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RESPONSE IN CAPS BELOW 1) Do you collect all types of artists' books (multiples, limited edition and unique)? Please specify. What types do you not collect? WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF ALL TYPES IN OUR SMALL COLLECTION. i BEGAN ADDING THESE TO THE LIBRARY APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS AGO AS EXMAPLES OF CONTEMPORARY ART. wE NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE A FACULTY MEMBER WHO TEACHES GRAD COURSES IN CONTEMPORARY ART. wE ALSO SERVE A STUDIO ARTS DEPT. 2) Is there anything unique about your collection?. For instance, do you have a regional scope of collecting? NO 3) Approximately how many artists' books do you have in your collection? APPROXIMATELY 100 TITLES, ADD ABOUT 2-3 PER YEAR, DEPENDING ON PRICE AND BUDGET 4) Do you work with another curatorial department in your institution, such as a print department, on selection/criteria or collection development? Are all the artists' books collected by your institution cataloged into one system (ie RLIN, OCLC)? I WORK ALONE, BUT AM HAPPY TO COOPERATE WITH FACULTY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATINHG IN COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. I DO NOW RECEIVE ADVICE FROM NEW FACULTY MEMBER IN CONTEMRPOARY ART ARTISTS BOOKS ARE CATALOGED INTO OCLC ALONG WITH ALL LIBRARY BOOKS IN U OF PGH SYSTEM. 5) Does your institution have a program that highlights artists' books (publishing, programming, exhibition)? NOW CONTEMPORARY ART THAT BEGAN IN FALL 2002. WE HAVE HAD ONE EXHIBITION IN SPRING 2000 THAT TIED IN WITH ARLIS 2000 IN PITTSBURGH AND INCLUDED WORKS BY LOCAL BOOK ARTISTS AND THREE LIBRARIES IN ARLIS-OHIO CHAPTER. THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED EXCELLENT COVERAGE IN PGH NEWSPAPER. Ray Anne Lockard Head, Frick Fine Arts Library University Library System University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Voice: 412-648-2410 Fax: 412-648-7568 E-mail: [log in to unmask] A book should be a ball of light in one's hands. Ezra Pound __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]