Editor's note

This issue comes at a time when librarians worldwide are trying to approach work with some sense of normalcy, when in fact nothing at all is normal or business as usual. My own Viewpoint in this issue looks at publishing in art librarianship during uncertain times but other articles in this issue demonstrate the resilience of librarians and researchers – tackling issues and research problems existing long before anyone had heard of COVID-19. Melissa Gold Fournier turns her eye to the complexities of copyright and intellectual property in the context of a multi-country consortium of photo archives collections; Samantha Deutch demonstrates ARIES – an image visualization and research tool developed for art historians by the Frick Art Reference Library in concert with New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, and Brazil's Universidade Federal Fluminense; Gustavo Grandal Montero sits down (virtually) with Ami Clarke and Lozana Rossenova, co-founders of The Digital Archive of Artists Publishing (DAAP), to talk about their goals in creating an interactive database of artists’ books and publications; Cornelia Viktoria Posch writes about her ARIAH/RIHA Fellowship at the Frick Art Reference Library – how it solidified her views on emergency planning and collection risk mitigation; and in a world where online resources are more important than ever, Barbara Opar reviews the database: Birkhauser Building Types Online. In an Editorial note, Gustavo Grandal Montero looks to the future as the new principal editor of Art libraries journal, taking the helm from Erica Foden-Lenahan, who has artfully led the journal for the past eight years.