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Kari Horowicz
Art & Photography Librarian
RIT Library, Rochester Institute of Technology
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How to Contact Me
Office: RIT Library, Room
1455
Telephone: 585-475-7871
Fax: 585-475-7007
E-mail: kehwml@rit.edu
S-mail: RIT Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, 90 Lomb Memorial
Drive, Rocheser, NY 14623-5604
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How I Can Assist You?
As the Art and Photography Librarian at RIT Library, I provide the
following services:
Library Instruction: My instructional sessions may introduce
RIT Library's collections and access systems for the visual arts,
provide an orientation to major resources for a particular discipline,
or explore research strategies for specialized topics. I cover both
print and electronic resources, and when appropriate, include materials
in the RIT Library Special Collections. I can also assist with the
development of library assignments.
Click here
to schedule a library instruction session for your class.
Research Assistance: I'm available for impromptu or scheduled
tutorials or research assistance to RIT students and faculty and
other library patrons at any unscheduled time during the week.
Click here
to schedule a meeting with me to discuss your research project.
Guides: I am in the process of developing a series of bibliographies
and research guides to help library users find information on popular research
topics in fine and applied arts and photography. Here are a number of extremely
useful guides in: fine
and applied arts and photography.
Click here
to request new guides tailored to specific class assignments, topical
bibliographies, or instructions for the use of specific research tools.
Selection: I select all books,
exhibition catalogs, periodicals, annuals, and other print and electronic
resources for the visual arts collections. Lists of new acquisitions
in photography
and film, fine
and applied arts, are posted every month.
Click here
if you'd like to suggest new materials for our collections.
Galleries: I supervise the library's two galleries
and its exhibitions
program. The galleries are available to all RIT students and
faculty for the display their work on a first-come-first-served
basis.
Click here
to schedule a show.
Special Collections: I coordinate the library's Special
Collections and assist library users with research related to
these unique materials documenting the history of graphic design,
photography, and other visual arts.
Purchase Prize Program: I
coordinate the RIT Library Purchase Prizes Programs, purchase awards
given each year to students in RIT's School
of Photographic Arts and Sciences and School
of Art and Design and School for American Crafts. I also maintain
the SPAS
Purchase Prize Collection, which is available to library visitors
in the RIT Archives, and the RIT
Library Art Collection, which includes the SAD/SAC purchase
prizes. which is on display throughout the RIT Library building
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My Schedule
My normal work hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
During the school year I will also be available one evening every week.
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My Favorite Internet Sites
I've selected some excellent Internet "hub sites" for RIT Library's
Wallace Web to assist students and faculty in their research in the visual
arts, to provide museum
and exhibition information, and to link them to others involved in
art education
. These gathering points provide easy access to a vast array of educational
and commercial resources available through the Worldwide Web as well as
through Gopher, FTP, and discussion groups.
Here are a few selected sites that are I find interesting, creative
and fun!
Some great examples of Worldwide Web page design are:
I keep in contact with other art librarians and archivists throughout the
world using:
Many of my favorite museums are accessible through the WWW:
I've found pages for some of my favorite pursuits including:
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Maintained by: Kari Horowicz, Art and Photography Librarian, kehwml@rit.edu.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
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