Friday 22 July 2011

Now available around Leeds

Art Researchers' Guide to Leeds
Edited by Rose Roberto
ISBN 978-0-9562763-1-5

published 2011 by ARLIS/ UK & Ireland
£4.00 price publisher discount at
http://www.arlis.net/periodicals-libraries-sources/publications

64 pages; 210mm x 99 mm

Order yours online from the: 
West Yorkshire Archive Service
or Yorkshire Archaeological Society

 

Through a visual narrative, this handbook to the 10 libraries and repositories in Leeds with art and design resources  is indexed by over 80 subjects.  Are you doing research on architectural history?  The visual index at the back of the book will tell you which 8 institutions have material and whether that material is in book, archives, or audio visual format.  Want to know who has primary material on fashion?  This guide will point the way with a city map.



Contributors to Leeds Guide:
Phillip Abbott, Royal Armouries, Leeds
Karen Fischer, Leeds Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Foster, The Leeds Library
Robert Frost, Yorkshire Archeological Society
Chris Graham, Leeds College of Art
Shirley Graham, Leeds Central Library
Moira Hainsworth, Leeds Central Library
Kirsty McHugh, Yorkshire Archeological Society
Peter Meredith, The Thorseby Society
Rachel Myers, University of Leeds
Kirsty Osborn, Marks & Spencer Archive
Alison Park, Leeds Metropolitan University
Ben Read, University of Leeds
Jayne Roberts, Leeds College of Art
Pat Sewell, West Yorkshire Archive Service
Catherine Taylor, West Yorkshire Archive Service
Chris Sheppard, University of Leeds
Ann Sproat, Henry Moore Institute
Jill Winder, University of Leeds

Special Thanks to:
Henry Moore Institute
Leeds City Council
Gillian Varley & Clare Hills-Nova, ARLIS Publications Committee

Thursday 21 July 2011

About the series

The Art Libraries Society of the UK and Ireland has established a series based on cities throughout the country, describing the major collections with public access to art and design resources. The aim of each book is to direct people to the most appropriate place to suit their research needs. Special features include:
-a city-wide map
-at-a-glance navigation icons
-a time-saving subject index to collections
-a peek into each place with full-colour images

Aimed at visual artists, academic researchers, art teachers, art students, these unique resources are co-edited and designed by Rose Roberto, with contributions from local librarians, archivists, and scholars.

The first book of the series is the Art Researchers' Guide to Leeds, published in July 2011. The rest came out in the following order: 

Art Researchers' Guide to Edinburgh, 2012 
Art Researchers' Guide to Dublin, 2013
Art Researchers' Guide to Manchester and Salford, 2014
Art Researchers' Guide to Cardiff and South Wales, 2015
Art Researchers' Guide to Liverpool and Merseyside, 2017