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Building Special Collections
From Scratch: The Artists’
Books Collection at the
University of Denver
ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter Virtual Conference

November 3, 2011

Michael Levine-Clark

Collections Librarian

University of Denver
Special Collections at DU

Before 2004
  Unfunded
  Haphazard
  Reactive

Since 2004
  Budgeted
  Planned
  Proactive
Overall Humanities Collection Strategy

Monographs/jour
 nals
   Transition to
    digital

Digital primary
 source
 collections
Print special
 collections
We Have a Budget. Now what?

Add to existing
 collections
  Cookery, dance
   , books on books

Find a niche
  Fine press /
   artists’ books
  Skiing
Why Artists’ Books?




Reasonably affordable
Existing interest on campus
Antidote to electronic resources
Ability to create a unique collection
Funding


A little more
 each year
   $20-50,000

Supplement with
 endowed funds
   About $100,000
    annually
The Collection

739 books
  Mostly contemporary
  Book as object
  Collections within the collection
    Colorado & the west
    Shakespeare
    Miniature books
    Cookery, dance, etc.
What is a Book?
Shakespeare
42 Books
1893 (Kelmscott)-
 Present
Laura Wait

Colorado artist
15 books
Personal Papers
How Much Does it Cost?

Fiscal Year   Expenditure
FY 2004       $2,963
FY 2005       $2,721
FY 2006       $11,384
FY 2007       $16,257
FY 2008       $72,769
FY 2009       $98,723
FY 2010       $108,338
FY 2011       $58,889
Total         $372,004
If You Build It, They Will Come
Thank You
Michael Levine-Clark
michael.levine-clark@du.edu

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