Publisher Description

The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship integrates theory and practice to offer guidelines for information professionals working in art and design environments who need to support and anticipate the information needs of artists, designers, architects and the historians who study those disciplines. Since the first edition of this title, the world of art and design libraries has been transformed by rapid advances in technology, an explosion in social media and the release of new standards and guidelines. This new edition, offering mostly entirely new chapters, provides an accessible, fully updated, guide to the world of academic art and design libraries from a range of international experts who reflect current practice at a global level.
Coverage includes:

• case studies and library profiles, providing benchmarks for developing facilities
• teaching and learning, including the ACRL Framework, teaching with special
• collections, meta-literacies, instructional design and cultural differences
• developments in institutional repositories, digital humanities and makerspaces
• contemporary library design, spaces for collaboration and sustainability.

This book will be useful reading for students taking library and information science courses in art librarianship, special collections, and archives, as well as practising library and information professionals in art and design school libraries, art museum libraries and public libraries.

Author Biography

Paul Glassman is Director of University Libraries and Adjunct Instructor of Architectural History and Design at Yeshiva University.
Judy Dyki is Director of Library and Academic Resources at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Editor of Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tablesNotes on contributorsForeword – Clive PhillpotPrefacePart 1: Roles and Responsibilities1. The governance and administration of the art and design library – Paul Glassman2. Evolution not revolution – Barbara Opar 3. Expanding roles for fine arts liaison librarians – Stephanie Kays4. Accreditation and visual arts libraries – Judy Dyki5. Design thinking for design librarians: rethinking art and design librarianship – Rachel Ivy ClarkePart 2: Materials and Collection Management6. Visual resources: from analogue to digital and beyond – Molly Schoen7. Developing digital collections – Greta Bahnemann and Jeannine Keefer8. Inspirational encounters: the management and use of archives and special collections in the art and design Library – Jess Crilly, Gustavo Grandal Montero and Sarah Mahurter9. What is special about special collections? – Lee Sorensen10. Artists' books, publications, multiples, and objects – Tony White11. Art documentation: exhibition catalogues and beyond – Gustavo Grandal Montero12. Tactile Libraries: material collections in art, architecture, and design – Rebecca Coleman and Mark Pompelia13. Seeing the bigger picture: archival description of visual information – Alyssa CarverPart 3: Teaching and Learning14. Embedded in their world: moving mentally into the studio environment – Michael A. Wirtz15. Teaching with threshold concepts and the ACRL Framework in the art and design context – Alexander Watkins16. Teaching by the book: art history pedagogy and special collections – Sandra Ludig Brooke17. Metalitery in art and design education: implications for library instruction – Leo Appleton18. The art of evidence: a method for instructing students in art history research – Catherine Haras19. "I want students to research the idea of red": using instructional design for teaching information literacy in the fine arts – Katie Greer and Amanda Nichols Hess20. Cultural differences and information literacy competencies – Nancy FawleyPart 4: Knowledge Creation21. The ever-shifting landscape: mapping the present and future of digital art histories – Colin Post22. Critical cARTography: mapping spaces for dialogue about identity and artistic practices – Andy Rutkowski and Stacy Williams23. More than just art on the walls: enhancing fine arts pedagogy in the academic library space – Rachael Muszkiewicz, Jonathan Bull and Aimee Tomasek24. Beyond the monograph? transformations in scholarly communication and their impact on art librarianship – Patrick TomlinPart 5: The Physical Environment25. New, renovated and repurposed library spaces: responding to new demands – Leo Appleton, Karen Latimer, and Pat Christie26. Why is that column in the middle of the room? success in creating classrooms for library instruction – Paul Glassman27. Finding common ground: creating library spaces for collaboration – Beverly MitchellPart 6. Promotion and Sustainability28. Marketing plans made simple – Paul Glassman29. Engaging with social media – Ken Laing and Hillary Webb30. Website strategies for art and design libraries – Judy DykiAppendix: Library profiles – Beth MorrisIndex

Review

Now in a second edition with new chapters, The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship, second edition is an anthology of scholarly essays by a diversity of learned authors written especially for information professionals who operate in art and design environments, and who aid and need to anticipate the needs of artists, designers, architects, and art historians. Individual writings include "Accreditation and visual arts libraries", "Seeing the bigger picture: archival description of visual information", "Cultural differences and information literary competencies", "Website strategies for art and design libraries", and much more. The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship is a "must-have" for experts in the field, highly recommended. * Midwest Book Review *
The fact that this book is in its second edition is an indication of its necessity and importance...The chapters discuss topics such as governance and administration, the liaison model, accreditation, visual resources from collection to preservation, artists' books, teaching within the ACRL Framework, metaliteracy, art history research, cultural differences, art librarianship and scholarly communication, creating and renovating library spaces, marketing, and social media, to name a few. The appendix contains a number of profiles and descriptions of art and design libraries around the world. This book is essential for any librarian whose duties include these subject areas. -- Bradford Lee Eden * ARBA *
Those who are just beginning in the field or who have recently accepted an administrative level position will most likely find high value in the Handbook in its entirety, as even the more general topics can help them to understand their roles. The book includes a list of contributors and their institutions at the beginning and expands upon this information in an appendix entitled "library profiles" (of the authors) divided into four categories: art and design school libraries, academic branch libraries, academic department-based libraries, and main academic libraries supporting art and design curricula...The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship, second edition, would be a welcome addition to any library that fits the criteria of one of the four types described above as well as those supporting graduate programs in library and information science. -- Janis L. DesMarais * College & Research Libraries *
'The effect of the book is a clear assertion of the role of libraries and their staff, not just as service providers but as educators, helping to develop information literacy, using technology in a reflective, tailored and nuanced way. Indeed, the emphasis on teaching and learning may be particularly useful to archivists in terms of articulating our own objectives and potential contribution to these areas.'- Sue Breakell, University of Brighton Design Archives, Archives and Records * Archives and Records *

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Now in a second edition with new chapters, The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship , second edition is an anthology of scholarly essays by a diversity of learned authors written especially for information professionals who operate in art and design environments, and who aid and need to anticipate the needs of artists, designers, architects, and art historians. Individual writings include "Accreditation and visual arts libraries", "Seeing the bigger picture: archival description of visual information", "Cultural differences and information literary competencies", "Website strategies for art and design libraries", and much more. The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship is a "must-have" for experts in the field, highly recommended. 010

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