Dear Paula,

Have you looked at Catena, an online database of landscape architecture? Catena does include some plans. You should talk with Johanna Baumann, who is the director of the project. I’ve included below a message from VRA-L from Johanna.

 

Dear VRA Members

 

We are nearing the end of our first phase of development and are pleased to announce that we now have interactive plans available for all of our featured sites. 

 

If you have not done so recently, I urge you to go and see the progress we have made on the educational content, which now includes:

 

* Interactive plans and interpretive texts for featured sites: http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/sites_intro.htm

* Browse Pages: http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/site_name.htm

* A fully illustrated glossary of terms: http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/glossary.htm

* Historical Documentation: http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/historical_doc.htm

* Bibliography of Primary Sources: http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/bibliography_primary.htm

 

We would love to have your feedback on this resource and how you have been using it.  Please provide any comments you might  have by filling in the survey at the following url, or forward this message to faculty and students who have been using it.

 

http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/general_survey.htm

 

Your feedback will help us to make decisions about the development of Catena moving forward.

With best wishes,

 

Johanna Bauman

Project Director

 

 

Ann

 

 

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.

 

The grants we are applying for fund preservation and access to reference materials.

 

We would like to establish an on-line database of plans of significant landscape architecture designs (eg Central Park, etc). This is something that does not now exist but should exist.

 

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.

 

 

Paula Wolfe

Fine Arts and Architecture Librarian

1015 N Olive Street

University of Arizona

Fine Arts Library

Office 231b

Tucson, Arizona 85721

520-626-9434

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