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Dear Librarians, In response to this discussion, I felt compelled to mention that Worldwide Books has also long covered the museum and gallery publications distributed by ABC Art Books Canada, but we also routinely carry catalogues from many Canadian museums and galleries whose titles are not distributed to the trade through ABC, and of course we also carry catalogues on Canadian art that are published outside of Canada. I know that Ray Anne is already very familiar with Worldwide's online database, but this discussion made me realize that other subscribers may not be as familiar with the search features offered through our Web site or how they can be used to advantage when conducting exactly this sort of retrospective collection development. Users can quickly compile very useful bibliographies through Worldwide's online bibliographic database whether they wish to purchase through Worldwide or not. Given the scope of our coverage, and the permanence of our records, most of the more significant exhibition catalogues on Canadian art that have been produced in the past 50 years are likely to be in our database, and many of the more recent titles are likely to be in stock, as are numerous volumes from years past that may now have become rare items and are elsewhere indicated as OP. On the Advanced Search Screen of our Web site (http://www.worldwide-artbooks.com/wwb_search_form.php) search results can be limited by place of publication by using the COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION filter (Canada in this case) and/or search results can be limited to titles that focus on Canadian art (regardless of where the catalogues may have been published) by selecting Canada from the COUNTRY pull-down menu. Note: since Worldwide's coverage of "standard" trade and university press books is limited to titles with U.S. distribution (as opposed to exhibition and collection catalogues, for which our coverage is international in scope), all of the non-museum and gallery titles we carry are considered to be "U.S. publications" for search purposes. Using various other filters offered on Worldwide's Advanced Search Screen in combination, searches can also be structured to limit results based on such factors as: * Exhibition Catalogues vs. "Standard" Art Books: exhibition and collection catalogues have Worldwide item numbers below 90000 in our database, whereas trade and university press books unrelated to exhibitions have item numbers above 90000. The greater-than (>) and less-than (<) operators can be used in the WORLDWIDE ITEM NUMBER field to limit searches to either type of publication. * Date of publication or date range (e.g., users can specify ">1999" in the DATE OF PUBLICATION field to limit search results to titles published within the past decade or so). * Language of the text * Artistic medium represented * Period represented (e.g. early 20th century, Post-1945, Post-1970, Post-1990 or Post-2000); the last three subject headings are admittedly rather arbitrary chronological divisions and are designed simply to enable users to limit search results to titles that focus on work produced in very recent decades. Searches can also be designed to omit titles that are Out of Print (OP) or Temporarily Out of Stock (TOS) at Worldwide, which is particularly useful for librarians wishing to limit results to titles that Worldwide is currently able to supply; however, TOS and OP titles can also be included in search results if a user is interested in compiling a more comprehensive bibliography, regardless of availability. Please note that Worldwide's database includes a permanent bibliographic record for each and every title selected after careful evaluation for our approval plan program since the company's founding in 1962 (currently more than 100,000 titles), making the database particularly useful as a bibliographic resource for identifying international catalogues on art, architecture, photography and design published over the past 50 years. Although the search features of our Web site are fairly intuitive and are explained quite clearly on the site, we are always happy to provide search assistance by telephone whenever necessary or whenever a librarian wishes to conduct a particularly complex type of search. I don't mean to make this sound like a sales pitch, but we like to make sure that librarians are aware of the various bibliographic research tools that we make freely available through our Web site to anyone who may want to use them. Best regards, Kelly Fiske Worldwide Books Find us on the Web: http://www.worldwide-artbooks.com http://www.facebook.com/WorldwideBooks Worldwide Books Corporation 1001 West Seneca Street Ithaca, NY 14850 USA >X-Original-To: [log in to unmask] >Delivered-To: [log in to unmask] >X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1320701804-004eb420785001000a-uC3M7R >X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: >owner-arlis-l*fiske**WORLDWIDE-ARTBOOKS*[log in to unmask] >X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 64.57.176.11 >Approved-By: [log in to unmask] >X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true >X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: > >AkACAERLuE6AfSmH/2dsb2JhbAA5BwOCTYUHkjWSWgcBAQEEAQEBKjkSEQsHCgQBAQEJFggHCQMCAQIBNAkIBQ4GAgEBhUSCQqdwhz6JBIV6GoMXBIgLniM >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) > Gecko/20110920 Thunderbird/3.1.15 >Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:21:29 -0800 >Reply-To: Amy Ciccone <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> >From: Amy Ciccone <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Contemporary Canadian Art >To: [log in to unmask] >X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [ARLIS-L] Contemporary Canadian Art >List-Help: <http://lsv.arlisna.org/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=ARLIS-L>, > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Owner: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Archive: <http://lsv.arlisna.org/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=ARLIS-L> >X-Barracuda-Connect: mail0.lightlink.com[64.57.176.11] >X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1320701926 >X-Barracuda-URL: http://spam2.lightlink.com:80/cgi-mod/mark.cgi >X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at lightlink.com >X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 >X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using >global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 >QUARANTINE_LEVEL=3.5 KILL_LEVEL=1000.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE >X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.2.78051 > Rule breakdown below > pts rule name description > ---- ---------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > 0.00 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message > >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 >><mailto:http://www.abcartbookscanada.com/>ABC >>Art Books Canada 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 <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >> >>OCAD UNIVERSITY >>100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Canada M5T 1W1 >><http://www.ocad.ca>www.ocad.ca >> >> >>From: ARLIS/NA List >>[<mailto:[log in to unmask]>mailto:[log in to unmask]] >>On Behalf Of Lockard, Ray Anne >>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 1:06 PM >>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[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: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >>"A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." 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