Hi Anna and everyone else interested in Artist's Books collection development!

I wanted to respond to this because we do tend to have interest in this format that other libraries may not.  In part because many of our professors create artist's books, and because we participate in events, such as the Moveable Books Society Conference, we like to keep an eye out for interesting artist's books.  We usually catalog them to belong to what we call the "Special Collection" in which one of our librarians discern the availability of the material to be borrowed.  Usually it is in house use only and used for classes, but we will consider on case by case basis.  The following is an excerpt from our collection development policy:

The AIB Library’s collection purview includes monographs, series, juvenile literature (as it pertains to book design and illustration), periodicals, newspapers, slides, audio visual and electronic material, and relevant software (including CD-ROMs). Exhibition catalogues will be collected for textual and pictorial content. Catalogue raisonnes and artist books will be collected on a selective basis. The AIB Library does not collect microfiche or microfilm. Individual reproductions and commercial art are excluded. Although software is collected, manuals for software are not. Textbooks are not collected unless they represent the standard information source for a topic.

I hope this helps as you assess your collection development for artist's books.

Regards,

Kara Brinkley

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