The Fine Arts Division at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library main branch) aims to promote cultural equity above all else, and therefore serves as a bridge between our patrons and the arts world. We provide the Dallas community with many free services, including music lessons and a dance studio, in addition to unique collections, such as our developing Zine collection. Zines … Continue reading Developing a Zine Collection at the Dallas Public Library / Mariza Morin

How did you spend your summer? Well, in late June, three architecture librarians- Kathy Edwards of Clemson University, Rose Orcutt of the University of Buffalo and Barbara Opar from Syracuse University, got together in Syracuse for two days to finalize a new core list of architecture periodicals- the fifth version since its inception. The core list of architecture periodicals was first compiled in 1995 and … Continue reading The Not So Lazy Days of Summer / Kathy Edwards, Barbara Opar, and Rose Orcutt

Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection The promise that Eugene and Clare Thaw made in 1975 to donate their entire collection of master drawings to the Morgan Library & Museum will be fulfilled with the opening of Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection (28 September 2017–7 January 2018). One of the finest private collections of drawings in the world, … Continue reading Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection / V. Heidi Hass

In addition to assessing titles on approval and searching for new publications, we at the Frick Art Reference Library also search for titles to backfill our holdings. One area that is particularly rich is the small antiquarian exhibition catalogues from Australia from the 1920s and 30s. Very few of these catalogues and checklists make it out of Australia, yet they provide a glimpse into a … Continue reading Acquiring Antiquarian Australian Exhibition Catalogues at the Frick Art Reference Library / Mary Seem

For those who missed the 2017 conference in New Orleans, you can read the minutes that Christina Peter of the Frick Art Reference Library skillfully compiled; many thanks to Christina for doing this for several years now. At the conference, the role of coordinator of the CDSIG transferred from Paula Gabbard (Columbia University, Avery Library), to Mary Wassermann (Philadelphia Museum of Art, writing here). Paula … Continue reading Message from the new CDSIG Coordinator

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT SIG MEETING Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 8:00 – 9:00 AM Commerce Room, Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel Moderator: Paula Gabbard Recorder: Christina Peter Approximately 30 members attending The meeting followed the agenda assembled by Paula Gabbard. Introduction and changing of the guards. Paula Gabbard, who has been coordinator of the Collection Development SIG since 2014, announces that she will step down from her … Continue reading ARLIS/NA Conference Collection Development SIG Meeting Minutes