New York art institutions combine research assets online

Space-consuming stacks of deteriorating catalogs and steady streams of researchers looking for information are two reasons for art museum libraries to innovate with Web solutions. Four leading New York City institutions are addressing these issues of collection preservation and information dissemination with the development of a new online research destination: nyarc.org. Founded in 2006, the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) consists of The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art. Their website provides news on the consor...