Section of Art Libraries

International Directory of Art Libraries

Published Sources of Art Library Collection Information

• Viaux, Jacqueline. IFLA directory of art libraries = Répertoire de bibliothèques d'art de l'IFLA = Addressbuch der Kunstbibliotheken von IFLA = Directoria de bibliotecas de arte de la IFLA / compiled for the International Federation of Library Associations, Section of Art Libraries, by Jacqueline Viaux. -- (Garland reference library of the humanities ; 510) -- New York ; London : Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. ISBN 0-8240-8913-8, LCCN 84-48057
  

Mme Viaux's directory is still the best single source for collection information for a large number of the institutions listed in the current electronic directory, exclusive of the US and Canada (listed in Hoffberg & Hess), the United Kingdom & Ireland (now updated and augmented in Varley), and France (updated in Thompson, Schmitt & Picot).

Bianchi, Carla e Maria Giulia Maraviglia. Biblioteche d'arte e fondi di interesse artistico in territorio fiorentino / a cura di Carla Bianchi e Maria Giulia Maraviglia; Introduzione di Rossella Todros; Traduzione inglese di Virginia S. Caprio. -- Roma: Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, 1988. ISBN 88-7812-001-1. Available through AIB 15,000 L.

Includes historical and collection data on 46 libraries in the vicinity of Florence with materials of interest to art researchers . Entries are in Italian and English.

• Hoffberg, Judith A. Directory of Art Libraries and Visual Resource Collections in North America / compiled for the Art Libraries Society of North American (ARLIS/NA) by Judith A. Hoffberg and Stanley W. Hess. -- New York : Neal-Schuman, 1978. ISBN 0-818212-05-7 ; LCCN 78-61628

  Divided between listings for art libraries and visual resource collections, this directory contains information on collections not listed in this electronic directory for institutions in the US and Canada.

• ARLIS/Norden. Directory of Art Libraries in Denmark / edited by ARLIS/Norden in Denmark. -- Copenhagen: ARLIS/Norden, 1997. ISBN 87-87075-91-1. Copies available from: ARLIS/Norden in Denmark, c/o Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Bredgade 68, DK-1260, Copenhagen K, Denmark.

  Includes descriptive histories and collection information on each of 32 institutions, as well as Danish & English indexes.

  
  

• Japan Art Documentation Society. Directory of Art Documents and Visual Resources in Japan / compiled by Survey Committee of JADS. -- Tokyo : Japan Art Documentation Society, 1995. ISBN 4-9900326-0-8.

  This directory contains information on collections and services not available in this electronic directory. In Japanese. Out of Print.
  

  
  

• Thompson, Marie Claude. Les sources de l'histoire de l'art en France : répertoire des bibliothèques, centres de documentation et ressources documentaires en art, architecture et archéologie / réalisé par Marie Claude Thompson avec le concours de Catherine Schmitt et Nicole Picot. -- Paris : Association des bibliothécaires français, 7, rue des Lions Saint-Paul 75004 Paris, 1993. ISBN 2-900177 08-1
  
  

  This directory contains information on collections and services not available in this electronic directory, along with an excellent subject index.
  

• Varley, Gillian. Art & design documentation in the United Kingdom & Ireland : a directory of Resources / compiled and edited by Gillian Varley, Head of Public Services, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum. -- London : ARLIS/UK & Ireland, 1993. ISBN 0-9519674-28. Copies available from Sonja French, Administrator, ARLIS/UK & Ireland, 18 College Road, Bromsgrove, B60 2NE, England (£50.)

  This directory contains information on collections, catalogues, publications and activities not available in this electronic directory.