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*Avery Index Returns to Columbia University*
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/libraries/2009/2009-07-01.averyindex.html>
(NEW YORK, July 2, 2009) The J. Paul Getty Trust will return ownership
of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals to Columbia University
effective July 1, 2009. One of the preeminent research tools in
architecture, the Index offers a comprehensive listing of journal
articles published worldwide on architecture and design, city planning,
interior design, landscape architecture and historic preservation.
The Avery Index covers not only the international scholarly and popular
periodical literature but also the publications of professional
associations as well as U.S. state and regional periodicals.
For the past 26 years, the Avery Index has been a joint project between
the J. Paul Getty Trust and Columbia University, with the Getty
providing funding as well as technical and administrative support, while
Columbia University managed its production. Last spring, in connection
with Getty-wide budget reductions, the GRI announced its intention to
transfer the Index back to Columbia.
Over the years, the Avery Index has migrated from print to electronic to
Internet distribution, and it has vastly increased its subscription
base. At present, there are approximately 225 institutional subscribers,
which comprise nearly all the major academic institutions
internationally who support research in architecture.
"Now that the Avery Index is increasingly self-supporting, it seemed the
opportune moment to return it to its producers at Columbia," says Thomas
Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute.
"We are delighted to reacquire the Avery Index," says Jim Neal, Vice
President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia
University. "We have profited greatly from our partnership over the past
26 years, and we hope to continue to make advances in production and
distribution of this important reference tool."
Columbia and Getty will ensure a seamless transition for users of the
Index, coordinating continuing distribution agreements as they have in
the past. The Getty will continue to provide administrative and
technical support during the transition period from July 1, 2009 until
December 31, 2009.
The Avery Index has been produced since 1934 at the Avery Architectural
and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, one of the finest
libraries in the country for research in architecture. For more
information, please visit the Avery Index
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/avery_index.html> web page
on the Columbia University website. The Avery Library's website provides
a list of journals included in the Avery Index.
*Columbia University Libraries/Information Services* is one of the top
five academic research library systems in North America. The collections
include over 10 million volumes, over 100,000 journals and serials, as
well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books,
microforms, maps, graphic and audio-visual materials. The services and
collections are organized into 25 libraries and various academic
technology centers. The Libraries employs more than 550 professional and
support staff. The website of the Libraries at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb
is the gateway to its services and resources.
*The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library* is one of the most
comprehensive collections relating to architecture and the fine arts in
the world. Avery collects a full range of primary and secondary sources
for the advanced study of architecture, historic preservation, art
history, decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archeology.
The Library contains more than 400,000 volumes, including 35,000 rare
books, and receives approximately 1,000 periodicals. Avery's Drawings
and Archives collection includes one million architectural drawings and
records.
*The J. Paul Getty Trust* is an international cultural and philanthropic
institution devoted to the visual arts that features the J. Paul Getty
Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute,
and the Getty Foundation. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs
serve a varied audience from two locations: the Getty Center in Los
Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu. Additional information is
available at www.getty.edu.
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