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Lee Sorensen

Lee Sorensen

Librarian for Visual Studies and Dance, Duke University Libraries
Lee Sorensen

Lee Sorensen received his graduate degrees in art history and library science both from The University of Chicago. Together with the late Lawrence Clark Powell he co-authored Determined Donor: T. Edward Hanley (University of Arizona, 1989). His articles include “Art Bibliographies: A Survey of their Development, 1595-1821” Library Quarterly (1986) and the entries on “Art Catalogs and Cataloging” (1996) and “Art Dealers” (2017) in the online Grove Dictionary of Art/Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. His essay on special collections in art libraries appeared in the Handbook of Art Libraries (2018). He served as the consultant for art historians for the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (1994). Professionally he served twice on the executive board of the Art Libraries Society of North America as well as that society’s web administrator for a similar time. For more than a score of years he has been art reference librarian and bibliographer at Duke University. He currently serves on the advisory board for Oxford University Press’ Oxford Art Online.

Scholarship

Public-Facing Scholarship

Presentations

  • Sorensen, Lee, and Hannah L. Jacobs. “Updates from the Dictionary of Art Historians.” Presentation at the Art Historians’ Archives Workshop, Getty Research Institute, January 28, 2019.
  • Sorensen, Lee. “The Dictionary of Art Historians: Relaunching a Research Tool.” Getty Research Portal, Art Libraries Society of North America, March 26, 2019.
  • Sorensen, Lee and Arnetta Girodeaux. “Image Acquisition and Copyright for Use in Scholarship.” Responsible Conduct of Research, Duke University Graduate School, February 26, 2018.
  • Sorensen, Lee. “Digital Image Research: Criteria and Acquisition for Scholars.” Triangle Research Libraries Network Conference, January 16th, 2017.