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Hi Ray Anne! YBP handles ABC Art Books Canada. We get notifications from YBP on a regular basis. Amy Ciccone USC Libraries On 11/7/2011 12:03 PM, Patrick, Jill wrote: > > I am glad to help. > > Start by bookmarking the ABC Art Books Canada > <mailto:http://www.abcartbookscanada.com/> website -- they deal > exclusively in Canadian gallery/museum publications and are an > ARLIS/NA Exhibitor. Establish standing orders with our museums and > galleries. To identify post 2000 imprints, you might search for our > Governor General's Award winners -- that is one way to approach this > task. At least, it will be a start. > > Here are the winners for the past 10 years: > > <snip> > > Hope this is helpful. > > *JILL PATRICK* > > UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN & DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES > > DOROTHY H. HOOVER LIBRARY > > *T *416 977 6000 x348 > > *E *[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > *OCAD UNIVERSITY * > > 100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Canada M5T 1W1 > > *www.ocad.ca <http://www.ocad.ca>* > > *From:*ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *Lockard, Ray Anne > *Sent:* Monday, November 07, 2011 1:06 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [ARLIS-L] Contemporary Canadian Art > > Dear Colleagues, > > I am collecting books and exhibition catalogs on a global scale and > have been doing this since 2000. Our Department now teaches > Contemporary Art (history) on a global scale. I would like to now > focus on Canada as books on that subject do not seem to be in vendor > databases often (except for Worldwide Art Books). Since I was once > told by Mary Williamson some years ago that I should become an > "honorary" member of the Canadian contingent of ARLIS/NA, I am hoping > that my Canadian colleagues (including those in Montreal) can help me > with this question. > > What are the top books on contemporary art / artists in your country. > By top, I mean, as art librarians in Canada, what are the top books > and exhibition catalogs published since 2000 that you can think of and > share with me. I do want to be inclusive and diverse, including Inuit > and practicing Native American Indians. I realize this question is > ptobably overwhelming, but I am asking my colleagues because you know > what the "best" titles are. > > Along those lines, what are the currently running biennials in Canada? > > Thanks so very much, 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." Ezra Pound > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~