New Report From OCLC Research: “Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration”

From OCLC Research:

Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration offers recommendations for building strong collaborations based on real-life examples of art library partnerships. These case studies document the practical experiences and lessons learned from collaborations involving art and academic libraries to identify successful collaboration characteristics and typical challenges when planning, implementing, and sustaining a partnership.

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Three Case Studies in Library Collaboration

The case studies in this report offer rich perspectives on how art libraries have built and maintained partnerships in various settings to illustrate partnership models that art libraries could adapt in other contexts.

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Rice University—A museum library’s partnership with a neighboring university library focusing on shared access to and storage of library materials.
• OCAD University and the Ontario Council of University Libraries—A small art and design university’s membership in a regional consortium with 20 other university libraries of various sizes and types.
• Worcester Art Museum and College of the Holy Cross—A museum library’s partnership with a neighboring university, which includes a shared staffing model, cataloging and ILL infrastructure, and reciprocal access to the collections of both institutions.

Sustaining Art Research Collections is the second in a two-part series describing findings from the Operationalizing the Art Research Collective Collection project, which is supported through a grant by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation with significant co-investment from OCLC. The first report, Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data to Explore Collaboration, models how library collection and resource sharing data can support decision-making about partnership opportunities.

Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration was written by Dennis Massie, Chela Scott Weber, Mercy Procaccini, and Brian Lavoie.

Resources

• Complete Announcement
• Case Studies DOI (US letter): https://doi.org/10.25333/kc2z-an73
• Case Studies DOI: (A4): https://doi.org/10.25333/fjqp-p377
• Part 1: Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data To Explore Collaboration
• Operationalizing the Art Research Collective Collection Project

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