OF

CHRISTINE LESZCZYNSKI SUNDT

Eugene, Oregon

csundt@uoregon.edu or csundt@mindspring.com

Copyright and Art Issues: http://uoregon.edu/~csundt/copyweb/

(541-485-1420)

I. ACADEMIC DEGREES

• M.A. (Art History), 1972, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Thesis title: "Orcagna's Strozzi Altarpiece: An Iconographic Study" (A study of art and patronage in fourteenth-century Florence)
• B.A./Honors (Art History), 1969, University of Illinois-Chicago

II. ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 2007-present: Editor, Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation
• 2006-present: Freelance Visual Resources Consultant and Educator
• 1998-2001: Book Series Co-Editor, Documenting the Image [G+B Arts/Harwood Academic]
• 1985-2007: Technology Editor, Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation [Routledge]
• 1985-2005: Visual Resources Curator (academic rank: Professor), Architecture and Allied Arts Library, Visual Resources Collection, University of Oregon, Eugene
• 1973-83: Curator of Slides and Photographs, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison

III. PUBLISHING & PUBLICATIONS

• 2010:
  • "Visual Resources for the Arts," Chapter 10 in The Eye, the Hand, the Mind: 100 Years of the College Art Association, edited by Susan Ball (Rutgers University Press, 2010)
• 2009:
  • "Ins and Outs of Publishing: Image Rights and Permissions," in museum Views (April 2009), pp. 1, 3, 11.
• 2004:
  • "The Case for Digital Images", in CAA News: Newsletter of the College Art Association, Vol. 29, No. 5 (September 2004), pp.1, 38-39.
• 2002:
  • The Image User and the Search for Images. Chapter 4 in Introduction to Art Image Access: Issues, Tools, Standards, and Strategies, edited by Murtha Baca, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, 2002 [Electronic draft version].
• 2000:
  • Visual Resources. Chapter 9 in Information Sources in Art, Art History and Design, edited by Simon Ford, Munich, Bowker-Saur, 2001
• 1999:
  • "Testing the Limits: The CONFU Digital Image and Multimedia Guidelines and the Consequences for Libraries and Educators," JASIS [Journal of the American Society for Information Science], Vol. 50, No. 14 (1999) [Electronic draft version].
• 1998:
  • "The Quest for Access to Images: History and Development," Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 22 (1998).
• 1997:
  • "A Visual Resources Advocacy Statement," in Special Issue: Copyright and Fair Use: The Great Image Debate, Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation (herein Visual Resources), Vol. XII, No. 3-4, 297-306.
• 1994:
  • Special Issue: Issues in Electronic Imaging [editor], Visual Resources, Vol. X, No. 1.
  • "Electronic publishing in visual resources -- On the brink or in the future?" Visual Resources, Vol. IX, No. 4, pp. 389-400.
• 1991:
  • Special Issue: Electronic Visual Imaging in the Museum [co-editor with Alan B. Newman and Deirdre C. Stam], Visual Resources, Vol. VII, No. 4.
• 1990:
  • "Professionalism and Professional Status: Personal Reflections," Visual Resources, Vol. VI, No. 4, pp. 321-326.
• 1989:
  • Conservation Practices for Slide and Photograph Collections, VRA Special Bulletin for Photographic Documentation of the Visual Arts Series, No. 3, 1989, Visual Resources Association, 1989 [78 pp. ill.]. (Reviewed in Art Documentation, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1990, p. 109; featured in Gaylord Bros. Archival Preservation & Conservation Supplies and Equipment catalog and University Products, Inc. Archival Quality Materials for Conservation Restoration, Preservation catalog).
• 1983:
  • "Slide Preservation," with Nancy Carlson Schrock. Chapter 5 in Conservation in the Library, edited by Susan Swartzburg, published by Greenwood Press, 1983.
  • "Standard for Staffing Fine Arts Slide Collections," with members of the ARLIS/NA-CAA/VR Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Standards, in Standards for Art Libraries and Fine Arts Slide Collections, Art Libraries Society of North America, Occasional Papers No. 2, 1983.
• 1982: 
  • Guide to the Classification and Organization of the Art History Slide Collection, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982 (in-house) .
  • "Mounting Slide Film Between Glass -- For Preservation or Destruction?," Visual Resources, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-3 (Fall 1981-Spring 1982), pp. 37-62 .

