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Arts and Recreation Department
Aberdeen City Council
Schoolhill
Aberdeen
AB10 1FQ
Corresponding member
Tel: 01224 523700
Fax: 01224 632133
Contact: Ciaran Monaghan - Principal Officer,
Cultural Services Development
E-mail: ciaranm@arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk
General enquiry e-mail: info@aagm.co.uk
Web: www.aagm.co.uk
22 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XQ
Corresponding member
Tel: 0141 548 2558
Fax: 0141 552 4053
Contact: Laura Hamilton
Tel: 0141 553 4145
E-mail: collinsgallery@strath.ac.uk
Access:
Open to the public
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Sat 12.00 - 16.00 (Apart from changeover weeks)
Closed public holidays
Subject strengths:
Fine Art (18th century - 20th century);
Scientific historical instruments
(18th century- 20th century).
93 North Street
St. Andrews
KY16 9AD
Corresponding member
Tel: 01334 474610
Fax:01334 479880
Contact: Diana A. Sykes
E-mail: dasykes.crawfordarts@crawfordarts.free_online.co.uk
General enquiry e-mail: crawfordarts@crawfordarts.free_online.co.uk
Access:
Open to the public
Hours:
Mon - Sat 10.00 - 17.00
Sun 14.00 - 17.00
Closed 2 weeks over Christmas/New Year
Subjects strengths:
Contemporary art and craft
Other Information:
Printed list of publications available.
Historical exhibitions occasionally mounted. Also occasional
collaboration with St. Andrews University School of Art History.
University of Dundee
Matthew Building
Perth Road
Dundee
DD1 4HT
Full member
Tel: 01382 385255
Fax: 01382 229283
Contact: Morag Henderson - Assistant Librarian
Tel: 01382 385258
E-mail: m.h.henderson@dundee.ac.uk
Access:
Open to the public - membership available (annual fee) for borrowing rights,
otherwise reference only.
Semester Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 20.30
Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Sat 12.00 - 17.00
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: automated and available online
Availability: http://library.dundee.ac.uk/F/
Subject strengths:
Fine art; design; architecture; television
and imaging; town and regional planning.
CD-ROM:
Architectural Publications Index; Art
Index and Art Index Retrospective; Art Bibliographies Modern;
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Design and Applied Arts Index; Design
Image Base;
International Film Archive.
Online:
Art Full Text, Art Abstracts, Art Index Retrospective and Art Museum Image Gallery;
ArtBibliographies Modern;
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Design and Applied Arts Index; Construction
Information Service Online; SCRAN; Bridgeman
Education; Web of Knowledge; Index to Theses; Digimap; Scopus; FIAF International
Film Archive; Nexis
Full listing at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/eresources/databases.htm
EDINA - Edinburgh University Data Library
University of
Edinburgh
Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Full member
Tel: 0131
650 3302
Fax: 0131 650 3308
Email: edina@ed.ac.uk
Web: http://edina.ac.uk/
Contact: EDINA Helpdesk
Access: See also availability - contact us via telephone or email for further assistance; Edinburgh University students should contact the Data Library for local support: http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/
Hours: Helpdesk available Mon - Fri 9am-5pm
Catalogue: Library of data, information and research resources
Availability: All EDINA services are available free of charge to members of UK tertiary education and research institutions for academic use, although institutional subscription and end-user registration are required for most services. Some services are offered for use beyond those communities.
Subject strengths:
EDINA provides a number of key data services that can be used in a wide variety
of disciplines
http://edina.ac.uk/ For Arts and Humanities
we offer Film & Sound Online and Education Image Gallery (downloadable digitised
films/images for academic use) and Digimap (4 collections of digital mapping,
including Ordnance Survey), amongst other services.
Special collections:
The first two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, 1790s and 1830s.
SALSER.
The union catalogue of serials holdings for Scottish universities, municipal
research libraries of Edinburgh and Glasgow, numerous smaller Scottish research
libraries and the National Library of Scotland.
