Art Center College of Design, James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library id71
Mailing Address:
James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library, Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103Phone: 626-396-2232
Fax: 626-568-0428
Email: gporcari@artcenter.edu
Contact: Mr. George Porcari, Acquisitions Librarian
Web site: http://www.artcenter.edu
Institution Type: College/University, Community Service Organization, Library, Research Center/Institution
Location of Institution: Pasadena/South Pasadena
Archive and Collections
Description: The James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library offers an extensive collection of resources on art and design, along with materials on the arts community in Los Angeles and Pasadena as represented by the Art Center College of Design’s faculty and students from the early 1940s to the present. The library’s holdings consist of books, periodicals, slides, videos, CD-ROMs, and laser discs on subjects such as the fine arts, photography, computer graphics, film, film animation, automobile history and design, advertising, and printmaking. Limited and signed editions, portfolios, and other materials can be found in the library’s Rare Books Room. Although the holdings are open to the public, the library is a nonlending institution.
Type of Materials: Books, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Photographs, Rare Books
Time Periods: 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Artistic Communities, Asian Descent, Education, European Descent, Gender Specific, Highest Income, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Middle to Upper Income, Professional, Youth
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: When a librarian is available to provide assistance
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: None
Management
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Once or twice.
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: None
