The Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné (MWCR) is a direct access online project that documents the body of work produced by Martin Wong (1946–1999), an artist from the United States who came of age on the West Coast and whose best-known paintings are of life in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

This presentation will outline art-related collections assessment methods at three different institutions: a private museum reference library, a large public research university branch library, and a public museum reference library. Major similarities, differences, and implications will be explored, concluding with a critical reflection on three…[Read more]

At a large academic library a demand driven acquisition program for print materials was adopted to improve discovery while compensating for approval plan reductions. This presentation will highlight a librarian’s quest to better understand the actual materials purchased through the program and those requests not fulfilled. By assessing several…[Read more]

The experience of implementing assessment strategies for the electronic resource collection at a small academic institution. Strategies included creating e-resource specific policies, the merits of using database usage for decision making, and alternative acquisition models like investing in open access. Presented as part of the “Transformative…[Read more]

This talk explores the findings of an ongoing diversity assessment in the arts collection of Virginia Commonwealth University. Using various strategies, this project aims to make assessment accessible to all collections and uncover areas where advocacy with publishers and distributors is imperative. Exploring a range from a high-level…[Read more]

Voyager is an open-source suite of tools for creating and displaying three-dimensional images. It was developed by the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office to serve as their 3D imaging pipeline and is available to the public. Any effort to make 3D cultural heritage images more accessible via open-source tools should be applauded. When t…[Read more]

MoMA Exhibition Spelunker is a portal for exploring the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition history. Originally taken from a large dataset of information from the archives, the company Good Form and Spectacle, transformed MoMA exhibition history from 1929-1989 into a user-friendly portal for deep engagement.

Some forms of exhibition documentation, such as brochures or checklists, are produced in-house and may present bibliographical information in an unconventional fashion, requiring the cataloger to look well beyond the title page or even beyond the publication itself. Exhibition publications often require more use of cataloger’s judgment, and more…[Read more]

Review: First launched in 2020, the Smithsonian Open Access portal provides an inroad to copyright-free digital materials from the far-ranging collections of the Smithsonian Institution. As a freely available web repository accessible to anyone with a browser connection, Smithsonian Open Access opens the intellectual doors of its many divisions,…[Read more]