Nedda Ahmed, Denison University

Collaborating Across the State:OhioLINK’sArt and ArchitectureSubject Group

Overview of Activities:

•Meeting: August, 2004•“Not Bought In Ohio”

Projects:–Yankee Book Peddler–Worldwide Books (exhibition catalogs)

•ArtStor Training• Journal Coverage for Titles in

Art Abstracts

“Not Bought in Ohio” Project: Yankee Book Peddler • YBP developed a

mechanism within the GOBI system to track books not purchased within Ohio

• Lists can be created, stored/saved, and reviewed for purchase

• Art/Arch. Group members review NB lists & make purchases

Is the OhioLINK collection as broad

as it should

be?

What’s In YBP Books Not Bought?

• Monthly lists: titles not bought 6 months ago• About 25 titles per list

• Foreign publications, museum publications—many presses not covered by YBP

• 6 OhioLINK Libraries have approval plans w/ WWB

• WWB set up a fund code for un-bought items; Art/Arch. Group members can use the fund code to create lists in particular areas

“Not Bought in Ohio” Project: Worldwide Books

Is the OhioLINK collection as broad

as it should

be?

What’s In WWB Books Not Bought?

Search Parameters:

1. Not Bought

2. Region: African

3. Language of Text: English

YIELD: 18 results

ARTstor Training

November 4, 2004Denison University

Journal Coverage for Titles in

Art Abstracts • Reviewing

periodical holdings to ensure coverage of titles indexed in AA.

• 876 Titles total (not all current).

• Students at U. Cincinnati will be working on this project.

Future Projects…• Better coverage of foreign titles

• Work with OP book dealers to expand acquisition of important OP materials

• Expand coverage of non-western art• Consider ways to develop special

loans of our specialized collections• Cooperative collection development

of artists’ books• Digital projects for the OhioLINK DMC