Central Library
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
EH1 1EG
Full member
Tel: 0131 242 8040
Fax: 0131 242 8009
Email: central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk
Web: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries
- includes 'Art Sphere' with current information on
various topics for all levels of interest.
Contact: Hilary Williamson - Principal
Library Officer
Tel: 0131 242 8042
E-mail: hil.williamson@edinburgh.gov.uk
Access:
Open to the public for lending and reference; borrowing by members only. Anyone
who works, lives or studies in Edinburgh may become a full member; reduced membership
to those outwith Edinburgh.
Hours:
Mon - Thu 10.00 - 20.00
Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Sat 09.00 - 13.00
Closed public holidays.
Catalogue:
95% automated and available online
Availability:
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries
Subject strengths:
Fine Art academic texts to post-graduate
level; Scottish art and architecture; Design;
Photography.
Special collections:
Henry Dyer collection of 19th century
Japanese prints; Boog Watson 'Dance of Death' collection;
classical architecture copy books; artists' sketchbooks; 19th century and 20th
century children's
illustrated books; 20th century artists' books. (Viewing of special collections
by appointment only)
Electronic Resources:
Art Index Retrospective on CD-ROM;
Art Index and Design and Applied Art Index on-line subscriptions.
Other Information:
Books, exhibition catalogues, slides
and videos on art, architecture, design and photography
for loan. Journals, indexes and other items (press cuttings, prospectuses, sale
prices, information
on local art classes, clubs and societies) for reference. Notice board for local
arts community use.
Online information via Art Sphere on website. Art Sphere is produced both to highlight and complement the Fine Art Library collection with reference to the current visual arts world. There are also regular features on, Edinburgh architects, information for working artists, exhibitions in local galleries and study advice.
Edinburgh College of Art Library
Evolution House
78 West Port
Edinburgh
EH1 2LE Tel: 0131-221-6180
Fax: 0131-221-6293
Web: www.lib.eca.ac.uk
Contact: Jane Furness – Reader Services Librarian
Tel: 0131 221 6007
Fax: 0131 221 6293
E-mail: j.furness@eca.ac.uk
Access:
Open to the public for reference; participant in Edinburgh Libraries Passport
scheme. Reciprocal lending arrangements with Edinburgh University, Heriot Watt
University, and other HE institutions via SCONUL Access.
Term Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.15 - 19.30
Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.15 - 16.00
Fri 10.00 - 16.00
Subject strengths:
Contemporary art and design, photography, film studies; architecture, landscape
architecture.
Catalogue:
100% of all circulating stock except slides.
Availability: www.lib.eca.ac.uk
Online:
Art Full Text, ArtBibliographies Modern, Design & Applied Arts Index, Avery
Index, Construction Information Service, AMICA, SCRAN, ISI-Web of Science, Digital
Dissertations, Index to Theses, Digimap.
See: Information Resources listing at www.lib.eca.ac.uk
Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7QE
(includes Gray's School of Art & Scott Sutherland School of Architecture)
Full member
Tel: 01224-263450
Fax: 01224-263455
Web: www.rgu.ac.uk/library/
Contact: Victoria Farmer - Faculty Liaison Advisor - Faculty of Design and Technology
E-mail: v.g.farmer@rgu.ac.uk or libclient@rgu.ac.uk
Access:
Public access for reference only. Borrowing on payment of fee.
Hours:
Opening hours are available here.
Catalogue: 100% automated
Availability: http://library.rgu.ac.uk/uhtbin/webcat/
Subject strengths:
Art
& design; architecture; landscape
architecture; planning; construction.
Special collections:
Slide
collection of 115,000 slides on art, design and architecture; collection of
antiquarian
books on architecture, landscape architecture and art.
Online:
Academia, Art Full Text and Art Museum Image Gallery, Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals, Bridgeman Education, Construction and Building Abstracts, Construction Information Service, Design and Applied Arts Index, Digimap, Land of Lost Content, Masters of Architecture, RIBA library, SCRAN.
