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

2. 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

3. “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?

4. What’s In YBP Books Not Bought?
Monthly lists: titles not bought 6 months ago
About 25 titles per list

5. “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?

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

7. ARTstor Training
November 4, 2004
Denison University

8. 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.

9. 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