Various short pieces beginning in 1978 for the Visual Resources Association (VRA) Bulletin (formerly known as the International Bulletin for Photographic Documentation of the Visual Arts and the Mid-America College Art Association Slides and Photographs Newsletter)

IV. PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS

• 2005:
  • The State of Art History: “Focus, Please!? Art History in the Age of Digital Reproduction” keynote address presented at Grinnell College, State of the Art - Art History: Challenges and Choices in the Digital Classroom, Grinnell, IA, September 30-October 1, 2005
  • Contributor and invited participant in the U.S. Copyright Office "Orphan Works" study and roundtable, at the University of California, Berkeley, August 2, 2005.
• 2004:
  • "Digital Projects Past and Present - Survivors or Fossils?" presented at CHArt [Computers in the History of Art] annual conference, Birkbeck College, London, November 2004.
  • "Crystal Ball Exercises: On Images & Imaging" presented at Beyond the Slide Library symposium, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, October 2004.
  • An Expert's Remarks in Response to: "Making Explicit the Issues of Concern to New Professionals in the Field of Visual Resources," in the Meeting of the Minds session, Visual Resources Association annual conference, Portland, OR, March 2004.
  • "Fair Use of Images in the Classroom: How Far is Fair?", presented in the session, Fair Use; Who Has the Rights?, College Art Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, February 2004.
• 2003:
  • "Are you Legal? Copyright and Digital Resources," presented at the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference, Reed College, Portland, OR, September 2003.
  • "Protection and Control of Museum Images in Education: Straddling the Not-So-Bright Line Between Necessity and Infringement," presented in the session, Protecting Museum Images in the Digital Age, American Association of Museums annual conference, Portland, OR, May 2003.
  • "Fair Use or Fault? Digital Assets and Copyright," presented at the Digital Assets Management Workshop, Web Integration and Sustainability Project, Reed College, Portland, OR, March 2003.
  • "Permission Denied...Questions Desperately Seeking Answers," presented in the session, Digital Publishing: A Practical Guide to the Problem of Intellectual Property Rights in the Electronic Environment for Artists, Museums, Authors, Publishers, Readers and Users, College Art Association annual conference, New York, NY, February 2003.
• 2001:
  • “Winning their Confidence: Working with University Legal Counsel in Matters of Copyright,” presentation in the session, Copyright Compliance in VR Collections: Strategies and Practical Applications, Visual Resources Association annual conference, Chicago, IL, March 2001. [published in the VRA Bulletin 28:2, pp. 44-47].
  • "Of Magic Wands and Crystal Balls: Pondering the Options in Educational Imaging," presentation in the session, A Mandate for Quality: Teaching with Visual Images of Various Media, Visual Resources Association annual conference, Chicago, IL, March 2001.
• 2000: 
  • "BEEN THERE, DONE THAT! The State of the Question Regarding Copyright, Fair Use and Intellectual Property in the Arts," presentation at the NINCH Town Meeting, New York, NY, 2000 series, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the College Art Association, February 23-26, 2000.
• 1999:
  • “Picture This…” , presented in the session, Apple Pies and Orange Crates: Libraries and the Educational Imperative, ARLIS/NA annual conference, Vancouver, BC , March 1999.
  • “Copyright and Art Images” VRA-Pacific Rim meeting, Portland, OR, October 1999.
• 1997:
  • "Access, Image Information, and the Image Directory," presentation in the program, Moving Images: University Libraries and Museums in the Digital Marketplace, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, November 21, 1997 (by invitation).
  • "The CONFU Digital Image and Multimedia Guidelines: The Consequences for Libraries and Educators," presentation in the session, Fair Use, Education, and Libraries, Fair Use for Teaching and Learning (ACLS-CAA-NINCH Fair Use Town Meeting), Indianapolis, IN, April 4, 1997.
  • "Building the Bridge: Art History, Meet Technology!," presentation in the session, The Magic Classroom II, College Art Association annual conference, New York, NY, February 1997.
• 1996:
  • "Making Money, Making Art in the New Media: Law, Business Policy, and Ethics in a Digital Environment II," session organizer and moderator, College Art Association annual conference, Boston, MA, February 1996.
• 1995:
  • "Legal Implications of the National Information Infrastructure for the Art Historian, Artist, University Press, and Library," co-moderator with Barbara Hoffman, [former] legal counsel to the College Art Association, College Art Association annual conference, San Antonio, TX 1995.
• 1993:
  • "Recent Acquisitions of Note: Slides of Manuscripts and Rare Books in the UO Library Special Collections," presented at the annual retreat of the University of Oregon Medieval Studies Program, November 1993, St. Benedict Lodge, McKenzie Bridge, OR
  • Electronic Imaging presentation for the Oregon Library Association conference, April 1993, Eugene, OR.
  • "Disaster Preparedness and Planning for a Collection Move," session respondent, Visual Resources Association annual conference, February 1993, Seattle, WA.
  • "New Technology Roundup," session organized for the Visual Resources annual conference, February 1993, Seattle, WA.
  • "Electronic Publishing in Visual Resources -- On the Brink or in the Future?" presented July 1993, at the International Congress of the History of Art (CIHA) [by invitation], in Berlin, Germany. (This paper was subsequently selected for publication to highlight the proceedings of this program.).
• 1992:
  • "Guidance from the Trenches: Tips and Tricks for Getting Your (Visual Resources) Ideas into Print," presented in February 1992, at the ARLIS/NA-VRA Joint Session, Art Libraries Society of North America Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • "New Technology Roundup," session organized with Gary Seloff (NASA, Houston), February 1992, Visual Resources annual conference, Chicago, IL.
• 1990:
  • "Copyright and New Technologies," panel co-moderator, February 1990, College Art Association of America Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
• 1989:
  • "Professionalism in the Field of Visual Resources -- A Personal Perspective," presented (by invitation) in February 1989, at the Visual Resources Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• 1987:
  • "The Architecture & Allied Arts Slide and Photograph Collection Microcomputer Database System," a demonstration, presented February 1987, at the Art Libraries Society of North America Conference, Washington, DC.
  • "Collections of Quality: The Art of Selection and Rejection," presented in February 1987, at the Visual Resources Association Conference, Boston, MA.
• 1986:
  • Designing Standards for Staffing Fine Arts Slide Collections," presented February 1986, at the Art Libraries Society of North America Conference, New York, NY.
• 1985:
  • "Organizing and Managing a Slide Collection," presented May 1985, at the College of Instructors of Art History (CIAH) annual meeting, Portland State University.
• 1982: 
  • "Fungus in Glass-Mounted Slides: Recent Findings," presented October 1982, at the Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Visual Resources Program, Iowa City, IA.
• 1981:
  • "Mounting Color Slide Film Between Glass -- For Preservation or Destruction?," presented March 1981, at the University of Texas at Austin, Division of Continuing Education Seminar, Advanced Studies in Visual Resources: Production and Preservation of Color Slides and Transparencies (reviewed in Popular Photography, Vol. 89, No. 1 [Jan. 1982], p. 85).
• 1980:
  • "The Glass-Mounted Slide: Causes and Effects of Heat Damage," presented October 1980, at the Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Visual Resources Program, Houston, TX.