167 Renfield Street
Glasgow
G3 6RQ
Full member
Tel: 0141-353-4551
Fax: 0141-353-4670
Web: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/library
Contact: Catherine Nicholson - Head of Learning Resources
Tel: 0141-353-4550
Fax: 0141-353-4670
E-mail: C.Nicholson@gsa.ac.uk
Contact: Duncan Chappell - Subject Librarian, Art and Design
Tel: 0141 353 4708
E-mail: d.chappell@gsa.ac.uk
Contact: David Buri - Subject Librarian, Architecture
Tel: 0141-353-4701
E-mail: d.buri@gsa.ac.uk
Access:
Reference only. Borrowing rights are available to approved members of the public who pay a membership fee.
Hours:
Term time -
Mon - Thu 09.30 - 19.45
Fri 09.30 - 16.45
Sat 12.00 - 16.00
Vacation -
Mon - Fri 09.30 - 16.45
Catalogue: 100% automated
Availability: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/library
Subject strengths:
Fine art; design; architecture; craft.
Special collections:
Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Jessie M. King; historical material on the
institution; Glasgow 1999
Online:
Avery Index; Art Full-Text; Design and Applied Arts Index; Digimap;
JSTOR; SCRAN
Room G.55
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
Full member
Tel: 0131-668-8651
Fax: 0131-668-8749
Contact: Paulette Hill - Librarian
E-mail: paulette.hill@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Access:
Public access preferably by appointment
Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 16.30
Catalogue:
100% books, pamphlets, offprints, reports, CD-ROMs and videos automated. Periodicals
not individually catalogued.
Availability: Internal network only
Subject strengths:
Archaeology; Architecture; Scottish
history
CD-ROM:
Various multimedia including Edinburgh on Disc; Glasgow on Disc; Lewis Chess
pieces; other
specialist and reference works (see local list).
Online:
Available for staff only.
Room G.55
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
Full member
Tel: 0131-668-8647
Fax: 0131-668-8765
Contact: Ailsa MacTaggart - Photographic
Librarian
E-mail: Ailsa.mactaggart@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Access: Public access preferably by appointment.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 16.30
Catalogue: In process
of being created
Availability:
n/a
Subject strengths;
Historic Scotland sites; 50,000 slides of ancient monuments, colour/B&W
prints.
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Corresponding member
Tel: 0141-287-2933
Fax: 0141-287-2933
Contact: David Boyd
E-Mail: arts@gcl.glasgow.gov.uk
Access:
Public access for reference only
Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 20.00
Fri - Sat 09.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: 1970 onwards - 100% automated
Availability: Internal access only
Subject strengths:
Scottish art
Special collections:
William 'Crimean' Simpson Collection;
Meldrum Collection; Bennet/Baillies Library collections.
CD-ROM:
Art Index; Design & Applied Art
Index; Internationale Kunstler-Datenbank (IKD);
Architectural Publications Index; 20th Century British Artists.
Merchiston Learning Centre
10 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5DT
Full member
Tel: 0131-455-2582
Fax: 0131-455-2377
Web: http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library
Contact: Marian Kirton
Tel: 0131-455-2581
E-mail: m.kirton@napier.ac.uk
Access:
Public access for reference only, by appointment. Use of CD-Roms may be restricted
to Napier
members, depending on licensing agreements. Internet access available to Napier
University members.
Term Hours
Mon - Thu 08.45 - 21.00
Fri 08.45 - 17.00
Sat - Sun 10.00 - 16.00
Vacation Hours:
Mon, Wed, & Fri 08.45 - 19.00
Tue & Thu 08.45 - 17.00
Sat 10.00 - 16.00
Catalogue:
All books, periodicals, videos, software, media kits and Internet resources
automated.
Availability: http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library
Special collections:
Edward Clark Collection (history of
printing, especially typography and book illustration);
Touchstone Collection (tourism ephemera and development reports); Company reports.
CD-ROM:
Microsoft Art Gallery; Microsoft Cinemania;
Edinburgh on Disc; Glasgow on Disc; Barbour Index
Construction Expert.
