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Are paper files obsolete?

December 10, 2023

The Canadian Women Artists History Initiative (CWAHI) grew out of Concordia University Visual Arts librarian Melinda Reinhart’s intention to create an online bio/bibliography of women artists in Canada. Concordia Slide Librarian, Janice Anderson, and Concordia Professor Kristina Huneault joined the … Continue reading →

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Artist Files in Action No. 3 – Scott Grant Barker Artist Files Collection

March 3, 2019

The artist files community owes a debt to Scott Grant Barker, a respected scholar of early-to-mid-twentieth century Fort Worth art, who has authored or contributed to over twenty-one titles on the topic. During the course of his research, he also … Continue reading →

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The Lynn Igoe Memorial African American Artist Files Collection at the Sloane Art Library, UNC Chapel Hill

July 8, 2018

Written by Taylor Barrett, Kristina Bush, and Veronica McGurrin [1]; edited by Samuel Duncan. Over the 2017-2018 academic year, a group of graduate students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, including Taylor Barrett, Kristina Bush, and Veronica McGurrin … Continue reading →

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Digital Ephemera Survey

February 11, 2016

Conceived in part from discussions at the ARLIS/NA 2009 conference panel, Where Libraries & Archives Converge: Artists Files and Artist Files Working Group meetings, the 2010 Digital Survey was a first step towards developing policies for collecting digital ephemeral material … Continue reading →

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