Preparing for the Future of Research Services for Art History: Recommendations from the Ithaka S+R Report

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AbstractThe authors present the results of Ithaka S+R’s study of research practices in art history and related recommendations about scholars’ needs for research services. Ithaka S+R is a strategic consulting and research service that focuses on the transformation of scholarship and teaching in an online environment. The article describes findings related to the discovery of primary sources, the management of scholars’ personal digital collections, the use of new research methods in digital art history, the acquisition of research skills in graduate programs, and the management of art libraries’ collections of secondary sources.