Survey of Small Art Museum Libraries

Part One -- Tabulated survey results

Part Two -- Narrative Q & A Section

Compiled by Joan M. Benedetti, L.A. County Museum of Art Research Library, April 2002

This is Part One of two documents showing responses to a survey comprised of 40 questions, the answers to most of which are compiled in the following spreadsheet.  It is derived from a fully functioning Excel file, which includes more information and can be sorted, but which could not be fully reproduced in this web version.  To obtain a copy of the full Excel document, contact Joan Benedetti (benedettiJ@comcast.net).  Part Two, which is derived from a Word file and can be viewed in its entirety, is a compilation of informal narrative responses to the final eight survey questions.
Art Museum Location Librarian Museum Founded Library Founded Total Pd. Mus. Staff (FTE) Total Pd. Lib. Staff (FTE) Approx. Museum Budget Approx. Library Budget Approx. Museum Sq. Ft. Approx. Library Sq. Ft. Library Collection--Books Library Collection--Current Journals Library Collection--AV Library Collection--Elec. DB Library Collection--Archives Library Collection--Other Public Service Consortium Member Supervising Department Automation--Number Computer Terminals Automation--Internet Access Automation--Lib. On Museum Intranet Automation--Lib. On Museum Website Cataloging, Processing Done In-House? Cataloging--OPAC or Card Catalog? Cataloging--Card Cat. & Shelflist Frozen? Cataloging Tools Sufficient? Cataloging Utilities Available? Cataloging--Biggest Concerns? No. Years Librarian Has Held Present Position
American Folk Art Museum NY  (New York) Mitchell, James 1961 1961 40.00 1.00                  ? $58,000 30,000 1,000 10,000 60 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Administrative 1 Yes Yes No No Card Catalog No No No See Comment 0.50
Amon Carter Museum TX  (Ft. Worth) Duncan, Sam 1961 1961 77.00 1.90 $9,000,000 $60,000 109,000 5,205 35,000 150 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Curatorial 9 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes RLIN See Comment 10.00
Anonymous Museum #1 Anon. Location #1 Anon. Librarian #1 1922 1940 20.00 0.50 $1,000,000 $17,000 24,500 639 15,000 27 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment 3 Yes Yes Yes No OPAC Yes Yes No See Comment 3.00
Anonymous Museum #2 Anon. Location #2 Anon. Librarian #2 1946 1966 10.00 1.00                  ? See Comment 63,000 2,600 10,000 34 No No No No Yes No Administrative 1 Yes No No Yes See Comment See Comment Yes No See Comment 2.00
Anonymous Museum #3 Anon. Location #3 Anon. Librarian #3 1928 1928 13.00 1.00 $500,000 $31,000 30,300 880 6,400 64 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Card Catalog No Yes No See Comment 7.00
Arkansas Arts Center AR  (Little Rock) O'Donoghue, Patrice 1937 1963 60.00 0.50 $4,312,000 $24,750 102,750 5,000 6,000 50 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes OCLC See Comment 1.75
Chrysler Museum of Art VA  (Norfolk) Wiggins, Matt 1939 1939 104.00 1.60 $5,250,000 $88,020 210,000 6,500 80,000 165 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Education 7 Yes Yes Yes  Yes OPAC See Comment Yes OCLC See Comment 2.50
Des Moines Art Center IA   (Des Moines) Morman-Graham, Mary 1933 1948 65.00 1.00 $4,000,000 $58,000 90,000 1,400 16,500 70 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Administrative 1 Yes No Yes Yes Card Catalog No Yes OCLC See Comment 7.00
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum NM  (Santa Fe) Imm-Stroukoff, Eumie 1995 2001 58.00 1.00                  ?                ?             ? 3,040 3,700 35 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Curatorial 3 Yes Yes See Comment Yes OPAC Yes Yes OCLC See Comment 1.25
Hillwood Museum Washington, DC Regina, Kristen 1976 1958 97.00 1.00 $8,300,000 $87,740 73,130 1,680 8,300 32 Yes No No No Yes No Curatorial 2 Yes No Yes Yes OPAC See Comment Yes OCLC See Comment 4.50
Hirshhorn Museum Washington, DC Brooke, Anna 1966 1971 65.00 2.50 4,500,000 $196,000 208,352 2,126 57,600 50 Yes No See Comment Yes Yes No See Comment 7 Yes Yes Yes No OPAC Yes N/A OCLC See Comment 31.00
John Michael Kohler Art Center WI  (Sheboygan) Stuart, Heather R. 1967 2000 55.00 1.00                  ? $39,200 100,000 2,100 7,000 75 Yes No Yes No Yes No Administrative 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC See Comment Yes No See Comment 2.00
Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts MI (Katalmazoo) Steel, Rebecca D. 1924 1956             ? 1.20                  ? $55,000             ? 2,000 11,000 65 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Education 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment No No No See Comment 12.50
Menil Collection TX  (Houston) Heagy, Phil 1980 1990 90.00 2.50 $6,000,000 $185,000 100,000 5,000 18,000 100 No Yes No Yes Yes No See Comment 4 Yes Yes No Yes Card Catalog No Yes See Comment See Comment 11.00
