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Stan,

If you are looking for bibliographies that aren't as specialized as Artnzen
& Rainwater, et al., but include a significant number of art titles (as
well as other subjects), there are two or three books you might try.

"Books for College Libraries: a core collection of 50,000 titles"  (latest
ed. is 1988) is geared towards undergraduate libraries.  The "Reader's
Advisor" (the 14th ed. came out a few years ago) is more focused on public
libraries and the general reader.   Finally, there is "Choice's Outstanding
Academic Books, 1992-1997", just published by ALA, which includes the
Choice reviews.

I hope this helps.

Amy

Amy Navratil Ciccone
University of Southern California

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>Our library will be receiving a large influx of funds to upgrade our book
>collection.  What I would like to know is this. Are there any lists,
>either
>printed or electronic, that we can use to evaluate our art collection and
>identify gaps that we could fill. I'm familiar with the standard
>bibliographies, like Ehrensmann and Freitag. What I'm looking for would go
>beyond them. Something like the Basic Music Library. I may be searching
>for something that doesn't exist, but I would appreciate any suggestions.
>Thanks as always,
>
>Stan Shiebert
>Fine & Performing Arts
>Seattle Public Library