ARTS & VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARIANSHIP

In December 1991, the ARLIS/NA Professional Development Committee (PDC) updated the information in this survey, and over the past six months additional revisions and corrections

have been contributed by library schools in the United States and Canada. The matrix accompanying this report summarizes

the information provided by each school on course offerings,

internships, and subject study relevant to preparation for work in

the fields of art librarianship and visual resources curatorship. A

"yes" indicates: under the heading "Fine Arts," "Humanities,"

"Special Libraries," and "Visual Resources," that the school offers

such a specialized course; under "Double Degree," that a gradu ate degree in art history is also available at that institution; for "Practica" that the library school does provide students the op

portunity to work in a library or visual resources collection for

academic credit; and for "subject course credit" that nonlibrary school courses (e.g., art history graduate seminars, etc.) may be

taken for credit applied toward the M.L.S. degree. The full 12-page survey report has detailed information on

each school, including descriptions of practica/internship pro grams, names of faculty members who teach specific courses and

the frequency offered, and several indexes including a listing of schools offering fine arts librarianship courses, and a listing of schools offering dual degree programs. A copy of the survey

report is available upon request from: Jack Robertson, Fine Arts

Librarian, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, Bayly Drive, Univer

sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903; (804) 924-6601. One additional point of information, which is not included in

the survey or the summary matrix, is the fact that detailed course

information, including reading lists, course outlines, bibliogra

phies, etc., is available upon request for the eight specialized fine arts librarianship courses being offered at schools in North Amer

ica. Five of the eight courses are taught by ARLIS/NA members, and these individuals, listed below, will share teaching materials with interested individuals. In the case of the other three spe

cialized courses, some material is available from the administra

tive offices of the library schools; these three addresses are also

given below.

Dr. Deirdre C. Stam, "Art & Museum Librarianship" (LSC 879), Catholic University of America, School of Library and Informa

tion Science, Washington, DC 20064, (202) 319-5085; Dr. Betty Jo Irvine, "Seminar in Art Librarianship" (LS630), Indiana

University, School of Library 8c Information Science, Blooming ton, IN 47405, (812) 855-2018; Dr. Linda Kruger, "Development of Books & Printing," and "Art Librarianship," Queens College, City University of New York, Graduate School of Library & In formation Studies, Rosenthall Rm. 254, Flushing, NY 11367, (718) 997-3790; ["faculty is usually a practitioner/adjunct"], "Re sources in the Visual 8c Performing Arts" (LIBR 218), San Jose State University, Division of Library & Information Science, San

Jose, CA 95192-0029, (408) 924-2492; [Teacher to be determined for spring term 1993], "Art Librarianship" (LS 436), Simmons

College, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Boston, MA 02115, (617) 738-2264; Jack Robertson, "Literature 8c Re search in the Arts" (LBSC 752), University of Maryland, College of Library 8c Information Services, College Park, MD 20742-4345, (301) 405-2038, Send inquiries to: the address listed above at UVA;

Leila Avrin, "Sources of Information in the Fine Arts" (ILS 664),

University of Michigan, School of Information 8c Library Stud ies, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092, (313) 763-2286; Mary Williamson, "Art Librarianship" (LIS 2109S), University of Toronto, Faculty of Library 8c Information Science, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1 Al, (416) 978-3234, Send inquiries to: Mary F. Williamson, Fine Arts Bibli

ographer, York University Libraries, Scott Library, 4700 Keele

St., North York, ON, Canada M3J IP3, (416) 736-2100, ext. 33526.

Jack Robertson

University of Virginia

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Art Documentation, Winter 1992 189

ARLIS / NA 1991 Library School Survey Fine

Art* Spedai Visual

Libraries I Resources

Double

Degree

Subject Practica I Course Credit

Brigham Young University. Provo, UT

Catholic University of America. Washington, DC YES

Clarion University. Clarion, PA

Clark Atlanta University. Atlanta, GA

Dalhousie University. Halifax, NS.

Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA YES YES YES

Emporia State University. Emporia, KS YES

Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL YES YES YES

Indiana University. Bloomington, IN YES YES

Kent State University. Kent, OH YES YES

Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA YES

McGill University. Montreal, P.Q. YES YES

North Carolina Central University. Durham, NC

Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL

Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY YES

Queens College, CUNY. Flushing, NY YES YES YES YES

Rosary College. River Forest, IL YES YES YES

Rutgers University. New Brunswick YES YES YES YES YES

San Jose State University. San Jose, CA YES YES YES

Simmons College. Boston, MA YES YES

Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT YES YES YES

St. John's University. Jamaica, NY YES YES YES

State University of New York at Albany. Albany, NY

State University of New York at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY YES YES YES YES YES

Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY

Texas Woman's University. Dent?n, TX YES YES YES YES YES

Universit? de Montr?al. Montr?al, P.Q. YES

University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL YES YES YES

University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alta. YES

University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ

University of British Columbia. Vancouver B.C. YES

University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA YES YES

University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA YES YES YES YES

University of Hawaii. Honolulu, HI YES

University of Illinois. Urbana, IL

University of Iowa. Iowa City, LA YES YES

University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY YES YES

University of Maryland. College Park, MD YES YES YES

University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI YES YES YES YES

University of Missouri. Columbia, MO YES YES

University of North Carolina at Greensboro YES

University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC YES

University of North Texas. Dent?n, TX

University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK YES YES

University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA YES YES YES YES YES

University of Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras, PR YES YES

University of Rhode Island. Kingston, RI YES YES YES YES

University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC YES YES YES

University of South Florida. Tampa, FL YES

University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS

University of Tennessee. Knoxville. TN YES YES

University of Texas at Austin. Austin. TX YES YES YES

University of Toronto. Toronto, Ont. YES YES YES YES YES

University of Washington. Seattle, WA YES YES YES

University of Western Ontario. London, Ont. YES

University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, WI YES YES YES YES YES YES

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI YES YES

Wayne State University. Detroit, MI YES YES YES

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