Morris Museum of Art GA  (Augusta) Wilkins, Cary 1992 1992 17.50 1.50 $2,000,000 $69,980 33,000 2,900 8,000 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Administrative 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC See Comment Yes OCLC See Comment 4.33
Museum of Contemporary Art--L.A. CA  (Los Angeles) Bunting, Lynda 1979 1982 135.00 1.00 $13,000,000 $35,000 65,750 1,350 27,000 70 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment Curatorial 2 Yes Yes No Yes OPAC Yes Yes RLIN See Comment 2.00
Museum of Photographic Arts CA  (San Diego) Soe Nyun, Jim 1983 1998 24.50 0.80 $2,000,000 $33,100 31,225 2,500 14,000 15 Yes No Yes No No No See Comment 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes No See Comment See Comment 0.75
Nat'l Museum of Wildlife Art WY (Jackson Hole) Nicoud, Melisa 1987 1998 30.00 0.50 $3,700,000 $21,500 51,000 1,000 3,800 21 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Curatorial 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes OCLC See Comment 0.67
Nat'l Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, DC Wasserman, Sharon 1981 1982 44.00 4.00 $7,800,000 $253,982 84,110 3,090 12,000 60 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Administrative 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes RLIN See Comment 20.00
Newark Museum NJ  (Newark) Peniston, William A. 1909 1926 150.00 2.00 $12,000,000 $126,800 195,810 1,325 30,000 300 Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Administrative 3 Yes Yes Yes No OPAC No No No See Comment 6.00
Pacific Asia Museum CA  (Pasadena) McKay, Sally 1971 1976 25.00 0.50 $1,900,000 $6,500 37,570 800 8,000 8 Yes No No Yes Yes No Curatorial 1 Yes No No Yes See Comment See Comment See Comment No See Comment 16.00
Philbrook Museum of Art OK  (Tulsa) Young, Tom 1938 1940 57.50 1.00 $5,000,000 $12,645 105,000 2,880 15,000 100 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes See Comment 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes OCLC See Comment 23.00
Phillips Collection Washington, DC Schneider, Karen 1918 1977 107.50 1.50 $10,000,000 $16,600 36,000 660 8,000 10 No Yes Yes No Yes No Curatorial 2 Yes No No Yes Card Catalog Yes Yes RLIN See Comment 21.00
Phoenix Art Museum AZ  (Phoenix) Houlihan, Genni 1959 1968 120.00 3.50 $7,800,000 $49,500 160,000 8,000 25,000 95 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Education 7 Yes Yes Yes No OPAC Yes No See Comment No Comment 6.00
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art CA  (San Francisco) Kammer, Regina 1935 1935 200.00 2.00 $25,000,000 $190,000 248,000 3,529 60,000 425 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No See Comment 8 Yes Yes No Yes OPAC Yes Yes RLIN See Comment 0.33
Santa Barbara Museum of Art CA  (Santa Barbara) Carpenter, Mary 1941 1975             ? 0.50                  ? $34,000             ? 1,500 60,000                    ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes No Education 1 Yes No Yes See Comment Card Catalog No No No No Comment 0.42
Textile Museum Washington, DC Mallia, Mary E. 1925 1925 36.00 1.20                  ?                ?             ? 1,224 17,000 100 Yes No No Yes Yes No Administrative 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes No See Comment 10.50
U. of Arizona Museum of Art AZ  (Tucson) Smith, Maurya 1955 1955 17.00 0.75 $1,700,000 $32,690 22,786 500 7,800 8 Yes Yes No No See Comment No Administrative 1 Yes No No Yes OPAC No Yes OCLC See Comment 2.00
U. of British Columbia Museum of Anthro. Canada (Vancouver, BC) Kempthorne, Maryann 1948 1990 45.00 0.60                  ? $24,600 70,000 ? 12,000 12 No Yes No No Yes See Comment Curatorial 1 Yes No Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes No See Comment 0.25
U. of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery NY  (Rochester) Harper, Lu 1913 1913 50.00 2.00 $3,500,000 $27,000 100,000 3,162 30,550 60 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes See Comment 7 Yes Yes Yes No OPAC See Comment N/A See Comment See Comment 11.25
Vancouver Art Gallery Canada (Vancouver, BC) Siegel, Cheryl 1931 1931 75.00 1.60 $3,935,900 $78,061 92,458 3,873 45,000 373 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Curatorial 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes No See Comment 16.00
Walters Art Gallery MD (Baltimore) Stacey, Kathleen 1931 1934 160.00 2.60 $12,000,000 $88,000             ?            ? 52,000 200 Yes Yes See Comment Yes Yes Yes Curatorial 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC See Comment Yes OCLC See Comment 4.00
Wichita Art Museum KS  (Wichita) Crane, Lois 1935 1960 12.00 0.00 See Comment $7,000 81,000 495 8,000 20 No No Yes No Yes See Comment. Curatorial 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Card Catalog No Yes No No Comment 24.00
Worcester Art Museum MA  (Worcester) Aframe, Debby 1896 1911 100.00 2.50 $7,000,000 $120,000 188,000 4,404 46,000 25 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes See Comment 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes OPAC Yes Yes OCLC See Comment 1.50