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I just thought I’d put in a plug for one of the Posters that will be presented at the ARLIS/NA conference, since it is related to this very issue:

To Surf or Boogie Board the Art E-Books Wave?
Kai Alexis Smith, Intern, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University

This poster will review the findings of a research investigation undertaken during a fall 2012 internship at the Avery Library at Columbia University. The goal of the project was to understand whether the Library should invest in ordering more e-books. The focus of the investigation was on titles listed on 39 course reserve lists in the areas of Fine Arts, Architecture, and Urban Planning, because the books from these lists are among those most requested by patrons. Approximately 550 books were surveyed. My research included discovering how many of these titles were already listed in the Columbia online catalog as e-books and how many were available for purchase through YBP’s online database (GOBI3). In addition, I also tried to determine which e-books contained images and which didn’t: I paged through the print editions of titles available as e-books, in search of images. I then compared the printed image pages to the e-book previews offered through GOBI3 to confirm the presence of images. All of the data was tracked in a spreadsheet. This investigation yielded interesting results which should prove informative for art librarians.

Come to the Poster Session to meet and interact with the poster presenters on Saturday April 27 from 4:15-6:15 in the Ballroom AB Foyer.

 

Posters will be on view Saturday, April 27, from 9:00-6:15 and Sunday, April 28, from 9:00-3:00.

 

Check out the list of posters and presenters at: http://www.arlisna.org/pasadena2013/posters.html.

 

Looking forward to seeing many of you in Pasadena!

 

Best wishes,

 

Janine Henri

Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian

and Interim Resource Librarian for Urban Planning

UCLA Arts Library

1400 Public Affairs Building

Box 951392

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392

 

tel: 310-206-4587

fax: 310-825-1303

email: [log in to unmask]

 

From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Feind
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 11:19 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] e-books with missing or black-white vs original color illustrations

 

Greetings all,

It isn't just art books, although illustrations in art texts are essential.  Here's an example that caused me to grind my teeth:

In the book  Findings:  The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing on page 3 one finds this message:


[To view this image, refer to the print version of this title.]


Fig. 1.1 Frontispiece for Easy Steps in Sewing for Big and Little Girls, published by Jane Eayre Fryer in 1913. The girl’s sewing tools have come to life to keep her company during what would otherwise be tedious hours in the sewing room as she is instructed in sewing and femininity by another animated friend, her little sewing bird. (Courtesy The Winterthur Library: Printed Book and Periodical Collection)

Beaudry, Mary Carolyn. Findings : The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing.
New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press, 2006. p 18.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10210250&ppg=18
Copyright © 2006. Yale University Press. All rights reserved.

Isn't it maddening?  In this case, not buying the print version means not having the illustration.  Happily, I can skip of to the GT section and look at the print version, but it is hard to make the case for the usefulness of e-texts when they themselves refer you to print.

Rebecca

 

 

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