The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship, 2nd Edition (2^nd Ed.)

The Handbook examines methods of innovative librarianship in academic and art school libraries. Serving as a field guide to academic art libraries in the twenty-first century, it integrates theory and practice as demonstrated by creative professionals working in the field of art librarianship.

While much attention has been paid to art librarianship as it exists in museum settings, the focus on academic art and design school information services has not been as intensive. This essential handbook addresses that gap in the professional literature and examines methods of innovative librarianship in academic and art school libraries. The book offers guidelines for information professionals working in art and design environments who support and anticipate the information needs of artists, designers, architects, and the historians who study those disciplines.

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Including:

• chapters from a range of contributors who reflect current practice at a global level
• a range of case studies and library profiles, providing benchmarks for developing facilities
• theoretical essays; guidelines; checklists; photographs and diagrams
• a new section on knowledge creation accommodating developments in institutional repositories, digital humanities, and makerspaces
• in depth sections on physical environment and sustainability.

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Foreword – Clive Phillpot

Preface

1. Governance and administration of the art and design library – Paul Glassman

2. Evolution not revolution – Barbara Opar

3. Expanding roles for fine arts liaison librarians – Stephanie Kays

4. Accreditation and visual arts libraries – Judy Dyki

5. Design thinking for design librarians: rethinking art and design librarianship – Rachel Ivy Clarke

6. Visual resources: from analogue to digital and beyond – Molly Schoen

7. Developing digital collections – Greta Bahnemann and Jeannine Keefer

8. Inspirational encounters: management and use of archives and special collections in the art and design Library – Sarah Mahurter

9. What’s special about special collections? – Lee Sorensen

10. Artists’ books, publications, multiples, and objects – Tony White

11. Exhibition and collection documentation – Gustavo Grandal Montero

12. Tactile Libraries: material collections in art, architecture, and design – Rebecca Coleman and Mark Pompelia

13. Seeing the bigger picture: archival description of visual information – Alyssa Carver

14. Embedded in their world: moving mentally into the studio environment – Michael Wirtz

15. Teaching with threshold concepts and the acrl framework in the art and design context – Alexander Watkins

16. Teaching by the book: art history pedagogy and special collections – Sandra Ludig Brooke

17. Meta-Literacies in art and design education – Leo Appleton

18. The art of evidence: a method for instructing students in art history research – Catherine Haras

19. "I want students to research the idea of red": using instructional design for information literacy instruction in the fine arts – Katie Greer and Amanda Nichols Hess

20. Cultural differences and information literacy competencies – Nancy Fawley

21. The ever-shifting landscape: mapping the present and future of digital art histories – Colin Post

22. Critical cARTography: mapping spaces for dialogue about identity and artistic practices – Andy Rutkowski and Stacy Williams

23. More than just art on the walls: enhancing fine arts pedagogy in the academic library space – Rachael Muszkiewicz, Jonathan Bull and Aimee Tomasek

24. Beyond the monograph? transformations in scholarly communication and their impact on art librarianship – Patrick Tomlin

25. Changing typologies in contemporary library design – Leo Appleton, Karen Latimer, and Pat Christie

26. Why is that column in the middle of the room? success in creating classrooms for library instruction – Paul Glassman

27. Finding common ground: creating library spaces for collaboration – Beverly Mitchell

28. Marketing plans – Paul Glassman

29. Engaging with social media – Ken Laing and Hillary Webb

30. Website strategies for art and design libraries – Judy Dyki

Appendix: Library profiles – Beth Morris

Index

Paul Glassman is ‎Director of University Libraries at Yeshiva University.

Judy Dyki is Library Director at Cranbrook Academy of Art.