Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1994-95

CURATORIAL & SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM The Associate Registrar was invited by Museums Australia and Asialink to participate as a tutor in an ASEAN workshop held in Kuala Lumpur in April in connection with a planned ASEAN contemporary art festival in 1997. He is also to be a member of the curatorial team for the Malaysian component of the second Asia-Pacific Triennial. The Registrar continued as a member of the Museums and Heritage Industry Standing Committee of Arts Training Queensland and as editor of the Newsletter of the Australian Registrars Committee. Library events and developments in the Gallery's history. Dr Bernadette Turner spent considerable time researching primary source historical material in the Library and elsewhere in the Gallery to assist Professor Malcolm Thomis in his centenary history of the Gallery. Important gifts received by the Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme included a collection of archival material and catalogues relating to the history of the Moreton Galleries, donated by Mrs Anthea Wieneke. A substantial collection of books and catalogues on the history of the decorative arts was also donated by The Library experienced a significant increase in Mr Glenn Cooke. demand for its services, particularly in the areas of reference work, inter-library loans and collection development. This was due to an increase in the level of research activity throughout the Gallery, including preparatory work towards blockbuster exhibitions such as 'Renoir .. .' and 'Matisse', other research projects relating to forthcoming exhibitions and historical research into the Gallery's history. Automation of Library functions continued to expand with the development of an orders database and a serials database, resulting in better control of expenditure and accounts, and improved access to information about books on order and serials holdings. Significant professional development activities during the year included the attendance of the Librarian-in– Charge at a continuing education seminar 'Women in Management' at the University of Queensland. The Librarian attended the Australasian Information On Line and On Disc '95 Conference in Sydney, and presented a paper on 'Interactive Multimedia in Museums'. Valuable contributions to the Library were again made by the team of dedicated Library Volunteers, without whom it would not be possible for the Library to provide the current level and range of services. The Library is also grateful to the Gallery's Protection & Services Officers for their assistance in Access to the Library's resources was greatly the areas of shelving, maintaining files and processing improved by the installation of a public-access books and auction catalogues. computer terminal providing access to the Library's SearchMagic databases. The system also includes a CD-ROM drive, providing access to the AVAD suite of databases on Australian art and artists and to a number of multimedia CD-ROMs, including Microsoft Art Gallery, featuring the collection of the National Gallery in London. Library staff provided support and assistance to a number of researchers who were commissioned to research the Gallery's history for publications to mark the centenary of the Gallery. Jeff Hopkins, a post-graduate history student from the University of Queensland, compiled a comprehensive bibliography and a detailed chronology of significant