> 1: Do any of you keep artist's book collections in your libraries for
> student access, especially where your institutional libraries also
> have Special Collections libraries that may also have a claim on this
> material?
Special Collections houses most of UCSD's artists' books, though a
number of less expensive ones are down in our stacks and can freely
circulate. Also when a commercial reprinting of a book occurs - for
example Timothy Ely's "Flight into Egypt" - I'll buy a copy for the stacks.
> 2: Do you require special handling or supervision of this material as
> it is being used: cotton gloves, felt deskpads, etc.?
yes for items in special collections, no for items in the art library.
One thing you should realize though - I've never seen a student resent
having to put on the cotton gloves. In fact this seems to make the
process more special. It gives a certain allure to the physical object,
whether it is one-of-a-kind/limited edition (i.e. expensive) or mass
produced. The very restriction makes the item more special.
To the students.
The faculty ...
csj
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