Article
Style and Substance: Fashion in Twenty-First-Century Research Libraries
Art Documentation
(2012)
Abstract
Scholarly interests are becoming ever more interdisciplinary—spanning art history, material culture, sociology, and anthropology—and fashion-related resources more sophisticated, causing fashion to emerge as an important area for collection development within academic libraries. The dramatic increase in fashion titles published during the last decade has coincided with the increase in academic interest in fashion, as compared to vocational or technical study. This article reviews recent literature, addresses changes in publishing and collecting fashion resources, recommends major resources suitable for research libraries, and profiles use by varying constituencies, examining how a fashion collection fits into an academic art library.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2012
DOI
10.1086/664912
Citation Information
Lindsay King and Russell T Clement. "Style and Substance: Fashion in Twenty-First-Century Research Libraries" Art Documentation Vol. 31 Iss. 1 (2012) p. 93 - 107 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lindsay-king/5/