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"Booklyn’s mission is to encourage the proliferation and appreciation of people-made books as an antidote to industry-produced counterparts."

"The Judith and Stanley Zabar Art Library, dedicated in December 2008, was made possible through the generous support of Judith Zabar, a member of the Hunter College Class of 1954, and her husband Stanley Zabar."

Images from Boots Library, Nottingham Trent University. Created by Rachel Campbell.

"The Herron Art Library is a full service branch library of IUPUI University Library. Now located on the IUPUI campus within the new Herron School of Art and Design, the Herron Art Library offers the IUPUI community research materials on art and artists pre-history through the present day. The collection consists of approximately 26,000 volumes, 160,000 slides, dvd’s, videos, a growing and significant book arts collection, as well as access to art related content in electronic and digital formats."

"The Art Library holds a non-circulating collection which supports the research and instructional needs of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and scholars in art and architectural history, visual arts, and related programs and disciplines within Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, while also serving the New Jersey public at large. Collection fields include art, architecture, decorative arts, and historic preservation. Subject areas of particular strength include Western European art (especially Renaissance and Baroque art in Italy) and American art and architecture. Russian art and architecture holdings also form an important part of the collection. The Art Library continues to expand its holdings in African, Asian, Jewish, Islamic, and Latin American arts and the history of photography and the graphic arts in support of expanding curricular offerings."

"The Library’s collection of rare books and manuscripts in the fields of British and American history and literature is nothing short of extraordinary. For qualified scholars, The Huntington is one of the largest and most complete research libraries in the United States in its fields of specialization. For the general public, the Library has on display some of the finest rare books and manuscripts of Anglo-American civilization. Altogether, there are about 6 million items."

"Hillyer Art Library provides broad-based coverage of the history, theory, criticism, and practice of the visual arts. Its collections include over 110,000 volumes, 38,000 microforms, and 225 current serials subscriptions to support teaching and research in almost all fields of art. Drawing on a long tradition of vigorous collection development, Renaissance art and architecture and Greek, Roman, Asian, and Medieval art are areas of special collection strength."

The Art and Architecture Libraries occupy separate facilities, comprising two of the eight University of Maryland Libraries. The Art Library houses more than 100,000 volumes in the areas of art history, archaeology, decorative arts and studio arts, including photography and graphic design. The Architecture Library holds 65,000 titles in the areas of architectural history, design, and theory; historic preservation; landscape architectural design; real estate development; and urban studies and planning.

"The Robert Goldwater Library blog is an online news and information resource. It is generated by the staff of the Goldwater Library, the library to the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Like the library, its subject strengths include the art and material culture of West Africa, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (Indonesia), and Precolumbian Mexico and Peru, with extensive holdings in related disciplines such as anthropology, ethnology, and archaeology. It also covers contemporary art in these regions, and issues broadly relating to libraries, museums, and online information resources."

"Nolen Library is open to all Museum visitors and welcomes readers of all ages to consult a wide range of noncirculating materials about the Museum's current exhibitions, permanent collection, and the history of art in general.

The collection of some eight thousand items, arranged in open shelves, includes books, picture books, DVDs and videos (with viewing equipment)."

"Thomas J. Watson Library is the research library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its noncirculating collection of books and periodicals relating to the history of art is one of the most comprehensive in the world.

The primary mission of the library is to support the research activities of the Museum staff; in addition, it serves an international community of researchers. The library contains nearly seven hundred thousand volumes (books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, and auction/sale catalogues); twenty-five hundred current serial subscriptions; collections of autograph letters; and extensive ephemera files relating to individual artists and to the history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art."

"The Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library, located on the main floor of Schneider Hall, contains the University’s research collection in art, design and architectural history. The Art Library has more than 93,000 volumes, subscribes to over 300 domestic and foreign journals and museum bulletins, has hundreds of videos and DVDs, and provides access to the major electronic and print indexes."

"The Library of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is an enduring testament to John Ringling’s passion for collecting. His love for Baroque art, Italian and Northern Old Masters, and decorative arts is revealed by his book collection that can indeed be seen as a complement to his art museum. More than 800 titles survive from John Ringling’s art book collection of the 1500 titles listed in the estate inventory taken after his death in 1936."

"The Joseph Curtis Sloane Art Library's collection of more than 100,000 volumes includes books, exhibition catalogs, serials, CD-ROMs, art documentaries and art films, microforms, illuminated manuscript facsimiles, artists' books, and online resources on the art of all periods from prehistoric times to the present, worldwide."

"Located in the same building as the Chazen Museum of Art, the Kohler Art Library is a member library of the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System. This library is the primary resource on campus for materials and information regarding the visual arts of painting, drawing, architecture, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and decorative arts."

"The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library supports teaching and research in the Arts at Yale, and is the library of record for the Yale University Art Gallery."

"The National Gallery of Art Library is a major national art research center serving the Gallery's staff, members of the Center for Advanced Study, visiting scholars, and serious adult researchers."

"The library, devoted exclusively to music and art, has an outstanding and ever-expanding collection of books, periodicals, reference material, compact discs, videocassettes, DVDs, sheet music, and librettos, as well as one of the most significant collections of artists' books in Southern California. The library is open to the public five days a week; members can check out materials for a modest annual fee."

"The Pierce Art Library is located on the south side of the second floor of the VAC [at Bowdoin], and houses about 18,000 volumes of the college's collection of books on art, art history and photography."

The 2nd joint conference of the Visual Resources Association and the Art Libraries Society of North America, March 24th to March 28th.

"This program brings together photographic historians, scientists, practitioners, and museum professionals to teach the material science, theory and history of photography, photographic processes and museum
and archives practices."

"The SAA Directory of Archival Education was created to assist prospective students in making informed decisions about their graduate archival education. Education providers are invited to describe their programs and indicate how their courses correlate with SAA’s Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Studies (GPAS)."

"Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."

"Follow me, dear readers, as we explore the pitfalls, moments of joy and daily requests for information in the museum library."

"The Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library is a circulating, open-stack branch of the Old Dominion University Libraries. The Art Library contains over 10,000 volumes on architecture, sculpture, drawing, painting, print media, photography, arts & crafts, in addition to an art reference section."

"The Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library is a circulating, open-stack branch of the Old Dominion University Libraries. The Art Library contains over 10,000 volumes on architecture, sculpture, drawing, painting, print media, photography, arts & crafts, in addition to an art reference section."

The Gunnin Architecture Library includes 45,000+ books, 220+ journals and magazines, and 2,200+ media titles.

Tony White's syllabus in PDF. Copyright 2009.