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The Future of Art Indexing

Moderator: Carole Ann Fabian
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March 12, 2010, 11am Pacific – 12pm Mountain– 1pm Central – 2pm Eastern

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Recent discussion about BHA has brought to the fore a possible near-term chilling reality--one in which access to both retrospective and current indexing may be severely curtailed. More broadly and across the disciplines, scholarly publications everyday become more available in digital formats. Some content becomes available through open access venues online, while others are available through subscription sources.

What impact does this trend have on the future of art indexing?
Do art researchers look to indexes as a primary discovery tool and will they use them at all as inevitably more and more content becomes available to them online in full-text?
If we believe as a community that art indexes will continue to be a necessary and relevant discovery mechanism, how will the community support indexing projects going forward?

Please join us in an online discussion about this fascinating, challenging and changing element of our research landscape.