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Guidelines for Interior Design

1. Purpose
2. General Collection Guidelines
    A. Language
    B. Chronology
    C. Geography
    D. Publication Date
    E. Treatment of Subject
    F. Types of Materials and Formats
3. Area Resources
4. Subjects and Collecting Levels
5. Methodology

1. Purpose.

To support teaching and research through the Master's level. The Department of Interior Design offers both B.F.A. and M.F.A. degree programs. The primary goal of the department is to produce creative designers who are solidly grounded both in intellectual, cultural, and philosophical approaches to design and in a realistic adaptation of these to human needs in a contemporary environment.

The Department of Interior Design offers opportunities for study and research in interior design and architecture from both the contemporary and the historical standpoints, as well as commercial, institutional, and residential design; environmental factors; physical and social behavior; design graphics; business procedures and trade sources; materials and textiles; lighting; color; and furniture design and construction.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
Primary collecting efforts are centered on English or English-language translations, but works whose principal value lies in their illustration of architectural or design principles are acquired regardless of the language of the accompanying text.

B. Chronology.
No limitations, due to the program's emphasis on architectural and interior design history.

C. Geography.
No restrictions.

D. Publication Date.
No limitations.

E. Treatment of Subject.
"How to" materials of a popular nature are excluded, as are textbooks unless they offer a unique source of information on technical processes.

F. Types of Materials and Formats.
Monographic literature, both current and retrospective, and reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and trade directories, are acquired, as are core serial titles in architecture and interior design. Backfiles of serials and monographic series (e.g. GA - Global Architecture) are also of importance to the coverage of the discipline and are purchased, funds permitting. Technical manuals on lighting, heat, and other environmental factors are also acquired on a selective basis.

Dissertations and theses are generally excluded, as are materials aimed primarily at the general public. Because of the comprehensive collection of slides in the separate School of the Arts Library, photographic transparencies of historical architecture and furnishings are usually not acquired unless they constitute a slide set of primary source material not held by the SOTA Library (e.g. Index of American Design).

Electronic information resources (CD-ROMs, online resources, etc.) may also be acquired on a selective basis.

3. Area Resources.

There are no area resources that directly affect the collection of materials for this discipline.

4. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject	Call Number Range	Present	Desired
Interior Decoration	NK1700-3505	C2	C1
Furniture Design/Construction	TT180-200	C2	C2
History of Interior Design	NK600-1133	C2	C1
Soft Home Furnishings	TT387-410	C2	C1
Business Management for Designers	NK1173	C2	C2
Commercial/Advertising Art	NC997-1003	C1	C1
Architecture	NA200-1613; NA2700-2790; NA2810-4050; NA4100-8480	C2	C1
House/arrangement	TX309-317	C2	C1

5. Methodology.

Collection centered: List-checking, using samplings from:

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