A Reader in Art Librarianship

A Reader in Art Librarianship

Author: Philip Pacey

Publisher: München ; New York : K.G. Saur

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Estuda os seguintes aspectos da biblioteca de arte: formação do profissional, necessidade de informação, marketing, desenvolvimento de coleções e cooperação entre bibliotecas.


The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship

The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship

Author: Amanda Gluibizzi

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1856047024

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While much attention has been paid to art librarianship as it exists in museum settings, comparatively less notice has been taken of academic and art-and-design-school art librarianship as a distinct focus. However, the skills of subject specialists in the arts and their advocacy on behalf of their users are fundamental elements in vital art libraries that fully support and anticipate the needs of artists, designers, architects, and the historians who study these disciplines. Put together by an international team of contributors, this essential handbook examines methods of innovative librarianship in academic and art school libraries throughout the world. With a focus on the intersection of best practice and best opportunities, the book brings together the philosophies and realities of the most creative librarians working in the field of art librarianship today and serves as a field guide to academic art libraries in the twenty-first century. Key discussions include: the role of liaison to the visual arts visual literacy for highly literate viewers art history pedagogy and special collections technology in an art and design library collection management, renewal, and de-accession new forms of scholarly communication and their impact on art librarianship the making of the 21st century art library. Readership: This timely book is essential reading for all information professionals working in art and design environments. It will also be of interest to students of librarianship interested in the challenges currently facing professionals working in this specialized area.


Reading and the Art of Librarianship

Reading and the Art of Librarianship

Author: John B. Nicholson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1000759067

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This book, first published in 1986, contains a collection of remarkable essays analysing such topics as the nature of reading, the power of books, literary creation, libraries and technology, and the freedom to read.


Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship

Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship

Author: Joan M. Benedetti

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780810859210

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Each chapter includes essays written by librarians in the field that deal with the unique environment of art museum libraries, from the largest research collections that serve many curatorial departments and multiple administrative layers to the smallest solo-librarian settings where staff work in relative isolation."--Jacket.


I'd Rather Be Reading

I'd Rather Be Reading

Author: Guinevere de la Mare

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1452158592

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A compendium of delightful essays, poems, photos, quotations, and illustrations for book lovers. For anyone who’d rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia Rothman, and Sophie Blackall is interwoven with text from essayist Maura Kelly, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, and award-winning author and independent bookstore owner Ann Patchett. Rounded out with poems, quotations, and aphorisms celebrating the joys of reading, this lovingly curated compendium is a love letter to all things literary, and the perfect thing for bookworms everywhere.


Reading the Map of Knowledge

Reading the Map of Knowledge

Author: Peter Michael Briscoe

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Three essays: "On Being Well Read in an Age of Information Overload;" "Rings of Knowledge: Another Way of Seeing the Library;" and "On Being Worthy of the Name." A librarian's guide for the perplexed. Short but potent.


International Bibliography of Art Librarianship

International Bibliography of Art Librarianship

Author: Paula A. Baxter

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 3111357929

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.


Digital Images and Art Libraries in the Twenty-first Century

Digital Images and Art Libraries in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Susan Wyngaard

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780789023483

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Digital Images and Art Libraries in the Twenty-First Century provides an in-depth look at the technology that art librarians must understand in order to work effectively in today's digital environment. Appropriate for librarians, visual resource curators, and students alike, this book unites readers with professionals who have hand-on experience in their fields of study. It covers a wide range of subjects, including digital access preservation, personal accounts of digitalization ventures, the effects of Web censorship, and the changing nature of art librarianship. The diversity of opinions documented in this contemporary text delivers a thorough investigation into the cutting-edge world of digital art librarianship.


Readers, Reading, and Librarians

Readers, Reading, and Librarians

Author: Bill Katz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-02-27

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1317948297

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This vital book reaffirms librarians’enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries-from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. Readers, Reading, and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books. Readers, Reading, and Librarians examines: reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading the need for librarians to sponsor book groups the current focus on “electronic wonders” balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services and much more!