ALJ
About
The Art libraries journal (ALJ) is published by Liverpool University Press on behalf ARLIS UK & Ireland for the international art library community and for all who are interested in the documentation of the visual arts, including artists, curators, art historians, archivists, collection managers and conservators.
Published quarterly since 1976, the ALJ is the main forum of the art library profession worldwide, with contributions from specialists in art librarianship and the management of visual arts resources, and a wide range of allied professions.
The scope of the journal is rooted in the long-term concerns of art, design and architecture librarians. The ALJ covers the role of art libraries today, from the impacts on art documentation of a changing research environment, the internet and digital technologies, to historical collections; specific art library materials, such as catalogues and artists’ books; copyright and other legislation affecting the activities of the profession; changes in publishing and scholarly communication; and other developments in the converging fields of libraries, archives, museums and visual arts resources.
Most issues of the ALJ cover a spread of relevant subjects, but some focus on specific themes, such as zines, online repositories and cataloguing ethics, or particular countries or regions.
Key journal information:
ISSN (online): 2059-7525
ISSN (print): 0307-4722 issues per year, sign up for free ALJ table of contents alerts.
Abstracts and contents from 1976 (Vol.1 no.1) to the current issue are freely available online via Liverpool University Press.
Information for contributors is available online, please contact the editorial office in the first instance to discuss potential submissions.
For all print and online orders or subscription enquiries, contact the LUP Subscriptions Team at: subscriptions@liverpool.ac.uk.
Editorial team
Editor
Gustavo Grandal Montero
Tate Library and Archive
London
UK
aljeditor@gmail.com
Associate Editor
Kraig Binkowski
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT
USA
kraig.binkowski@yale.edu
Associate Editor
Jack Mulvaney
The Courtauld Institute of Art London
UK
jack.mulvaney@courtauld.ac.uk
Collection of articles: free access
We regularly publish special issues focused on specific themes, including, in recent years, critical librarianship, zines, fashion, information literacy, ephemera and many others. We also produce geographical surveys of art libraries and librarianship in countries and regions (China, Japan, Latin America, etc.)
This collection of the most-read articles in special issues published in the last decade aims to draw attention to these rich resources, and to highlight both the long-standing and emerging trends in art librarianship.