Visual Resources Directory: Art Slide and Photograph Collections in the United States and Canada

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The first comprehensive directory of visual resources to be published in more than a decade, this ambitious guide reflects the enormous changes in the field and lists more than 500 visual collections in the areas of art, architecture, and design throughout the United States and Canada. Entries provide complete information, including name and title of an individual in charge; phone numbers, fax numbers, and electronic mail addresses; extent of research and borrowing privileges; hours; size of collection and staff; and visual formats collected. Collections are organized by state or province, city, and institution. Subject, institutional, and personnel indexes augment accessibility to the material. This is the first directory to provide detailed information about the cataloging, classification, and subject indexing of today's collections, information that is vital to professionals who are increasingly involved in networking with their colleagues. The directory also provides information on electronic i

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An essential tool for visual resources collections and administrators who have responsibility for them.-Choice
The Visual Resources Directory is highly recommended for large public libraries and academic libraries serving art, art history, or architecture students.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Useful for the location of institutions and addresses.-Australian Library Review
"An essential tool for visual resources collections and administrators who have responsibility for them."-Choice
"Useful for the location of institutions and addresses."-Australian Library Review
"The Visual Resources Directory is highly recommended for large public libraries and academic libraries serving art, art history, or architecture students."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

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Carla Conrad Freeman is Director, Scholes Library of Ceramics, New York State College at Alfred University. ual Resources Association /f VRA BARBARA STEVENSON is Slide Curator, Art History Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.