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Collection Development Resources for Fashion & Textiles

Collection Development Resources for Fashion & Textiles. Edith Serkownek , June F. Mohler Fashion Library, Kent State University. Scientific. Anthropological. Art & Design. Historic. Approaches to the Study of Fashion and Textiles. Business. Technological. LOC Classification:

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Collection Development Resources for Fashion & Textiles

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  1. Collection Development Resources for Fashion & Textiles Edith Serkownek, June F. Mohler Fashion Library, Kent State University

  2. Scientific Anthropological Art & Design Historic Approaches to the Study of Fashion and Textiles Business Technological

  3. 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. . .

  4. Collection Development Policies: • Goals • Areas of Curricular Concentration • Degrees/Programs Offered • Scope of Coverage • Parameters • Material Types

  5. Who’s publishing? Publishers to explore: • AVA Academia • Berg Publishers • Fairchild Books • Laurence King Publishing • Yale University Press

  6. What are people saying? Book reviews: • Booklist • Choice • Costume • Fashion Practice • Fashion Theory • Reference and User Services Quarterly • Constituents

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. What's on your reference shelf? Greenwood  • Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History • Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History Thames & Hudson • The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and 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

  10. What databases do you subscribe to? Research Databases: • Art Full Text  • ARTstor • Berg Library • Business Source Complete  • Mintel • LexisNexis 

  11. Scholarly Journals Trade/ Professional Publications Forecasting/Trending Publications Periodicals for Fashion & Textiles Popular Magazines

  12. What free information is out there? • Pathfinders: • Rhode Island School of Design Research Guides • Fashion Institute of Technology Research Guides • Kent State Fashion Library Online Guides • Websites: • Cotton Incorporated • Complete Textile Glossary • FabricLink • Source4Style • Style.com

  13. 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 International Fashion and Apparel Industry • Internet for Fashion and Beauty Tutorial, JISC

  14. 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

  15. Putting it all together: Your Fashion & Textile Collection Comments or Questions? Edith Serkownek, Kent State University eserkown@kent.edu

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