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Black Artists Matter: Assessing and Expanding Representation and Visibility in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Collections
- Author(s):
- Jared Ash (see profile) , Daisy Paul
- Date:
- 2022
- Subject(s):
- Collection development (Libraries), African American artists, African American art, Exhibition catalogs, Cooperative cataloging, Artists, Databases, Bibliography, Bio-bibliography
- Item Type:
- Presentation
- Tag(s):
- deia, african american art, african american artists, collection development, library acquisitions, cataloging, 2022 ARLIS/NA Conference
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/pfs0-n361
- Abstract:
- Staff and volunteers at the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, assessed and expanded African American artist representation and visibility in their collection through bibliographic reviews for 700+ artists, identifying works for acquisition and enhancing catalog records with expanded content notes. Additionally, Watson launched an online index connecting researchers with records for those artists in Watson’s online catalog. This presentation examines the rationale, methodology, and outcomes of the African American Artists Project, and offers inspiration and tools to assist institutions with similar initiatives. Presented as part of the "Know Their Names: Case Studies in DEIA Collection Assessment, Expansion, and Access" panel.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 9 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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