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Nostalgia and renewal: collections and collaborations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Linda Newington
Linda Newington*
Affiliation:
University of Southampton Libraries, Winchester School of Art, Park Avenue, Winchester SO23 8DL, Hampshire, UK
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email: l.a.newington@soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article describes some unusual ways of working with the special collections in the University of Southampton Library of Winchester School of Art. Two of these collections have proved particularly fruitful: numerous successful activities centred on the Knitting Reference Library have aroused great interest, and there is now a strategic aim of making it the primary research resource for knitting for artists, students, and researchers in the University, and also for the wider community locally, nationally and globally. The contents of the Artists’ Books Collection too are being shared with a new audience, through exhibitions, events and participation at artists’ books fairs.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , 2010 , pp. 41 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2010

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Additional reading

Ben-Tovim, Ruth and O’Shea, Trish, Encounters: the shop collections (Sheffield: Site Gallery, 2006).Google Scholar
Newington, Linda and Polley, Catherine, ‘Alive and kicking - the Artists’ Book Collection at Winchester School of Art Library’ in Artists book yearbook 2006-07 (Bristol: Impact Press, 2005).Google Scholar
Newington, Linda, ‘At BABE with the Knitting and Sewing School’ in Artists book yearbook, 2010-2011 (Bristol: Impact Press, 2009).Google Scholar
Sowden, Tom and Schofield, Lucy May, Sitting room (Manchester: Righton Press, 2006).Google Scholar