WatsINFO

A stack of handouts with this information is available at the Nolen Desk.

GUIDE FOR LOCATING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS ON THE MMA WEBSITE

 VISIT the Museum’s website: www.metmuseum.org

1. Select Learn on the website’s home page.  You will find a selection of online features for educators and other visitors to explore the Museum’s collection.

2. Select For Educators

3. Then, from the list on the left, select Lesson Plans and Pre-visit Guides or Publications for Educators

Most of these publications are in PDF format and may be downloaded and printed. The lesson plans are grouped according to grade level.  Many plans overlap grade ranges yet can be tailored to suit individual needs.  Within each lesson plan is a section that lists “Resources.”  Each resource links directly to a record in the library’s online catalog: Watsonline or to the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.  Read the rest of this entry »

FIT is hosting the annual meeting of librarians from the State University of New York system this year and asked if we would offer a tour of Watson for a group of 20 or so librarians. They will come at 3:00 on June 8 for a tour of Watson with Ken, a visit to Book Conservation, a conversation session with a group of staff members, and a visit to Nolen.

We will use the Periodicals Room for the discussion, so it will be closed to visitors for half or three-quarters of an hour, from 3:45 to 4:30 or so. Thanks to the staff members who have agreed to participate (Ken, Mindy, Holly, Linda, Lisa, Dan, Robyn, Deborah, Ross, Naomi).

The Friends of the Library will have their annual show & tell of selected special purchases made with Friends’ funds over the fiscal year on Wednesday, June 6, from six to eight in the evening.  Ken, with Holly’s help, will be setting out the books on the back tables in the Reading Room over the course of the day, and we will need to close the room a little early (5:30) to set up the refreshments.

It is always a fun and relaxed evening with an interesting array of items on view and a really good feeling among the Friends.  I know you hear a lot about them and seldom get to meet them; here’s your chance.  Staff members who would like to attend are very welcome, though Ken wants it to be clear that no one is required to stick around.  If you’d drop me a note to let me know, I’ll be better able to judge the quantity of hors d’oeuvres required.

In Global Update, if you “toggle” between different fields, Remove button (and drop-down option under Tools) gets grayed out. To reactivate Remove option, one has to re-run Search on the displayed field. Below, please find instructions from Innovative:

1. Search for the review file containing the records in question.
2. Use the toggle button to select the field you wish to display
3. Then, click on the Search button again. This will search the review file with your toggle options highlighted
4. THEN, go to Tools > Remove record from list, and you should see that it is activated. You can select whichever record(s) you wish to remove from the list and it should work.

On April 3rd, Vika and I provided a presentation on behalf of MrSip to the Department of European Paintings, which was attended by nearly all members of the department.  The presentation focused on the following items:    Read the rest of this entry »

Naomi and I met with Deborah Jaffe and Rebecca McGinnis from Access Coordination to learn about some of the ways we may better serve our library visitors with disabilities.  We also received guidance on best practices for handling rare instances when a visitor with a disability is being disruptive or uncooperative.  Access Coordination is eager to answer your questions, and we hope to schedule some training opportunities for library staff and volunteers in the coming months.

Tips for Interacting with People with Disabilities

How to Help

• Introduce yourself and offer assistance
• Don’t be offended if your help is not needed
• Be polite and patient when offering assistance.
• Be courteous, but not condescending
• Assist disabled persons when necessary or requested, but do not discourage their active participation
• Allow people the dignity to make their own choices Read the rest of this entry »

For Watson

Quarto  (Q)
Taller than 33.1 cm
Deeper than 26.1 cm

Folio (F)
Larger than 50.1 cm in any direction

(This is an html version of the sign hanging up in the cataloging room)

OCLC Global Council Annual Meeting.

Videos, presentations and documents from this meeting are available here: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/multimedia/2012/global-council-04-2012.htm

I recommend watching “Reflections from Jay Jordan” (Wednesday morning) and a keynote address by Sue Polanka, Head of Reference and Instruction, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (Monday afternoon).  Jay gave an excellent overview of OCLC’s history and priorities, and Sue offered an in-depth analysis of how our users behave in the  library universe driven by the “eFactor”  (it is a long talk, but watch at least first 20 minutes).

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I always find the IUG conference to be full of useful presentations from both Innovative staff and IUG librarians and this year was no exception. Additionally, I got useful information from poster session and the Innovative booths.

