Japanese Prints from the Henry Dyer Collections

Edinburgh Central Library is currently exhibiting Japanese prints from the Henry Dyer Collection.
The Fine Art Library holds a special collection of Japanese prints and watercolours from the collection of Dr Henry Dyer, presented to the library by his daughter in 1944, with some further items presented in the 1950s. The bequest is shared between Edinburgh and Glasgow City Libraries, and consists of around 80 painted photographs of Japanese characters and scenes by Baron von Stillfied-Rathenitz (an Austrian painter and photographer whose studio in Yokohama was immensely successful during the last quarter of the nineteenth century - producing thousands of images of the working classes, actors in the theatre, geishas and craftsmen primarily for tourists visiting the city).
Also gifted were Japanese prints, consisting of 8 albums, 9 kakaemonos or hanging pictures, 3 makimonos or rolling pictures, and many original watercolour sketches and woodcuts. Artists represented are Kunisada (1786-1865), a pupil of Toyokuni and a member of the Utagawa school; Hiroshige (1798-1858), one of the foremost landscape artists; Sadahide(c.1840), a pupil of Kunisada; and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), a member of the Toyokuni school. relating to their current exhibition collection of Japanese print material
More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/nks4uq
Events for children relating to this exhibition are listed here http://tinyurl.com/nkx9lq

By Leaves We Live

By Leaves We Live : A celebration of artists’ books and small presses

Scottish Poetry Library
Saturday 26 September 2009 11am-6pm Free, no booking required

Join us for our lively and inspiring annual one-day book fair at the Scottish Poetry Library.

Lots of stalls, displays and talks running throughout the day. Plus a leafy exhibition.

Drop in to browse or buy, meet publishers, artists and poets from Scotland and beyond, and listen to talks on making books, the artists’ book creative process, and other aspects of poetry and art publishing.
For readers, writers, artists, designers, publishers, and anyone interested in books, printing and paper – all welcome. Free admission.

Exhibitors and stallholders will include:
20x20magazine; Artist Book Group; Artists Books Online; The Caseroom Press; Essence Press; David Faithfull; The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookshop; Rag-and-Bone Shop Books; The Ingleby Gallery; Hamish MacDonald; Magma Poetry Magazine; Mariscat Press; Metal Rabbit Editions; The Owl & Lion Gallery; Read This Press; Red Squirrel Press; Roncadora Press; Salt + Shaw; Scottish Pamphlet Poetry; Stichill Marigold Press; Mary Thomson; Unbordered Artist' Books (Susie Goodwin & Anna Davis); Wild Hawthorn Press: the Archive of Ian Hamilton Finlay; Writers' Bloc.

Talks running throughout the day:

12 noon The Elements of a Book

Bookbinder Isabelle Ting from the Owl & Lion Gallery talks about the process of making a book and answers your questions about bookbinding. A special opportunity to see samples and tools close up and hear an expert talk about her art.

1.30pm JURA eastward/westward

David Faithfull talks about an artist book created on the Isle of Jura in collaboration with the poet John Burnside, and produced for the Scottish Book Trust and the Isle of Jura Distillery.

2.30pm 9 Things To Do On Holiday

SALT + SHAW talk about how location influences the production of their artists’ books. An exploration of words, artefacts, images and stories specific to place.

3.30pm Indie Publishing: a DIY Guide to Making Books

Novelist and indie publisher Hamish MacDonald will guide you through making a simple chapbook, present other types of DIY binding you can do with common materials, and explain how you can print the inside pages of a book.

4.30pm Pamphlet Collaborators

Hugh Bryden of Roncadora, winner of the Callum Macdonald Memorial pamphlet publishing award, talks about the process of trying to find a balance between the poetic and visual elements in a pamphlet. Poet Hugh McMillan will join him to read from their recent collaborations.

All talks approximately 30 minutes unless otherwise noted, free, no need to book.

Exhibition : 25 leaves for 25 years

The Scottish Poetry Library strapline since 2004, taken from the words of philanthropist, teacher and town planner Sir Patrick Geddes, is: "by leaves we live". In response to these words, a group of artists and writers have joined with us to celebrate our anniversary by donating 25 beautiful images of leaves. These will be displayed in the library during the fair. Featuring Brigid Collins, Anne Bevan, Norman McBeath, Claire Melinsky, Nicola Murray, Gerry Cambridge, Helen Douglas, Ann Ross, Laurie Clark, Julie Lacombe, Sylvia Von Hartman, Iain McIntosh, Jane Alexander, Morven Gregor, Liz Lochhead, Alexander McCall Smith, Mary Hutchison, Stephen Raw, Jean Johnstone, Rachel Hazel, Holly Hayward and Gail Turpin.

More details at http://www.spl.org.uk/events/by_leaves.html

How to find the venue http://www.spl.org.uk/about/find.html

Cataloguing Exhibition Catalogues

Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practices

Subjects

Written and compiled by:

Lynda Bunting, Sherman Clarke, Marly Helm, S. Isidor Justeson, Elizabeth Lilker, Elizabeth O'Keefe, Sarah Quimby, Daniel Starr, Lori Van Deman.

This new Online Publication provides invaluable insights into cataloging subject heading fields for exhibition catalogs -- illuminating the particular issues and challenges associated with these 6xx fields, including meeting names, named works of art, and the use of genre terms.

This publication of best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee, is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21.

The cataloging of exhibition publications poses unique challenges to new and experienced catalogers alike. These types of publications often require more use of a cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying data. Decision-making about the choice of a primary access point can be quite involved, and local practices and guidelines greatly affect how an exhibition publication is cataloged.

This new online publication is the third devoted to providing best practice guidelines for cataloging exhibition catalogs. The series of three are:

Title and Statement of Responsibility: http://www.arlisna.org/resources/onlinepubs/cataloging.pdf
Note Fields: http://www.arlisna.org/pubs/onlinepubs/cat_exhib_pub.pdf
Subject Headings: http://www.arlisna.org/pubs/onlinepubs/cat_best_pract-subjects.pdf

Courtauld Colour Slide Scheme Suspended

Following its suspension earlier this year, the Courtauld Colour Slide Scheme has now been permanently closed. The Witt and Conway Libraries and Photographic Survey collections are also undergoing changes and the libraries will be temporarily closed until 2 November 2009.
Via http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/LibraryArts/?p=344