The Fine Art Library

The Fine Art Library offers resources in the following subjects:

History of art, fine and decorative arts, photography, film, philosophy and theory of art, aesthetics, philosophy, psychology, social science and other relevant topics.

The collection consists of:

• 19,548 books, catalogues, encyclopaedias and reference books
• 75 current journal subscriptions
• 600 videos
• 350 DVDs
• 38 CD-ROMs
• 140 CDs
• 10,000 slides
• 230 Artists’ books

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The library also holds a documentation archive of the Academy’s activities; exhibition catalogues, slides, video recordings from Open forum etc.  

Equipment in the library

• Four PCs for searching the library catalogue TidemanOnWeb, and for searching the web
• A reading room with six study desks, two video/DVD monitors and a stereo for listening to CDs or cassettes
• A reference collection kept in the reading room, for use in the library only
• A photocopier. The library sells copy cards

A short guide to the collection

The collection is classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. In the Dewey system a document is allocated a number between 0-999. Each document is marked with a shelf signature consisting of a number followed by a letter or name, for example: 709.24 Bacon. The list below explains the main number groups in the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Additions in brackets following the shelf signature indicates where the book (or video/DVD/CD etc) is placed in the library.

The library collection is registered in the TidemannOnWeb database where you can search the collection. An English version of TidemannOnWeb is not available, but ask the librarians for help.