Highlights
Opening Session:
Neil Block, the president of Innovative as of 2010, gave a presentation highlighting the following:

• III has a new investment partnership with Huntsman and JMI equities
• Jerry Kline continues to be the Chairman of the Board
• Other staff changes include Betsy Graham as Library Services VP, Brent Ahlmann as Customer Services Specialist and Hilary Newman as Product Development VP
• Emphasized the III continues to be a stable organization
• Sierra Read the rest of this entry »

The purpose of this post is to track the progress of the first phase of the Stacks Inventory Project (SIPro). The work during this initial phase is being done in a specific area of the MMAs: the 170s through the 199s, the “Paintings” subject area. Listed here will be the number of shelves completed per week, updated each week as appropriate. (Anyone looking for information on where the progress lines are in terms of call number, or who has any other questions about SIPro, please feel free to contact me.)

Week ending May 4: 6 shelves (1 bay; 175Gs)

We recently acquired approximately one hundred and fifty monographs and exhibition catalogs on Turkish art and culture as special purchases from three different resources: Bosphorus Books, Istanbul Modern museum, and as a one-time exchange agreement with the Pera Museum.   The material ranges from archeological studies, Byzantine art, Ottoman art including textiles, ceramics, tiles, calligraphy, and metalwork, and exhibition catalogs on nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary art.

 Staff: Mindell Dubansky, Jae Carey, Yukari Hayashida, Sophia Kramer, Jenny Adolfson

Volunteers: Dayna Offenbacher, Stephanie Later, Nina Libin, Andrijana Sajic, Carola Garcia Manzano, Ben Howell

Statistic treatment estimates:

Minor Watson (118); Major Watson (7); Minor Depts. (103); Major Depts.  (4)       

Projects:

• Updated book conservation slip and intranet links
• Prepared digitization condition reports for American Art Association catalogs to be digitized by outside vendor (worked with Robyn Fleming)
• Book Conservation Open House for Departmental reps and Watson staff (April 30). Review of current procedures, policies, workflows; orientation of services (30 participants).
• Arms and Armor triage project (through end-June) and Japanese rehousing and triage project.
• Drawings and Prints project: Sophia Kramer continued conserving English and French Topography books from the Dept. of Drawings and Prints (will be completed in end-June)
• Review of Bookcage space issues with Ken Soehner, Lisa Beidel, John Lindaman, Ron Fein and Daniel Starr; ordered boxes for selected Bookcage books.
• Worked with Fred Sager in Objects Conservation to make brass bookbinding spacer sets

Team meetings/Committees:

• Collection Emergency Work Group – Collection Emergency Plan was approved by Carrie Rebora Barratt, preparing for May 16 Dept. Emergency Reps. meeting.
• Mindy guided staff of Drawings and Prints and Greek and Roman Art on tours of the Collection Emergency carts.

Other:

• April 4 – MMA Patrons tour of Sherman Fairchild Center for Book Conservation
• April 17 – tour of German librarians
• Performance reviews continue

STATUS: Active since 2001

ACCESS: http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1286180~S1; http://libmma.worldcat.org/

DESCRIPTION: A database of art and rare book sales/auction catalogs.

PRICE: $874.00/yr

OTHER:
-IP-authenticated
-Single simultaneous user in FirstSearch interface
-Unlimited simultaneous users in WorldCat Local interface
-Remote access
-Usage statistics available

CONTACT:

OCLC Headquarters
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, Ohio   43017-3395   USA
oclc@oclc.org
614-764-6000
800-848-5878 (USA and Canada only)

The search committee consisting of Lisa, Robyn, Erika, and myself has received approximately 150 applications; we’ve gone through and selected six to interview. Interviews begin today and will go through the next several weeks, at which point we will make a decision.

STATUS:  Active since 2009

ACCESS:  http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1687166~S1

DESCRIPTION:  “Oxford Language Dictionaries Online offers Oxford’s high-quality bilingual language reference content in an expanding range of languages. Now including Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish … fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.”

PRICE: $873/year through WALDO

OTHER:

-IP-authenticated

-Unlimited simultaneous users

-Remote access

-User statistics available monthly

CONTACT: 

Customer Support: 1-800-334-4249 ext.6484 or via e-mail oxfordonline@oup.com (available 9am-5pm M-F Eastern Standard Time)

Andrew Robbins-Pollack, sales rep., 1 919-977-0977×5286andrew.robbinspollack@oup.com

Keywords:Hazen, Electronic resource, Database evaluation team, OLDO

STATUS: Active since 2010

 ACCESS: http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1729860~S1

DESCRIPTION: The Airiti NPM Journal Database replaces the old 故宫期刊圖文資料庫 (Database of articles and images from the National Palace Museum’s Periodicals).

