During this workshop, the presenters will provide ideas for application, adaptation, and modification of the Framework for Visual Literacy in Higher Education as well as examples of activities, instructional materials, and techniques for one-on-one and small group consultations. Participants will be guided through pedagogical reflection and…[Read more]

Review: Launched in the spring of 2021, Materia: Journal of Technical Art History is a biannual, born-digital, open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the technical study of art objects. Materia is situated at the convergence of conservation science, art history, and related fields, and is co-edited by an international group of conservators and art…[Read more]

Review: The aim of Nautilus Catalogue is to provide a database of Nautilus pompilius shells-turned-art object by aggregating information from a variety of disparate collections – and it does exactly this. Created by independent art historian Marsley Kehoe, Nautilus Catalogue consists of a web-based database and downloadable dataset that expands on…[Read more]

Review: The Google Arts & Culture Experiment Play a Kandinsky is an interactive digital resource that provides participants a unique opportunity to delve into the question “What if you could hear color?” Using the writings of abstract painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky, Play a Kandinsky demonstrates the complex neurological condition of…[Read more]

Review: The Art and Obsolescence Podcast describes itself as “Conversations with artists, collectors, and professionals shaping the past, present, and future of art and technology.” The podcast presents the experiences and thoughts of each interviewee about the specific challenges and rewards involved in making and preserving time-based and eph…[Read more]

Review: PodcastRE is an interface resource to preserve podcasts and collect links and metadata records. Website users can search the database, analyze the metadata using visualization tools, and stream the audio if the original feed is still available online. PodcastRE(search) is founded and directed by Dr. Jeremy Morris of University of Wisconsin…[Read more]

Review: Internet Culturale is a multiyear project that aims to bring together in one platform the digital assets created by Italian repositories. This national network of partners provides access to thousands of materials made available by libraries, archives, and museums. The platform is managed by ICCU – the Italian Central Institute for the…[Read more]

PAST: Generations of catalogers were instructed to follow the “rule of three”. Born from the catalog card’s limited real estate this rule applied to resources with more than three authors (or artists) resulting in only the first named individual appearing in the bibliographic record followed by “… [et al.]”. The adoption of RDA reversed th…[Read more]

What is the role of a legacy visual resources collection in an era of ubiquitous digital images? In what ways can we think about images as data? In this presentation, the project team will demonstrate a new tool that algorithmically groups digital images into clusters based solely on visually similar characteristics, rather than traditional…[Read more]

Library events provide opportunities for patrons to connect with collections, services, and library staff in meaningful ways. However, managing these events when programming and outreach are often only a small portion of library staff work presents many challenges. Recognizing these challenges, a Programming Team at an art library created a…[Read more]

Book review of The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Matthew Hayes. Getty Conservation Institute, July 2021. 208 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-60606-696-6 (h/c), $65.00. Reviewed May 2022 by Andrea Walton, MA,MLS, krw1@nyu.edu.

Book review of Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy by Monique Kornell et al. Getty Publications, March 2022. 249 p. Illus. ISBN: 978-1-60606-769-7 (h/c), $50.00. Reviewed May 2022 by Alfonso Huerta, Circulation Coordinator, ArtCenter College of Design, alfonso.huerta@artcenter.edu.

Book review by Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be by Frank H. Goodyear III et al. Yale University Press, March 2022. 208 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-25465-5 (h/c), $50.00. Reviewed May 2022 by Claire Payne, Web Services and Data Librarian, Stony Brook University, claire.payne@stonybrook.edu.

Book review of Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator by James King. Lund Humphries Publishers, January 2022. 216 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-84822-445-2 (h/c), $59.99. Reviewed May 2022 by Jerrold Shiroma, University Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, University of California, Merced Library, jshiroma@ucmerced.edu.

Book review of Theatres of Melancholy: The Neo-Romantics in Paris and Beyond by Patrick Mauriès. Thames & Hudson Inc, March 2022. 256 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-09407-5 (h/c), $65.00. Reviewed May 2022 by Lindsay King, Associate Director for Access and Research Services, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, lindsay.king@yale.edu.

Book review of Reconstructing the Garrick, Adler & Sullivan’s Lost Masterpiece edited by John Vinci et al. Alphawood Foundation Chicago distributed by University of Minnesota Press, October 2021. 256 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-5179-1280-2 (h/c), $45.00. Reviewed May 2022 by Keli Rylance, Head Librarian, Richardson Memorial Library, Saint Louis Art M…[Read more]