The photography book and the library: a case study

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https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_9-1_3

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photography books, visual literacy, library science, specialized libraries, photography

Abstract

This article aims to provide some basic contextualization for the understanding of photography books according to Library Science. Photographic books – especially the so-called photobooks – are presented as documents with informational potential for visual literacy practices and, consequently, as potential tools that can be used by educators and readers in order to support the development of critical abilities and reflections around the visual messages disseminated by the media. This study also presents the main characteristics of this kind of document and the ways in which it is used by readers in the context of a specialized library dedicated exclusively to photographic books. With this aim we have analysed the history of searches in the Photography Library catalogue at Instituto Moreira Salles, in São Paulo, from which we identified and classified the main keywords used for searches.

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2021-11-17

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Fernandes Veloso Baralle, Renata, and Marivalde Moacir Francelin. 2021. “The Photography Book and the Library: A Case Study”. MATLIT: Materialities of Literature 9 (1):37-59. https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_9-1_3.

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Literary Photobooks: Theory and History

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Secção Temática | Thematic Section

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