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Dear Ray Anne, Rebecca Feind, Anna, et al., This is all very interesting, and food for thought. I was recently tasked with examining the Ns (print reference) in our main library, and what I found was interesting and provided some perspective on our reference collection in the art library. I haven't had a chance to respond, but I've spent much time thinking about our ref. collection here at Princeton and am happy to read and hear about others' perspectives. If I can think of anything to add once I've had a chance to think about all of this, I will post it here. Briefly, our ref. room is limited in space, and I have sent many things to the stacks or off-site (or withdrawn) if available electronically or superseded, etc. It's impossible to include everything, and pointing users to additional sources of narrower scope, often, involve ensuring that users know how to look for ref. sources in the catalog (and/or via our new discovery system). I do agree with Rebecca that there are still some useful print sources, although making these known and relevant, as well as pointing users to electronic ref. sources can be tricky and challenging. The shift to a more global and increasingly contemporary focus is relevant, here, too, and I appreciate your sharing of title suggestions, Ray Anne. Best, Rebecca Lockard, Ray Anne wrote: > > Dear ARLIS Colleagues, > > > > Some of you have asked me to reply with responses to this question I > asked a few days ago. Most people replied saying they wanted me to > post the results! The only response that is worth mentioning to all > of you is the one by our colleague, Anna Fishaut (Stanford > University), who presented on this subject at the 2011 ARLIS/NA > conference in Minneapolis. I was not able to attend that session. > The link to her presentation is below. > > > > And I am thinking in pretty much the same way Stanford has handled > their reference collection. Our Art and Architectural History > Department has changed curriculum wildly since I arrived here in > 1986. Rather than focusing on medieval and Renaissance art history, > we now focus on _/global/_ modern and contemporary art and > architecture. We have several new faculty members (since 2000) in > that area with graduate students and undergrads. This has greatly > changed our collection development policy and has made our reference > room rather obsolete. > > > > We have sent very few things to storage from reference, but will do so > later in this coming academic year. It is a matter of space and also > making the reference collection more relevant to what the greatest > number of our faculty and graduate and undergrad students are needing > these days. > > > > I have added the following because handbooks or encyclopedias of > contemporary art were so out of date. Our courses are focusing on > emerging art and artists. The following offer, at least, a paragraph > of biographical information about the artists and some illustrations > of their work. I know that emerging artists are difficult to track > down and are often only in brief journal articles, if that, and many > have their own web sites. > > > > We have already added the following books to the collection to assist > in finding information on contemporary artists: > > > > The Vitamin Series by Phaidon (A-Z arrangement of artists' names): > > > > Vitamin D -- New Perspectives in Drawing > > Vitamin P -- New Perspectives in Painting > > Vitamin Ph -- New Perspectives in Photography > > Vitamin 3D -- New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation > > > > > > Art Now: The New Directory to 136 International Contemporary Artists > (2001, 2005, 2008 editions / volumes) > > Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2009) > > 40 Architects around 40 > > A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists -- (working in > India) > > Jodidio, Philip -- Architecture Now (7 volumes) > > 100 Contemporary Architects (2 vols.) -- Philip Jodidio > > USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery > > Women Artists in the Twentieth and 21^st Century > > > > In the future I want to add something like the most recent three > occurrences of main biennials (to our faculty members - no room to > include all of them): Venice, Carnegie International, Documental, > Manifesta, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Whitney and three in China: Guangzhou, > Beijing and Shanghai (should I be so lucky as to acquire more of the > latter two). > > > > Also to add a few of the important collection catalogs for > contemporary art > > > > The series entitled Movements of Modern Art > > > > In addition, our Architectural Studies program has grown by leaps and > bounds with a new faculty member and it now has a larger enrollment > than the History of Art and Architecture!! At this time an undergrad > program that plans to become a graduate program in the future. So, I > will be adding many of the AIA guides to the architecture of cities. > > > > These ideas are rather off the top of my head right now. I would > greatly appreciate any comments and/or additions to my list. > > > > Thanks so much and I hope the conversation now begins in earnest! > > > > Ray Anne Lockard > > > > Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian > Frick Fine Arts Library > University of Pittsburgh > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > Voice-mail: 412-648-2410 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." 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