TAITEMIA LIBRARY Collections A significant proportion of the Library’s collections consists of images, theses, other studies and monographs. The Library also has literature on design, professional journals, video and sound recordings, samples, project assignments, model drawings, ethnographical material, historical documents on crafts and design and other professional files. 1. BOOKS The books are arranged according to the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system. This is the system used by the majority of scientific libraries and covers all subjects. 0. Generalities (research communication, semiotics, semantics, bibliographies, serial publications) 1. Philosophy (psychology) 2. Religion, theology 3. Social sciences (research methods, sociology, consumption, ergonomics, education, art education, art therapy, ethnography, costume history, the psychology and sociology of dress) 5. Natural sciences (chromatics, colour psychology) 6. Applied sciences. Medicine. Technology (engineering, printing, accountancy, business management, design management, industrial design, glass industry, ceramic industry, metalworking, wood-processing, leather industry, paper-making, textile industry, data processing, furniture industry, footwear, bookbinding, clothing industry, toys, handicrafts) 7. The arts. Applied arts. Photography. Music. Entertainment. Sport (aesthetics, artistic styles and eras, regional planning, architecture, sculpture, art ceramics, metal art drawing, paper art, textile art, interior art, glass art, furniture art, painting, graphic art, art printing) 8. Language. Literature. Literary theory (dictionaries, literary work, oral presentation) 9. Archaeology and prehistory. Local studies. Geography. Biographies. History (heraldry, cultural history) The books are catalogued in the Aapeli database (Voyager) of the Savonia Polytechnic. The subject headings (in Finnish) are mostly ones used in crafts and design. The books are shelved by category according to the name of the writer in alphabetical order. In the case of a book with an editor or more than three authors, it goes under its title. The loan period for books is two weeks. 2. PERIODICALS The Library subscribes to both Finnish and foreign periodicals, which are kept in cabinets. The latest issue of each magazine is in the door and can be borrowed once the next issue has appeared. Some periodicals are kept in the departments. For example, all issues of periodicals dealing with textiles, clothing and special techniques for the present and previous year are kept at the Materials Library at Niiralankatu. The volumes are stored on shelves in alphabetical order according to title. The oldest volumes are on the sliding shelves in the basement studio and can be borrowed via the Library. The loan period for periodicals is two weeks. Newspapers are kept in their cabinets for about two weeks. 3. THESES The originals of theses, diploma and degree assignments are stored in the Library in numerical order by year and department. Large attachments are stored in numerical order on a shelf of their own. Diploma assignments are stored in the departments but are not comprehensively archived. Thesis assignments may not be borrowed, except by teachers for teaching purposes and the author him/herself. Publications of abstracts of theses may be used as an aid in seeking a particular work. Assignments have been catalogued in the library database since 1986. Searches can be made by, for example, author, title and subject heading. The abstracts of theses are also to be found on the Kuopio Design Academy’s home pages. The Library also contains advanced studies in textiles, clothing and craft design studies at the University of Helsinki and certain other reports related to the subject. 4. THE BUILDING INFORMATION FILE The Building Information File (RT-kortisto) consists of instructions, regulations, materials and an index. The Instructions section contains information on the management and planning of a building project, structure and room design. The Regulations section contains the Acts, Decrees, Council of State and Ministry decisions on building projects, along with the building regulations and instructions in their original wording. The Materials section gives technical information about building materials, equipment and services as supplied by their manufacturers. The Materials section is supplemented by a book. The Index consists of a subject index, a table of contents and instructions for use and updating. The Sources section gives instructions on information retrieval and classification and publication catalogues. The Index is the key to the use of the Building Information File. 5. ETHNOGRAPHICAL NOTES, COLLECTION CARDS AND RELATED PICTURES 1974-1988 Collection reports are filed by year in numerical order. Entered on the interleaves are the report number, the place of collection and the collector. The collection cards are arranged by topic, such as interior textiles, children’s clothes or furniture, and accompanied by a list of categories. The collection reports are entered in the Library system. Material cannot be removed from the Library. 6. SLIDES The texts accompanying slides are in the yellow files on the periodicals shelves in numerical order. There is also a catalogue of slide sets according to accession, giving the name and number of the set. The slides are also entered in the Library system, from which they can be searched according to, for example, photographer, text writer, compiler, work, author of work, exhibition or subject. There are tables and equipment for viewing slides. The loan period for slides is two weeks. 7. VIDEO TAPES AND SOUND CASSETTES For reasons of copyright, video tapes and sound cassettes are lent out only for use within the Academy. The loan period is two weeks. 8. ARCHIVE MATERIALS The archives contain press articles, old books, textile samples, documents, etc. These materials are not in general use and have not yet been fully classified in the Library database. |