Online:
BHInet;
Web of Science; Compendex; SCRAN; Expanded Academic; Internet resources via
Subject
Guides section of Napier website.
see:
National Gallery of Scotland Library
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Library
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH2 2EL
Full member
Tel: 0131-624-6501
Fax: 0131-220-0917
Web: www.nationalgalleries.org/
E-mail: nglibrary@nationalgalleries.org
Access:
Public access by appointment. Reference only to material which is not available
in any public library
in Edinburgh.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 12.30, 14.00 - 16.30
Catalogue:
5,000 books automated. Slip catalogue of other items.
Availability: Internal access only
Subject strengths:
Western fine art and sculpture, 14th
century - end 19th century.
Special collections:
Archival material and photographic
records relating to the Gallerys' permanent collection and the history of the
Gallery. Picture Library of unpublished material (limited access)
Online:
Art Sales Index available to staff
only.
Other Information:
This is a private working library for
the use of the Galleries' staff, but access to archival material
or to books is made available to students, scholars and members of the public,
where such
material is not available in any public library in Edinburgh.
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
EH1 1EW
Full member
Tel: 0131-226-4531
Fax: 0131-466-2804
E-mail: enquiries@nls.uk
Web: www.nls.uk/
Contact: Kevin Halliwell
Tel: 0131-226-4531 ext. 2212
Fax: 0131-622-4803
E-mail: k.halliwell@nls.uk
Access:
Open to the public for reference only. Restrictions on school students, college
students
and undergraduates apply.
Hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu, & Fri: 09.30 - 20.30
Wed: 10.00 - 20.30
Sat: 09.30 - 13.00
Closed public holidays.
Catalogue: Approximately 96% of catalogue
automated
Availability: www.nls.uk/
Subject strengths:
Scottish art and architecture; fine
art.
Special collections:
McCurdy Collection of works on Leonardo;
James Brown Collection of illustrated French books;
Allhusen Collection of mainly 20th century century French books, including many
on fine art;
Ross Collection of drawings by David McGibbon and Thomas Ross for their surveys
of
Scottish Architecture; Townley Collection of 7,000 picture postcards.
CD-ROM:
Art Index; Glasgow on Disc; Arts &
Humanities Citation Index; National Gallery Catalogue.
On-line:
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (part of Web of Science)
Other Information:
The National Library of Scotland is
a legal deposit library.
see:
National Museum of Scotland Library
National War Museum of Scotland Library
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
Full member
Tel: 0131-247-4137
Fax: 0131-247-4311
E-mail: library@nms.ac.uk
Web: www.nms.ac.uk/library.aspx
Access:
Public access for reference only
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 12.30; 14.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: 100% of books and periodicals
automated
Availability: www.nms.ac.uk/library.aspx
Subject strengths:
African art; ancient art; archaeology;
ceramics, costume; glass; Islamic art; metal work,
North American Indian art, Numismatics; Oriental art; Scottish art and architecture;
sculpture; textiles.
Special collections:
Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips
sales catalogues covering decorative arts with price lists
from 1920's - to date
CD-ROM/Databases:
Art Index; Design and Applied Arts
Index; Japanese Masterworks; Brooklyn Museum Egyptian
Collection; Louvre; Musee d'Orsay; all CD-Roms based on National Museum of Scotland
collections
(e.g. Lewis Chessmen; Scottish Crafts etc.)
Other Information:
The National Museums of Scotland Library
includes the collections of the Royal Museum, the former
Museum of Antiquities, and the National War Museum of Scotland. The library
collection of the
Museum of Antiquities was amalgamated with that of the Royal Museum in October
1996, and is based
at the Chambers Street site.
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
EH1 2NG
Full member
Tel: 0131-225-7534
ext. 2204
Fax: 0131-225-3848
E-mail: library@nms.ac.uk
Web: www.nms.ac.uk/library.aspx
Contact:
Edith Philip - Curatorial Assistant
E-mail: e.philip@nms.ac.uk
Access:
Public access by appointment. Reference only.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 12.30, 14.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: 100%
of monographs and serials automated.
Availability:
Web catalogue available in near future.
