Paula,
Just a tangential FYI...
we have some full-text books in the
Digital Library for Decorative Arts
and Material Culture that include
landscape plans from the 18th century--
if your faculty is interested.
Krafft
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.KrafftPlans
LeRouge
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.RougeDet
above are the handles for direct linking
to the books...and the best linking URL for
the DLDecArts is
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts
Hope this is useful info.
--Linda Duychak
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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From: "Wolfe, Paula" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, June 2, 2006 3:42 pm
Subject: [ARLIS-L] your thoughts please on a database like this
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> I received this inquiry from a professor> He wants to make a database
> for landscape plans. I wonder what other librarians think of this? I
> know this is an open ended question but I am involved in other grants
> and they take more time than I think he is aware, not just in writing
> but doing.
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> The grants we are applying for fund preservation and access to
> referencematerials.
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> We would like to establish an on-line database of plans of significant
> landscape architecture designs (eg Central Park, etc). This is
> somethingthat does not now exist but should exist.
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> We could obviously use your help as the College's Librarian. We
> have to
> lay out a very specific plan that covers what criteria are used to
> select materials, protocols for formatting, encoding, etc. These
> may be
> areas where you or others in the Library can be a big help.
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> Paula Wolfe
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> Fine Arts and Architecture Librarian
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> 1015 N Olive Street
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> University of Arizona
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> Fine Arts Library
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> Office 231b
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> Tucson, Arizona 85721
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> 520-626-9434
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