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Thank you to all who responded to the artists' book survey! I received 26 responses from the following types of libraries: 9 - museum, 1 public, 5 art school and 11 academic See below for summaries: >1) Do you collect all types of artists' books (multiples, limited edition >and unique)? Please specify. What types do you not collect? > >15 libraries reported that they focus on multiples and limited editions. >10 collect multiples, limited edition and unique bookworks. > >2) Is there anything unique about your collection? For instance, do you >have a regional scope of collecting? > >3 libraries report that their collection is strictly regional. 23 collect >both local, national and international work and several art museum >libraries reported a tendency to collect work by artists who are >represented in their object collections. > >3) Approximately how many artists' books do you have in your collection? > >ranged from 100 to 4,000 > >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)? > >12 libraries reported that they work with other colleagues within their >institutions to build their artists' book collection. >12 libraries contribute their holdings to OCLC and 4 to RLIN. > >5) Does your institution have a program that highlights artists' books >(publishing, programming, exhibition)? > >16 libraries have active exhibition programs, 12 hold regular classes for >students, 1 is developing a publishing program with another institution. >Three institutions are establishing an endowment fund to allow for more >acquisitions of artists' books. In addition to collecting artists' books, a few libraries reported that they were also collecting the archives of a particular press or artist. My favorite response to question number 2: "Particular attention is paid to artists' books as agents of social change, the book as conceptual space, and artists' books that pay self-conscious attention to book structure".