Subject strengths:
Military art, especially relating to Scottish regiments.
Other information:
This is a branch of the National Museums of Scotland Library.
Victoria Street
Stromness
Orkney
KW16 3AA
Full member
Tel: 01856-850-209
Fax: 01856-851-462
Contact: Neil Firth - Director
Access:
Public access for reference only
Hours:
Tue - Sat 10.00 - 12.30, 13.30 - 17.00
Catalogue: 90% automated
Availability: Internal access only
although 90% of holdings of the library is also available on disc.
Subject strengths:
20th century art, particularly British
painting and sculpture of artists connected to the
St. Ives Group, e.g. Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Roger Hilton, Patrick
Heron.
Other Information:
The core of the collection was gifted
by founder Margaret Gardiner, although many books have
since been added, mainly through catalogue exchange schemes.
Royal Scottish Academy Collections
The Dean GalleryCorresponding member
Tel: 0131-624-6277
Contact: Joanna Soden - Assistant Librarian/Keeper
Access:
Public access by appointment only, for reference
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 16.30
Subject strengths:
Scottish art and architecture c.1800-2001
Special collections:
RSA Archive including exhibition catalogues,
annual reports, minutes books, extensive
letter collection and other related documents. Reference material on past and
present members
of the RSA; W.G. Gillies Bequest.
Help Desk
12 Manor Place
Edinburgh
EH3 7DD
Corresponding member
Tel: 0131-240-2443/2444
Fax: 0131-225-9833
E-mail: helpdesk@scottisharts.org.uk
Access:
No public access - telephone enquiries via Help Desk
Other Information:
Information Directory listing all SAC
publication and information resources is available.
Information Centre
County House
20-22 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8JB
Corresponding member
Tel: 0131-538-7435
Fax: 0131-229-2728
E-mail: inform@scottishmuseums.org.uk
Web: www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/htdocs/informationservices/index.html
Contact: Heather Doherty - Information
Officer
E-mail:heatherd@scottishmuseums.org.uk
Access:
Not open to the public, but general enquiries can be made via e-mail, letter
or telephone.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00
Catalogue: Book stock and periodicals
automated.
Availability: Internal access only
Subject strengths:
Museums and collections management,
Conservation, Interpretation, Exhibit design
Other Information:
This small specialist resource is broadening
access through its website which provides information
on the Council and its services. Although the main remit is to provide a service
for our member
museums, the Council is especially interested in appropriate co-operative developments.
The Dean Gallery
Belford Road
Edinburgh
EH4 3DS
Full member
Tel: 0131-624-6252/6253
Fax: 0131-343-2802
Web: www.nationalgalleries.org
Contact: Ann Simpson - Archives and Special
Collections
E-mail: asimpson@nationalgalleries.org
Librarian: Kerry Watson
E-mail: kerryw@nationalgalleries.org
Access:
Public access by appointment only
Subject strengths:
20th century art, especially Dada and
Surrealism; Picasso; exhibition catalogues.
Special collections:
Penrose Collection; Ian Hamilton Finlay
Collection; Keiller Collection; Demarco Collection;
Papers of the Society of Scottish Artists; Scottish Arts Council files; Artists'
books.
1 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JD
Full member
Tel: 0131-624-6200
Fax: 0131-558-3691
Web: www.nationalgalleries.org
Contact: Sarah Jeffcott
Tel: 0131-624-6420
E-mail:sjeffcott@nationalgalleries.org
Access:
Public access to Library and Reference Archive preferably by appointment.
Subject strengths:
Portraits in all media of people who
have played a significant role in Scottish history from the 16th
century to the present. Also houses the National Photography Collection of historic
and contemporary
photographs principally by Scottish photographers.
Special collections:
Miniature
portraits; 5000+ photographs by D.O.
Hill and Robert Adamson.
Meston Walk
Aberdeen
AB24 3EU
Full member
Tel: 01224-273330
Fax: 01244-273956
E-mail: library@abdn.ac.uk
Contact: Gillian Dawson - Faculty Librarian
(Arts & Divinity)
Tel: 01244-272587
E-mail: g.d.dawson@abdn.ac.uk
Access:
Public access for reference. Membership available for borrowing rights by annual
fee.
