Booth Western Art Museum Research Library

Visitor and Research Information

The Booth Western Art Museum Library was founded as part of the Booth Western Art Museum in July 2000.  It functions as a reference library for Western American art, culture and history.  The Library also has small collections of reference materials on Civil War history, United States presidential history, and local history that support the collections of the Booth Western Art Museum.

The Museum Library is available for use by volunteers, museum visitors, students, researchers, and the public during Museum hours Tuesday through Friday (10 am to 5 pm) by appointment.  Library reference services and access to special collections are not available during Museum hours on Saturdays or Sundays.  Children are welcome to use the Library with adult supervision.  See the customer service representative at the front desk for access to the Library.  It is manned by the librarian and volunteers to help make your visit a pleasurable and informative one.  For more information call 770-387-1300 or e-mail LizG@boothmuseum.org

The Booth Western Art Museum Library includes books and other research materials.  All collections are non-circulating and may be used only within the Library.  To ensure the preservation of these irreplaceable materials, access to certain collections, such as rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and other archival materials, may be restricted, requiring submission of a Research Request Form   (available at the Reference Desk).  Library personnel will be happy to assist you with your research by retrieving requested materials.  Please be considerate by using care with library materials and by complying with instructions of Library staff and regulations of the Museum.

Acquisitions Policy

Gifts of books relating to the Library’s collecting scope are welcome.  Please see the Librarian for further information.  The Collections Committee will evaluate all potential donations to the Library and decide whether to approve or disapprove potential donations. 

The Library’s collecting scope reflects the interest of the Museum in Western American art.  Therefore, the focus of the collection is on 20^th century Western American art and artists and Western American culture and heritage.  The Library also collects secondarily in the areas of Civil War history and United States Presidential history to support the Museum’s artifact collections in those areas.

Services

Photocopying

Photocopying is available for library users at a nominal charge.  The Library staff will be happy to make copies for you; materials that are at risk for damage because of their fragile condition may not be photocopied.  Federal copyright law places certain restrictions on photocopying.  The Booth Western Art Museum assumes no responsibility for copyright infringement by individual library users. 

Internet Access

The Internet enables the Library to connect electronically to ideas, information and commentary from around the globe and to offer access to many valuable local, national, and international resources.

The Internet is an unregulated, worldwide environment.  It contains information and opinions that range in scope from reliable and authoritative to controversial or extremely offensive.  Some information found on the Internet may not be accurate, complete, or current.  Users must assess the validity of the information found.  Users should be aware that the Internet is not a secure medium and that third parties may be able to obtain information about users’ activities.

Children are entitled to access to all information and facilities in the Library.  As with other library materials, children’s access to the Internet and other electronic networks is the responsibility of parents and guardians.

With the exception of filters on workstations, the Library does not manage the content of the information accessed through the Internet and assumes responsibility only for the information provided on its own home pages.  The Library is not responsible for the site contents of links or secondary links from its home pages.  The Booth Western Art Museum Library assumes no responsibility for any direct or indirect claims, damages or costs, however caused, sought by users or third parties arising from its provision of access to Internet services.

The Booth Western Art Museum Library’s users are subject to federal, state, and local legislation regulating Internet use, including the provisions of the Criminal Code regarding obscenity, child pornography, sedition and the incitement of hate.  The use of the Library’s Internet services for illegal purposes is prohibited, and may result in prosecution.

Children, young adults, and adults will be asked to close a website that is depicting or discussing information that is “harmful to minors,” or even if another adult is expressly offended. 

Children or adults who continuously disregard this policy and the requests of staff may be asked to leave the Library.