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The Future of Art Bibliography project developed out of various conversations among colleagues in the United States and Europe. Events in the art historical community, including limited funding resources for art libraries and projects internationally, and the cessation of the Getty's support for the continuation of the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) provided the catalyst for a Kress Foundation grant to the Getty Research Institute. A series of international meetings of art librarians, art historians, publishers, and information specialists ensued. Our goal was to review current practices, take stock of changes, and seriously consider developing more sustainable and collaborative ways of supporting the bibliography of art history in the future.

Information regarding developments, publications, past meetings, and notices of future meetings is posted here.

Publications:


Art Libraries Journal, volume 36, no.2 (2011)
Special issue on the future of art bibliography.

Past Meeting Timeline, Information and Reports:


Paris, October 2011
FAB Steering Committee/Digital Registry project

Zurich, June 23–24, 2011
artlibraries.net Meeting with FAB Steering Committee

Minneapolis, March 24, 2011, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
VRA+ARLIS/NA Joint Conference

Los Angeles, March 14–16, 2011
Meeting to launch a pilot project: the FAB Digital Registry of Art Historical Texts (PDF, 189KB, 1pp.)

New York, February 12, 2011, 12:30–2:00 p.m.
College Art Association Annual Conference

Lisbon, Portugal, October 28–29, 2010
artlibraries.net meeting (agenda) (PDF, 199KB, 3pp.)
See Lisbon meeting overview by Uwe Dierolf, "Artlibraries.net: Bericht uber die 4.artlibraries.net Konferenz vom 28 bis 30 Oktober in Lissabon" in BIT online 13 (2010), Nr. 4. pp. 409–410

Gothenburg, Sweden, August 13, 2010
IFLA, Art Libraries Section

Gothenburg, Sweden, August 11, 2010
IFLA conference, Papers presented in Art Libraries section conference session: Open access and digital resources

Los Angeles, June 21–23, 2010
The Future of Art Bibliography Supplemental Meeting (report) (PDF, 559KB, 11pp.)

Boston, April 25, 2010
The Future of Art Bibliography update, an ad hoc session at the ARLIS/NA annual conference

New York, April 21–22, 2010
The Future of Art Bibliography in the 21st Century (report) (PDF, 643KB, 12pp.)