The Silent Auction at the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference is a
little more than a week away. I'm writing to highlight some of the
larger items in the auction - the types of things you might want to
purchase for your institution - as well as to provide a list of the
books that will be in the auction so you can check your collections to
see if the books could fill some gaps for you. Here are the details:
Mullen Books, Inc. $500 gift certificate for you or your
organization to be used towards acquisitions from an extensive inventory
of 34,000+ titles.
http://www.mullenbooks.com/shop/mullen/index.html
Archivision One-Year Subscription. The one-year Archivision
subscription provides an institution with access to the full Archivision
Digital Research Library, 66,000 images from the Base Collection
through Module 8. A choice of delivery options is available, LUNA or
MDID, with JPEG image downloads of 1,500 pixels and rich associated
metadata. Valued at $359 to $2,395 depending on user population.
http://archivision.com/educational/subscription_.htmlOne
year institutional subscription to Bridgeman Education image database!
Valued at $1000-$5000 depending on size of institution.
http://www.bridgemaneducation.com/InfoPage.aspx?pageid=25Archivision
Base Collection. The Archivision Digital Library's Base Collection is a
core architecture collection representing major Greek, Roman, Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, 18th & 19th Century and Modern sites. The
main focus of the 16,000 images with rich descriptive information is the
Italian Renaissance and Baroque and Modern architecture, especially the
work of Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. The collection also includes
gardens & parks, city skylines, cityscapes and public art as well as
other design related topics, such as C.R. Mackintosh furniture
drawings, etc. Valued at $6,800 to $55,000 depending on user population.
http://archivision.com/cgi-bin/avsearch.cgi?isindex=baseYou can find a list of most of the books in the auction here:
https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/tsoleau/lists/3115047
Remember that some of these may be combined into lots due to space restrictions.