In the words of the late scholar, critic, and artist, bell hooks, “though rarely articulated as such, the camera became in black life a political instrument, a way to resist misrepresentation as well as a means by which alternative images could be produced.” Black librarianship and memory work has been integral to preserving the evidence of thi…[Read more]

Many libraries hold rare book collections and they maintain and explore them with special attention, usually by following international standards. Over time, extensive knowledge has been accumulated about these books. However, the intensity of research on these collections can vary. My library’s rare book project presented here is based on the…[Read more]

This highly recommended, multi-phase collaboration of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL)was funded by the NEH, CLIR, Delmas Foundation, and the Gender Justice Fund. In Her Own Right aggregates digitized materials from member institutions and others in the region to tell the story of women activists in the…[Read more]

Launched in 2005, this open-access, online journal provides a forum for scholars, artists, and practitioners to share their work and promote critical dialogue on new media art. The initial edition was created from papers of the New Media Caucus at the College Art Association (CAA) conference.

Produced by UK-based charity Culture24, this is a “whimsical and witty site . . . which showcases curiosities in collections up [and] down the land,” according to Culture24’s former board chair. Serving as a guide to current exhibits and lesser known collections in a wide variety of regional museums and London institutions, the website’s home pag…[Read more]

Maintained and hosted by Princeton University, the Index is a comprehensive database of iconography from the Middle Ages that has been cataloged and indexed to allow users to browse and search images based on subject, location, medium, and other facets. While the Index’s original emphasis on the Western European canon of early Christian art is e…[Read more]

The People’s Graphic Design Archive (PGDA) is a crowd-sourced repository of, by, and for enthusiasts of graphic design. Started by design educator Louise Sandhaus in 2014 to celebrate and make accessible a vast variety of graphic design examples by a range of designers and design collectives, the website launched in September 2022. The project has…[Read more]

The Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné (MWCR) is a direct access online project that documents the body of work produced by Martin Wong (1946–1999), an artist from the United States who came of age on the West Coast and whose best-known paintings are of life in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Book review of Aleksandr Rodchenko: Photography in the Time of Stalin by Aglaya K. Glebova. Yale University Press, January 2023. 256 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-25403-7 (h/c), $65.00. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300254037/aleksandr-rodchenko/. Reviewed May 2023 by Bridget Nowlin, Director of Library Services, Cornish College of the Arts,…[Read more]

Book review of No Existe Un Mundo Poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria edited by Marcela Guerrero. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2023. 127 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26673-3 $45.00. Reviewed May 2023 by Christine Rosa, Access Services Librarian and Art Librarian, California Institute of the Arts, crosa@calarts.edu.

Review: Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s by Mindell Dubansky and Sidney E. Berger. Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by Yale University Press, January 2023. 188 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26619-1 (h/c), $65.00. https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2022/pattern-and-flow.…[Read more]

Review: Design for the New World: From Human Design to Planet Design by Ida Engholm. Intellect Books, January 2023. 200 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-78938-715-5 (pbk.), $34.95. Reviewed May 2023 by Lauren Haberstock, Director of the Genesis Lab Maker Space and Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Digital Projects, Pepperdine University,…[Read more]

Review of Forever Saul Leiter by Otake Akiko et al. Thames & Hudson Inc., March 2023. 296 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-29643-1 (pbk.), $27.95. Reviewed May 2023 by Alfonso Huerta, Director, Access & Outreach, ArtCenter College of Design, alfonso.huerta@artcenter.edu.