V. TEACHING, INSTRUCTION & WORKSHOPS

Rutgers University, School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education Program (1993-)

• Preserving Slides workshop, March 1993

Seton Hall University

• Of Magic Wands and Crystal Balls: Pondering the Options of Educational Imaging and Issues in Imaging (public lectures), Fall 2000)

University of California, Los Angeles & The Getty Research Institute

• Summer Institute for Knowledge Sharing, Summer 1999

University of Oregon (1992-2005)

• Copyright and Art Issues Workshops, as requested, since 1997
• Copystand Photography Workshop, October 1993; October 1995; January 1997; January 1998
• Visual Resources Management (AAA 410/510), a three-credit university course, Spring 1992; Spring 1996 (Art History 410/510)
• Visual Resources Collections Fundaments, June 26-30, 1995 (workshop sponsored by the Arts & Administration Program, offered for credit)

University of Texas at Austin, School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education (1984-1997 )

• Micro-Computer Applications in Visual Resources Collections, 1986-1990
• Visual Resources Collection Fundamentals (formerly Basic Training for Art/Architecture Slide Curators), annually 1984-1997
• Visual Resources Cataloging and Classification, 1992

University of Missouri-Kansas City (1983)

• Basic Training for Slide Curators

University of Wisconsin-Madison (1973-1983)

• Guest Lecturer for various courses in the Library School curriculum

VI. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES, APPOINTMENTS & ACTIVITIES

VII. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION

• 2006 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
• 2001 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• 2000 Portland State University, Portland, OR
• 1999 The Ohio State University, History of Art, Columbus, OH
• 1998 & 2000 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
• 1998 Columbia University, New York, NY
• 1998 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
• 1995 Portland Community College, Portland, OR
• 1994-1995 National Science Foundation, Polar Region Archive, Bethesda, MD
• 1990 Interactive Home Systems (now Corbis, Inc.), Redmond, WA
• 1990 The Ohio State University, School of Architecture, Columbus, OH
• 1987 Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
• 1987 University of Pittsburgh, Art/Art History Department
• 1986 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
• 1985 Reed College, Portland, OR
• 1983-1984 Phillips Petroleum Company, Corporate Photographic Resources, Bartlesville, OK

VIII. AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2002 Visual Resources Association Nancy DeLaurier Writing Award for Copyright & Art Issues website (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~csundt/copyweb/)
• 2001 Richard and Mary Corrigan Solari Library Faculty Fellowship Award
• 1988 Visual Resources Association Distinguished Service Award
• 1993 University of Oregon Museum of Natural History Volunteer Recognition Award

IX. OTHER PURSUITS AND ACTIVITIES

• Jewelry Artist: Christine L. Sundt - Fine Jewelry Design (clsjewelry.com) - 1996 to present
  • Represented by:
    • White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
    • The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Washington
    • Ginko Gallery & Studio, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Publications:
    • Out of Nowhere - Fine Jewelry Designs: 2010
    • Gallery collection catalogs