Term Hours:
Mon - Sat 09.00 - 22.00
Sun 13.00 - 22.00
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 20.00
Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Sat 09.00 - 13.00
Special collection hours:
Mon - Fri 9.30 - 16.30
Catalogue: 95% automated
Availability: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Subject strengths:
Scottish design & architecture;
European painting, architecture and sculpture
Special collections:
George Washington Wilson - 19th c.
photographic prints of Scotland; Aberdeen Harbour Board
Collection; McBean Collection - Jacobite material; Illuminated Manuscripts including
Aberdeen Bestiary
and the Burnet Psalter; Lemur project.
CD-ROM:
RILA;
Pevsner's Buildings of England; Microsoft Art Gallery; International
Medieval Bibliography;
Bridgeman Art Library; Italian Romanesque Panel Paintings; Art 20; Book of Kells.
Other Information:
The slide collection is housed in the
History of Art Department, and is not included in the main
University catalogue. George Washington Wilson Collection includes 40,000 19th
century glass
negatives covering all regions of Scotland, particularly Aberdeen and the north
east, most counties
of England and some views of South Africa and Australia.
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LT
Full member
Tel: 0131-650-1000
Fax: 0131-667-9780
Web: www.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Contact: Frances Abercromby
Tel: 0131-650-3406
E-mail: F.Abercromby@ed.ac.uk
Access:
Large number of different categories of access from consultation only to full
borrowing rights;
see web page for details.
Term Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 22.00
Fri - Sat 09.00 - 17.00
Sun 14.00 - 17.00
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Wed - 09.00 - 21.00 (summer only)
Catalogue: 50% of total stock automated.
Larger percentage of circulating stock, all post 1985 stock,
and most of active post 1930 stock automated.
Availability: catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Subject strengths:
Italian renaissance painting; Islamic
art and architecture; Oriental art
Online:
OCLC First Search; Arts & Humanities
Citation Index; Disseration Abstracts; Index to Theses; BHI;
Groves History of Art.
Department of Architecture
20 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JZ
Full member
Tel: 0131-650-2310
Fax: 0131-650-8019
Web: www.caad.ed.ac.uk/Library
Contact: Alice Crossland
E-mail: a.crossland@ed.ac.uk
Access:
Public access for reference only
Term Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.30
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: Acquisitions since 1985 automated
Availability: catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Subject strengths:
Architecture
CD-ROM:
Various
Monograph and Photographic Library
History of Art
19 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
Full member
Tel: 0131-650-4121
Fax: 0131-650-6638
Access:
Not open to the public, although legitimate requests to view photographs are
not refused.
Reference only, by appointment (09.00 - 13.00 only).
Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 21.00
Catalogue: Books automated and photographic
project underway.
Availability: via catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Subject strengths:
Renaissance painting, medieval European
architecture; 19th century European art.
Other Information:
The book, photographic and slide collections
are teaching collections for use by the staff and
students. The photographic collection is not an archival collection and there
is no material by named
photographers other than that by Professor Baldwin Brown, the first professor
of Fine Art. The
book collection for the most part duplicates the holdings of the Main Library.
History of Art
19 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
Full member
Tel: 0131-650-4120
Fax: 0131-650-6638
Web: www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart/slide.library.html
Contact: Gillian Johnstone
E-mail: gillian.johnstone@ed.ac.uk
Access:
Not open to the public, although legitimate requests to view slides are not
refused.
Reference only, by appointment
Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: Small proportion automated
- project underway
Availability: Not online - University
access only.
Subject strengths:
Renaissance painting, medieval European
architecture, 19th / 20th century European art;
Islamic and Chinese art.
