Collaborating Across the State: OhioLINK’s Art and Architecture Subject Group Nedda Ahmed, Denison University

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

“Not Bought in Ohio” Project: Worldwide Books 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 Is the OhioLINK collection as broad as it should be?

What’s In WWB Books Not Bought? Search Parameters: Not Bought Region: African Language of Text: English YIELD: 18 results

ARTstor Training November 4, 2004 Denison 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