“Data are the new raw material.”

Look what’s new in the Fine Arts showcase!

The Fine Arts Collection, located here, has new items coming in every week. This week, we added Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen (edited by Julius Wiedemann), published by Taschen. 

The opening essays in this oversize volume explore the history and use of charts, diagrams, and infographics, to communicate visually the massive quantities of data usually found in reports and news articles. Click on the examples below to see full-size images from the book, or stop by the Fine Arts Reference Desk on Level 2 to dive headfirst into "Information Graphics"!

If you like this book, you will probably enjoy the Marriott Library guide on Information Aesthetics  and other items in the Fine Arts showcase, like the Visual Miscellaneum.

Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library

The Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library is housed within the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. We cater to patrons from the College of Fine Arts and the College of Architecture + Planning. Members of the community are most welcome to make use of our facility and resources, as well.

Our permanent library location is currently under renovation--due to reopen in January 2009--but we have a temporary research assistance desk on the east side of level 2. Trained student and professional staff are available to help you with your arts-related research questions. Check out our homepage for our up-to-date service hours, a list of suggested online resources, and to get one-on-one chat help.

Within the Dumke Library, you'll find the collected works of classical and modern composers, a selection of reference books spanning the performing and visual arts, as well as computers and peripherals--keyboards, editing stations, scanners, etc--for working on multimedia projects.

The focal point of our facility is the Fine Arts Locked Case, filled with unique, rare, and fragile materials (books, primarily) of interest to all arts patrons. We have artists books, international architecture magazines, boxed sets of Asian art books, oversized tomes on the history of costume design, catalog raisonnes for visual artists, graphic novels, turn-of-the-20th-century sheet music, and much more. We allow anyone to view "Locked Case" items within the library. And some materials can be checkout for seven days.

I agree, "Locked Case" is an uninviting term. Hopefully the treasures within will help you overcome any hesitation about asking to view them. Use the comments link below to offer your suggestions for a better name for our protective enclosure. I'm all ears!