Dear Gail,
Our volumes of Art Journal (London) are falling apart at Emory, too!  I think I had asked JSTOR a few years back to put this on their list of potential items to be digitized and even offered our copies for  the process.  Maybe it is time to revisit. 
I would also be interested in hearing what you learn about the quality of the microfilm.
Sincerely,
Kim Collins, art history librarian and collection management subject liaison coordinator
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 540 Asbury Circle. Atlanta, Georgia 30322
(404)727-2997. Fax (404)727-0408, [log in to unmask]

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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Art Journal on microfilm
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:05:45 -0400
From: Bardhan, Gail P. <[log in to unmask]>
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Art Journal on microfilm

One of our curators is interested in recommending that our library purchase the Art Journal (London) on microfilm.  Volumes 11-74 (1849-1912) were filmed by

University Microfilms.

Our experience with some of other microfilmed journals has not always been satisfactory - print was too small to read, print from the page on the other side "bled" through into the page you were reading, etc.

Does anyone have experience with using the Art Journal on microfilm?  It has been difficult for us to locate a library which would even loan the microfilm of one of these volumes, so we have not used it ourselves.

Thank you.

Gail Bardhan
Reference Librarian
The Corning Museum of Glass
Five Museum Way
Corning, NY 14830
Telephone 607-974-8020
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