Collections & Research Staff
Arthur Smith
Librarian
B.A., Canadian History, Mount Allison University, 1975
B.Ed., Mount Allison University, 1976
M.L.S., University of Alberta, 1980
M.T.S., Church History, Atlantic School of Theology, 1996
While Arthur’s principal responsibilities at the Library & Archives are collections development and management, his research interests are more archival based. Since the mid-1990s, Arthur has been researching the origins of an Oceania artifact collection at the ROM collected by the Rev. Joseph Annand, a Canadian missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) during the latter half of the 19th century.
He has published several short articles on the ROM’s history in Rotunda, and contributed annotations for an exhibition catalogue at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto (2006), based on treasures from the ROM’s rare book collections. Programs highlighting the rare book collections are offered through ROMLife, and have featured music from the R.S. Williams Collection of rare music scores, works on architecture & design, discovery & exploration, natural history illustration, and North American First Nations.
During the 1980s Arthur completed a comprehensive bibliography of Canadian author Will R. Bird, with over 500 entries cited. The bibliography was revised in 2002 and 2005, and is currently available online.
Publications
| 2008 | "Twenties Tastemaker: Marrying Art with Fashion, this exquisite Art gazette hold influential masterpieces of its time." ROM Magazine 41.1 (Summer 2008): 21-23. |
| 2007 | Smith, Arthur, Robert Murphy and Anche Ngo. "The versions of Cope's Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica." Bibliotheca Herpetologica 7.1 (June 2007): 12-16. |
| 2006 | "From Dream to Reality: A ROM Retrospective". Rotunda 38.3 (Spring 2006), p. 23-29. |
| 1994 | With Jane Beaumont. Make Mine MARC. Revised ed. Westport, CT: Meckler. |
| 1993 | Ornithological Illustration 1676 to 1898 from the Collections of the Royal Ontario Museum Library. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum Library and Archives. With Joe Cox, Marjorie Linden, and Chris Tucker (eds.). Cataloguing on the DRA System at U. of T.: User Manual. Toronto: University of Toronto Libraries. With Yoshiko Sawa. MARC Format for DRA Bibliographic Records. Toronto: DRA System Implementation Group: Cataloguing and Authorities, University of Toronto Libraries. |
| 1989-1991 | Editor, Utlas MARC coding manuals. |
| 1987 | With the Working Group on Technical Services, National Library of Canada Decentralized Program for Canadian Newspapers. Guidelines for the Minimum Bibliographic and Holdings Description of Newspapers. Ottawa: The Working Group. |
| 1985 | "The short stories of W.R. Bird: a checklist." In APLA Bulletin, 48:4 (Jan. 1985), p. 6-7, 10-11. "Will R. Bird: a checklist (Part 2)." In APLA Bulletin, 48:5 (March 1985), p. 9. "Monographs of Will R. Bird." In APLA Bulletin, 48:6 (May 1985), p. 12. |
| 1984 | With Ken Clare. "Discrimination case dismissed: Jain vs Acadia University." In APLA Bulletin, 47:5 (March 1984), p. 4-5. |
| 1978 | Energy Conservation and Alternate Technology: a select bibliography. Amherst, N.S.: Energy Conservation Information Centre. |
Research Project
Transcription of the Diaries of the Rev. Joseph Annand
Contact Information
Main Library & Archives
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Tel.: 416.586.5740
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E-mail: library@rom.on.ca
Arthur Smith in Sackler Reading Room, Main Library & Archives.
