Upload
reynaldo-mays
View
218
Download
2
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR
FASHION & TEXTILES
Edith Serkownek, June F. Mohler Fashion Library, Kent State University
Approaches to the Study of Fashion
and Textiles
Scientific
Historic
Art & Design
Business
Technological
Anthropological
LOC Classification: GT: Manners and Customs
GT495-499 Human body and its parts. Personal beauty
GT500-2370 Costume. Dress. Fashion HD: Industry. Land use. Labor
HD9720-9975 Manufacturing industries HD9940 Fashion Industry
HF: Commerce HF5465 History of specific department stores HF5429 Retail Trade HF5801-6182 Advertising HF5845 Retail display
NK: Decorative Arts NK4700-4890 Costume NK8800-9505.5 Textiles
PN: Literature (General) PN2067 Theatrical costume and costume
design TR: Photography
TR679 Fashion photography TS: Manufacturers
TS1300-1865 Textile industries TT: Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
TT490-695 Clothing manufacture. Dressmaking. Tailoring
TT697-927 Home arts. Homecrafts including sewing, embroidery, decorative crafts
LOC classification numbers for fashion, merchandising and textiles. . .
Collection Development Policies:
Goals Areas of Curricular
Concentration Degrees/Programs
Offered
Scope of Coverage
Parameters
Material Types
Who’s publishing?
Publishers to explore:
AVA Academia
Berg Publishers
Fairchild Books
Laurence King Publishing
Yale University Press
What are people saying?
Book reviews:
Booklist
Choice
Costume
Fashion Practice
Fashion Theory
Reference and User Services Quarterly
Constituents
What are other people collecting?
BobCat A union catalog which includes
NYU and the New School
StyleCat Catalog for FIT
University of the Arts London A union catalog which includes
Central Saint Martins and the London College of Fashion
Other institutions with similar budgets and user-groups or in the same region
What's on your reference shelf?
Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and
Fashion
Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion
Dictionary of Textiles
Dictionary of Retailing
Encyclopedia of Menswear
Who’s Who in Fashion
What's on your reference shelf?
Greenwood
Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History
Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World Histor
y
Thames & Hudson The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion a
nd Fashion Designers
Any of the Complete Sourcebook publications
illustrated by John Peacock
Others Scribner Library of Daily Life: Encyclopedia of
Clothing and Fashion
Contemporary Fashion, St. James Press
What databases do you subscribe to?
Research Databases:
Art Full Text
ARTstor
Berg Library Business Source
Complete
Mintel LexisNexis
Periodicals for Fashion &
Textiles
Forecasting/Trending
Publications
Trade/Professional Publications
Popular Magazines
Scholarly Journals
What free information is out there?
Websites: Cotton Incorporated
Complete Textile Glossary
FabricLink
Source4Style
Style.com
Pathfinders: Rhode Island School of Design Re
search Guides Fashion Institute of Technology Re
search Guides Kent State Fashion Library Online
Guides
What free information is out there?
Visual Resources: Flickr and Flickr "Commons”
LIFE Photo Archive Hosted by Google
Victoria and Albert Museum, Fashion,
Jewellry and Accessories
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) based at the University College for the Creative Arts
Other: Fiber: Online Journal of the In
ternational Fashion and Apparel Industry
Internet for Fashion and Beauty Tutorial, JISC
Other types of resources?
Special Collections Rare/historic books & pamphlets
Art books
Original designer sketchbooks & swatchbooks
Company records
Materials Resources Sample fabrics and/or garments
Press release kits/promotion
Sample student projects/online database
Putting it all together: Your Fashion & Textile Collection
Books & Reference Materials
Periodicals: Popular, Trade &
Scholarly
Databases & Electronic Resources
Free Resources,
Special Collections &
Fabric/Materials
Forecasting & Trending Resources
Comments or Questions?Edith Serkownek, Kent State University