After a long hiatus, the Library Update blog is back!
On the road
Th
e art librarians' conference in Toronto was great on a lot of levels - great city, people, sessions, and tours. Faves: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art with a spectacular permanent collection and a brilliant special exhibition of the work of Greg Payce; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art; The Royal Ontario Museum textile collection; and behind the scenes at the National Ballet of Canada ! To the left is a set design maquette from the ballet company's archives.
e art librarians' conference in Toronto was great on a lot of levels - great city, people, sessions, and tours. Faves: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art with a spectacular permanent collection and a brilliant special exhibition of the work of Greg Payce; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art; The Royal Ontario Museum textile collection; and behind the scenes at the National Ballet of Canada ! To the left is a set design maquette from the ballet company's archives.New stuff!
- The History of Beads: From 100,000 B.C to the Present by Lois Durbin - called "a feast for the eye" by The New York Times and "an absorbing work of scholarship by Newsweek, this unexpected gift from Peter Scotese is a stunning reference and just in time for And the Bead Goes On!
- And speaking of Mr. Scotese, many thanks to him for his incredible gift this year of over 80 titles on photography and fashion, including several privately-bound, personally inscribed, leather editions of exhibition catalogs from John Szarkowski, Director of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art from 1962-1991. Fabulous additions to the library's special collections!
- A gorgeous 4-volume set on modern Chinese painting courtesy of Michael Gallis - on display now in the library.
- Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection from MFA, Houston - see it and drool. But not on the book please! And a shout-out to Rebecca who worked on the book before she came here!
- Don't forget to check the New Books listing in MARCO to see what's new.
Big thanks!
A huge thank-you to Leah, William and Kurt for wrassling the giant NEH-funded special collections cabinet into the Delhom-Gambrell Library! It was a bear but it means that oversized rare books can now be stored properly and securely. Bravo! and many many thanks.
By the numbers so far in FY12
620 titles cataloged
476 items circulated
332 books received as gifts or exchange
120 books purchased
1500 dollars donated for the purchase of library books
1000 dollars awarded for travel to library conference
102 artist files received from North Carolina Arts Council
59 print magazine subscriptions managed
204 external reference questions answered
118 outside visitors to the library
18,900 pageviews of the Mint Wiki from around the world
More next time!
and a little Toronto street art to close . . .
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