Fine Arts Library Updates

Fall 2018 Update

The Fine Arts Library Advisory Committee, under the direction of Senior Associate Dean Holly Williams and UT Libraries Director of Academic Engagement Catherine Hamer, meets monthly. All our departments and schools are represented by faculty and students on this committee. Meeting notes and additional information about the FAL can be found here.

NAME	TITLE	DIVISION	DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL
Catherine Hamer	Director/Co-Chair	UT Libraries
Holly Williams	Senior Associate Dean/Co-Chair	College of Fine Arts
Ann Reynolds	Associate Professor	Art History	Department of Art and Art History
Jeff Smith	Professor	Art History	Department of Art and Art History
Jim Buhler	Professor	Music Theory	Butler School of Music
Martha Hilley	Professor	Piano	Butler School of Music
Becca Pad	Librarian	Art and Art History Visual Resource Center	UT Libraries
Sydney Kilgore	Media Coordinator	Fine Arts Library	UT Libraries
David Cohen	Assistant Professor of Practice	Arts and Entertainment Technologies	School of Design and Creative Technologies
Jason Wilkins	Assistant Professor of Practice	Design	School of Design and Creative Technologies
Andrew Carlson	Clinical Professor	Theatre	Department of Theatre and Dance
Fran Dorn	Professor	Theatre	Department of Theatre and Dance
Amber Welch	Librarian	The Foundry	UT Libraries
Adraint Bereal	Undergraduate	Design	School of Design and Creative Technologies
Molly Roy	Graduate Student	Performance as Public Practice	Department of Theatre and Dance
Austin Shirley	Graduate Student	Live Design	Department of Theatre and Dance
Sarah Chestnut	Graduate Student	Art Education	Department of Art and Art History
Logan Larson	Undergraduate	Studio Art	Department of Art and Art History
Amelia McElveen	Graduate Student	Musicology	Butler School of Music
Catherine Kline	Undergraduate	Music Studies	Butler School of Music

Meeting Schedule for 2018-19

Sept. 10, 10–10:50 a.m.
Oct 8, 10–10:50 a.m.
Nov. 12, 10–10:50 a.m.
Dec. 10, 10–10:50 a.m.
Feb. 11, 10–10:50 a.m.
March 11, 10–10:50 a.m.
April 15, 10–10:50 a.m.

Update: May 1, 2018

Dean Douglas Dempster sent and update to the College of Fine Arts community to share an update about changes that will be taking place on the fifth floor of the Fine Arts Library.

Memo from Dean Dempster (May 1, 2018)

Update: April 6, 2018

UT Provost Maurie McInnis, following a review of the Fine Arts Library Task Force Report and recommendations by Dean Dempster and Vice Provost Lorraine Haricombe, has accepted their recommendations for the future of the Fine Arts Library. Below, read her comments and summarization of next steps.

Response from UT Provost Maurie McInnis (April 6, 2018)

Report of the Fine Arts Library Task Force (April 2, 2018)

Recommendations on the Fine Arts Library from Dean Dempster and Vice Provost Haricombe (April 4, 2018)

Background

Two working groups were formed to explore and address the future of spaces in the Fine Arts Library in Doty Fine Arts Building (DFA).

The first, under the leadership of the UT Libraries, was asked to explore and evaluate the alternatives to having the Fine Arts collection on the fifth floor of DFA—in part or whole—and explore the drawbacks and advantages of those alternatives.

The second is considered a) what facilities our new programs need and b) what spaces in the College of Fine Arts, throughout all our buildings and facilities in every department and school, could accommodate these expanding programs. All current spaces throughout the College of Fine Arts facilities are being considered, including the Doty Fine Arts Building.

Fine Arts Library Task Force Members

Wendy Martin, Assistant Director of Stewardship, UT Libraries (chair)

Christian Clark, Junior, Butler School of Music

Katie Pierce Meyer, Humanities Liaison Librarian for Architecture and Planning

Becca Pad, Humanities Liaison Librarian for Fine Arts

Stephen Page, Assistant Professor of Saxophone, Butler School of Music

Glenn Peers, Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History

Eric Vera, Graduate Student and Assistant Instructor, Theatre and Dance

Amber Welch, Head, Technology Enhanced Learning, UT Libraries