In summer 2002 faculty were invited to produce multi-media introductions to, courses they were teaching in the upcoming years. Library and information services staff put together a reflection on the role of a library in a research institute.

Virtual Catalogue Multi-Media Essays
The Water Goddesses
By Michelle Majer,
Part Time Assistant Professor

Chairs
By Ayesha Abdur-Rahman,
Assistant Slide Curator

Postcard from the Past:
A Marriage in Florence, 1447

By Deborah L. Krohn, Associate Professor

Objects of Virtue: Material Culture and Moral Order in 16th Century Northern Europe
By Andrew Morall, Professor

Object and/or Context: More Questions than Answers
By Stefanie Walker,
Special Exhibitions Curator

The Material Culture of Childhood
By Amy Ogata,
Assistant Professor

The Antiquarian in the Rear-View Mirror
By Peter N. Miller, Professor

Excerpts from the Universal Library
By Erin Elliot,
Technical Services Librarian
and
Heather Topcik,
Reader Services Librarian
 

Walter Benjamin's New York
Paris Capital of the Nineteenth Century (Exposé of 1939)
Introduction
By Peter N. Miller,
Professor

A. Fourier, or the Arcades
By Gabriel Goldstein,
Ph.D student

B. Grandville, or the World Exhibitions
By Elisa Niemack,
M.A. student

C. Louis Philippe, or the Interior
By John Gordon,
M.A. student

D. Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris
By Margaret Maile,
M.A. student

E. Haussmann, or the Barricades
By Peter N. Miller, Professor

Conclusion
By Peter N. Miller, Professor

Convolutes
H. The Collector
By Peter N. Miller,
Professor

S. Painting, Jugendstil, Novelty
By John Gordon,
M.A. student

m. Idleness
By Elisa Niemack,
M.A. student

Virtual Catalogue
The Water Goddesses
By Michelle Majer,
Part Time Assistant Professor

Chairs
By Ayesha Abdur-Rahman,
Assistant Slide Curator
Postcard from the Past: A Marriage in Florence, 1447
By Deborah L. Krohn, Associate Professor
Objects of Virtue: Material Culture and Moral Order in 16th Century Northern Europe
By Andrew Morall, Professor
Object and/or Context: More Questions than Answers
By Stefanie Walker,
Special Exhibitions Curator
The Material Culture of Childhood
By Amy Ogata,
Assistant Professor
The Antiquarian in the Rear-View Mirror
By Peter N. Miller, Professor
Excerpts from the Universal Library
By Erin Elliot,
Technical Services Librarian
and
Heather Topcik,
Reader Services Librarian
Contact Info: wbny@bgc.bard.edu