Annual Report 2016-2017: Art Libraries Section

Abstract

This report contains information about fulfilment of Section’s objectives: 1) Promote the IFLA Risk Register to art libraries and other cultural heritage organizations; 2) Promote excellence in art library facilities, drawing attention to model preservation and renovation projects, to new construction, and to innovative planning methodologies; 3) Promote innovation in documenting art that is associated with 20th and 21st-century social transformation; 4) Promote development of the open-access Art Discovery Group Catalogue, an international, collaborative project that was endorsed by the ALS in 2014; and 5) Cultivate a more diverse Art Libraries Section.