Other Information:
The book, photographic and slide collections
are teaching collections for use by staff and
students. There is a growing collection of videos and interactive CD-roms, available
for use
by students and staff of History of Art, to facilitate both group and private
study
Hillhead Street
Glasgow
G12 8QE
Full member
Tel: 0141
330 6704/5
Fax: 0141 330 4952
E-mail: library@lib.gla.ac.uk
Contact:
Richard Bapty - Subject Librarian (Art History)
Tel: 0141 330 6746
Fax: 0141 330 4952
E-mail: R.Bapty@lib.gla.ac.uk
Access:
Public access for reference
Term Hours:
Mon - Fri 08.30 - 21.30
Sat 09.00 - 19.30
Sun 13.30 - 21.30
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 20.00
Sat 09.30 - 17.30
Special Collection
Hours:
Mon - Thu 09.00 - 20.30
Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Sat 09.00 - 12.30
Catalogue:
eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/search/
Telnet access: eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk
Catalogue guide: www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Help/cathelp.html#Access
Subject strengths:
Greek and Roman art; European architecture, painting and sculpture from C12th
- C19th,especially France and Italy; prints and printmaking; Scottish art and
architecture
Special Collections:
Full guide to all special collections: special.lib.gla.ac.uk/
Whistler Archive (books, mss and papers, including 7,000 letters, relating to
James MacNeil Whistler 1834- 1903): special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/whistler.html
Stirling Maxwell Collection (2,000 volumes of emblem and fete books): special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/stirling.html
Dougan Collection (albums, prints, plates and calotypes of David Octavius Hill relating to the early years of photography, 1843 - 1860): special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/dougan.html
The William Blake Prints: special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/blake.html
Walker Arnott Botanical Collection: special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/walker.html
Caricatures (3,000 political caricatures of the commune and Franco-Prussian War): special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/caricatures.html
See general guide above for all other collections relating to Fine Art. These include the Gemmell Collection, the Hislop, Welsh & Humphries Collection, the Jessie Marion King Collection, the Laver Papers, the MacColl Papers, the Morris Collection, the Sutton Papers and the Wright Papers.
Databases:
Art Index Retrospective; Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Bibliography
of the History of Art; Grove Dictionary of Art; SCIPIO.
Visual Resources Collection
79 North Street
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9AL
Full member
Tel: 01334 462399
Fax: 01334-462401 (School of Art History)
Web: http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Contact: Andrew Demetrius
E-mail: ad214@st-andrews.ac.uk
Access:
Public access available to registered users. School of Art History
has priority use of
materials.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 17.00
Catalogue: 50% automated; all slides accessioned since July 1991.
Subject strengths:
Italian Renaissance; medieval; architecture; British furniture;
Russian; Art Nouveau; Scottish;
Photography.
Other Collections:
Collection of CDs, DVDs, Videos and Audio Tapes.
Curran Building
101 St. James' Road
Glasgow
G4 0NS
Full member
Tel: 0141-548-3701
Fax: 0141-552-3304
E-mail: CIJS13@ccsun.strath.ac.uk
(General Reference Enquiries)
Library@strath.ac.uk
Contact: Diane Lindsay - FacultyLibrarian,
Reference & Information Division
E-mail: d.lindsay@strath.ac.uk
Access:
Public access on application to the Librarian, for research and reference purposes
- identification required. Reference only for readers who apply for a Day Visitor's
Ticket.
Borrowing for those who have Graduate Membership (fee-based for former graduates).
Term Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 21.00 (Full Service), 21.00 - 22.00 (Reading Only)
Sat 09.00 - 17.00
Sun 11.00 - 17.00
Information about hours can be found at:
http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/openinghours.htm
Vacation Hours:
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 17.00
Sat 09.00 - 12.00
Catalogue: Almost 100% automated
Availability: zen.lib.strath.ac.uk/
Subject strengths:
University Library supports teaching,
learning and research for the faculties of Arts, Science,
Engineering, Business and Education. The University offers courses in Architecture,
but does
not provide degrees in Art or Art History.
Special collections:
Dilettanti Collection (19th century
art appreciation society); Architecture (18th to 20th century
oversize); Young Collection (Scientific iconography, 15th century onwards)
Available: http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/speccoll/speccoll.htm