CCS BARD
Center for Curatorial Studies
and Art in Contemporary Culture 		Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
NY 12504-5000 		845-758-7598
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Library and Archive

CCS Bard Library and Archives

The Library and Archives at the Center for Curatorial Studies are a vital research center specializing in curatorial studies and the contemporary arts. Although the collections are non-circulating, the library and archives are open to the Bard community, as well as outside researchers and scholars specializing in the contemporary arts. The library and archives are also a dynamic and integral component of the Center's 2-year graduate program supporting the advanced research of curatorial studies students.

The library contains over 25,000 volumes focusing on post-1960s contemporary art and curatorial practices. The main collection includes extensive holdings of international exhibition catalogs, artists' monographs dating to the 1960s, and over 60 current subscriptions to international art journals and periodicals covering the contemporary arts and curatorial practices. Special Collections holdings include a significant collection of approximately 80 historic artist-produced periodicals, an extensive collection of limited edition, signed, and out of print exhibition catalogs, a media collection, and a collection of artists' books. Through donation and purchase, the library is comprehensively collecting the full publication history of select international exhibition venues, art publishers, and small presses.

The CCS Bard Archives contain the institutional archives for the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Hessel Museum of Art. The collection contains documentation of the complete exhibition and programming history of CCS Bard. Other collections include the organizational archives of select galleries such as the Virginia Dwan Gallery Archives, and the personal papers of select curators, artists, and artist-run spaces and initiatives. The Archives also contain artist files for the artists represented in the Hessel Museum collection, as well as Study Collections which document significant international curators, and a selection of historic exhibitions.

CCS Bard is also the home of the Art Spaces Archives Project (AS-AP.org), a collaborative visual arts initiative that was established in 2003 to document the archival heritage of for- and not-for-profit art spaces throughout the United States.


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Frequently Asked Questions

Hours

During the Fall and Spring semesters, the CCS Bard Library is open Monday, Tuesday, 9:30 am - 8:00 pm, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:30 am to 7:00 p.m., Friday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and Sunday 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Fall 2011 semester hours begin on Saturday, September 3rd and end on Friday, December 16th.

Between semesters, during intersession, the CCS Bard Library is open Monday to Friday from 10am-5pm.  The library is closed on weekends during intersession. 

Please call the library at 845-758-7567 for additional information.

Donations

Donations of books, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals are welcome. However, the Librarian reserves the right to discard any materials that do not meet the collection development standards for the library or that duplicate holdings. 

Wireless Internet

The CCS Bard Library is equipped with free, wireless internet service throughout.

Electronic Reference Resources

Access to electronic resources is available in the library. For a selected list of frequently used resources at CCS, click here. For a complete list of electronic indexes and databases, consult the A-Z Indexes and Databases List.

Masters Theses

Theses written in partial fulfillment of the Curatorial Studies master's program are cataloged and shelved in the CCS Library by year completed and alphabetically by the student's last name. Click here for a list of CCS Graduate Masters Theses.