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After much delay (my apologies) we have a small working group formed to begin a close analysis of the various bound library catalogs -- primarily G.K. Hall, but others as well -- in order to establish their continued value as research tools. Our purpose is to examine the level to which these printed works have been reconned and identify what material they contain that is not available in any other form. This analysis will enable librarians to make informed decisions about the necessity to keep these large sets on site, relegate them to storage, or withdraw them completely. We will contact the home institutions for these catalogs for definitive information and also perform a modest amount of double checking by searching online resources against the bound catalogs.

Special thanks to Kathleen Lonbom, Arts and Humanities Division Librarian at Illinois State University, who created a detailed initial survey while serving as an intern at the Ryerson and Burnham Librareis of The Art Institute of Chicago in Fall 2003.

The working group consists of:
Rebecca Friedman, Firestone Library, Princeton University
Jill Luedke, School of Information and Library Science, Pratt University
Nancy Spiegel, University of Chicago Library

The catalogs identified to date follow. Please forward your additions, comments, etc. Our goal is to complete the analysis by January 1, 2007, and deliver a document to the Society, perhaps for posting on the ARLIS web site.

Regards to all,

Peter Blank

Title list of bound library catalogs for examination:

Catalog of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design Library of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1993.
6 v.
ISBN 0816105251

Catalog of prints, engravings, photographs, and original art materials.
Alt title: Folger Shakespeare Library catalog of prints, engravings, photographs, and original art materials.
Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1984.
4 v.
ISBN 0816104387

Dictionary catalog of the library of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. / Freer Gallery of Art.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1967.
6 v.

Catalogue of the Harvard University Fine Arts Library, the Fogg Art Museum.
Boston : G. K. Hall, 1971.
15 v. + 1 supplement (3 v.)
Vol. 15: Catalogue of auction sales
ISBN 0816109192 (v. 1-14)
ISBN 0816101051 (v. 15)

The Winterthur Museum Libraries collection of printed books and periodicals.
Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1974.
9 v.
v. 1-7. General catalog.
v. 8-9. Rare book catalog. Auction catalogs. Shaker collection.
ISBN 0842017259

Catalogue of the Library of the National Gallery of Canada.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1973.
8 v.
ISBN 0816110433

Library catalog of the Conservation Center, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts.
Boston : G.K. Hall, 1980.
v, 934 p.
ISBN 0816103038

Dictionary Catalog of the Art and Architecture Division (New York Public Library, Art and Architecture Division).
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
30 v.
ISBN 0081611157

Guide to Festschriften / New York Public Library, Research Libraries.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977.
v. 1. The retrospective Festschriften collection of the New York Public Library: materials cataloged through 1971.
v. 2. A dictionary catalog of Festschriften in the New York Public Library (1972-1976) and the Library of Congress (1968-1976).
ISBN 0816100691

Catalog of the Goldwater Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1982.
4 v.
v. 1. Author/title, A-L -- v. 2. Author/title, M-Z. Serials. Auction sales catalogs -- v. 3. Subject catalog: General. Africa. Oceania -- v. 4. Subject catalog: Americas. Index.

Catalogues of the Berenson Library of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti, Florence, Italy.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1972.
4 v.
[1] Author catalogue. 2. v.
[2] Subject catalogue. 2 v
ISBN 0816109737

Library catalog of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.
Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1982.
4 v.
ISBN 0816102945

Library catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1980
48 v.
2d ed., rev. and enl
ISBN 0816102953

Library catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : first supplement.
Boston, Mass: G. K. Hall, 1982
840 p.
2nd ed., rev. and enl
ISBN 0816103674

Catalog of the Library of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall, 1976.
14 v.
ISBN 0816100152

Catalog of the library of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979.
2 v.

Katalog des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz.
(tp title: Catalog of the Institute of the History of Art, Florence Italy).
Boston : G.K. Hall, 1964
9 v.+ 3 supplements (6 v.)

National Art Library catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1972.
11 v.
v. 1. A-Bor. -- v. 2. Bos-C. -- v. 3. D-Gat. -- v. 4. Gau-I. -- v. 5. J-London S. -- v. 6. London T-Nib. -- v. 7. Nic-Roa. -- v. 8. Rob-S. -- v. 9. T-Z -- v. 10. Pre-1890, A-Z. -- Catalogue of exhibition catalogues.
ISBN 0816110220

Catalog of the Warburg Institute Library, University of London.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1967.
12 v.
2d ed.

Catalogue des catalogues de ventes d'art, Bibliothèque Forney, Paris.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1972.
2 v.
Catalog of the catalogs of sales of art
v.1. Collectionneurs A-Z. Dates 1930.
v.2. Dates 1931. Lieux A-Z.
ISBN 0816109621

General catalogue of printed books to 1955 / British Museum.
New York: Readex Microprint Corp., 1967.
27 v.
Compact ed

General catalogue of printed books: ten year supplement, 1956-1965 / British Museum.
New York : Readex Microprint Corp., 1969
5 v.
Compact ed

General catalogue of printed books: five year supplement, 1966-1970 / British Museum.
New York : Readex Microprint Corp., 1974.
3 v.
Compact ed

General catalogue of printed books: five-year supplement, 1971-1975 / The British Library.
New York : Readex Books, 1980.
2 v.
Compact ed

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