Berg Fashion Library News

Update 4 Live: New Articles, E-Books and Links to Oxford Art Online

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

The fourth update of the year brings a host of new content and functionality:

NEW CONTENT

Nine new articles for the Online Exclusives section of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
10 new e-books
New collection page for the Commercial Pattern Archive (CoPA), with images to follow in 2012

NEW FUNCTIONALITY

Direct linking through to third-party hosted journal content using an OpenURL resolver
Activation of external links to Oxford Art Online for subscribers on SAMS as “Grove Art” (as well as “Oxford Art Online”)
Internal links from V&A images to articles on individual designers in the A to Z of Fashion

BFL Highly Commended at ALPSP Awards

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Berg Fashion Library has been awarded with an ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) Highly Commended Certificate for Publishing Innovation 2011. The Winner was announced at the 2011 ALPSP International Conference at Heythrop Park, near Oxford, UK from 14-16 September.

Update 3 Live: Met Images; New Articles; Lesson Plans and More

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Now Live! More content including images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Berg has partnered with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to bring 2000+ images from the internationally renowned Costume Institute’s collection to be available through the Berg Fashion Library. 500 images are now live on the site.

New this month:

Seven new articles for the Online Exclusives section of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
500 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. This is the first of four groups of images from the Met
Lesson Plans with links through to online content
Several hundred links to Oxford Art Online

Berg Fashion Library Shortlisted for ALPSP Award

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Berg Fashion Library has been shortlisted for the for the ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) Award for Publishing Innovation 2011. The Winner will be announced at the 2011 ALPSP International Conference at Heythrop Park, near Oxford, UK from 14-16 September.

Reference Reviews and Booklist Features

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Glowing write-ups in Reference Reviews and Booklist

The Encyclopedia and Berg Fashion Library received the following praise from Oscar Courtney, Assistant Librarian at Manchester Metropolitan University, in Reference Reviews:

"An absolutely absorbing resource ... I never tired of discovering many of the numerous and fascinating facts, contained within, and it was a joy!"

Following up from their starred reviews of the Berg Fashion Library and Encyclopedia, Booklist also ran a feature in their Focus: Inside the 2011 Dartmouth Medal Winner article:

"In a world of fewer new reference sources either in print or online, the hard work, will, and determination of Berg have come to fruition in an exciting new resource. Congratulations to the little company that could."

Read the full article.