This database contains the full text of four journals published by the Taiwan Palace Museum:

• The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art
• National Palace Museum Quarterly
• National Palace Museum Research Quarterly
• National Palace Museum Bulletin.

The full text periodicals deal extensively with the ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks of the National Palace Museum.  Searching in Chinese is required.

PRICE: $756 /year through Ariti

OTHER:
-IP-authenticated
-Unlimited simultaneous users
-Remote access
-Usage statistics not available

CONTACT:

Contact Mandy, Fax 886-2-2231-7711, munhwa@airiti.com

The popularity of Storytime (particularly Toddler) has meant that some mornings the library entrance and children’s area gets completely overrun with strollers.  We anticipate it will only increase during the summer.  Security has agreed to allow overflow stroller parking  behind the extra desk at the 80^th  (not 81st) street entrance only during Storytime.  Please note the new procedures:

Overflow Stroller Parking Plan for Storytime

• Nolen Team member who opens will place laminated “Park Strollers” sign out with the regular Storytime sign each morning
• Storytime Introducer (Nolen Team) will inform visitors during each session about the new over flow parking policy
• Storytime Introducer (Nolen Team) will call x2000 before Storytime to inform that there is overflow (even if just anticipated)
• Storytime Introducer (Nolen Team) will help direct traffic as he/she is available
• Leah will inform Storytime Readers of new policy and encourage them to share with visitors as appropriate

STATUS:  Active since 1997

ACCESS:  http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1232593~S1

DESCRIPTION:  The foundation of Britannica Online is the Encyclodaedia Britannica, the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Besides topical articles and daily headlines from the BBC and New York Times, this resource includes maps, photos, illustrations and an extensive video collection.

It provides easy access to the Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Unabridged Online Dictionary &  Thesaurus. Additional included research tools are an interactive World Atlas and Notable Quotations.

With recently enhanced search capabilities, Britannica continues to add to its collection of eBook primary source document through a partnership with Project Gutenberg.

PRICE:  Britannica $355/year, Merriam-Webster Dictionary $289/year

OTHER:
-IP-authenticated
-Unlimited simultaneous users
-Remote access
-Usage statistics available

CONTACT:

Sales Representative
Bonnie Ehlers
Phone (312)347-7466
Fax (609)258-0103
behlers@eb.com

Drop hold notices are sent to patrons (staff and visitors) when a hold is cancelled at Circulation. Below I’ve listed the reasons a hold might be cancelled and the email text that the patron will receive for each one. Please note that patrons sometimes think the email they received indicates that the book is on hold, but they may have received one of the drop hold notices.

Also, note that the brief bib record of the cancelled hold  is automatically attached to each drop hold notice.

Drop Hold Vis/Vol
Why: A Watson book, requested by a visitor or volunteer, is not on the shelf.

Text: The title listed below, which you recently
requested, is missing. Please check for an
available copy in another library at
www.worldcat.org or contact the reference
librarian at watson.library@metmuseum.org Read the rest of this entry »

STATUS: Active

ACCESS: http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1282871~S26

DESCRIPTION: 

-Database produced by H.W. Wilson Company combining Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective, hosted by EBSCO from 2012. 
-From database description page: “Art Full Text indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in 1997.”
-Art Retrospective indexes articles from 1929-1984. 

PRICE:

Art Index* (WALDO) – $8296/year
Art Index Retrospective (WALDO) – $167/year

 *Art Index refers to Art Full Text.

OTHER:

-IP-authenticated
-Unlimited simultaneous users
-Remote access
-Usage statistics available
-Art Index transferred from Wilson Web to EBSCO on January 31, 2012 – see: http://libmma.org/watsinfo/2011/12/22/wilson-databases-on-ebsco-host/

CONTACT:

Tech Support # (800) 758-5995

Judy Aparo
Director Corporate Sales
Northeast USA and Canada
(978) 831-3730
JudithA@ebscohost.com

Danielle Lane
Corporate Account Executive
EBSCO Publishing
Phone: 1-800-653-2726 x2533
Fax: 978-356-5640
dlane@ebscohost.com
http://www.ebscohost.com