Utilizing items in the library ephemera collections of The Wolfsonian, the paper explores the literal and figurative transportation bridge between Havana and Miami, and various other south Florida and Cuban cities during the 1900-1945 epoch. Transportation between Miami and Havana are examined to demonstrate how both governments mixed concepts of the avant garde, modernity and romanticized national themes and customs to forge a bilingual, bicultural community which was familiar and comfortable with the traditional motifs, yet at the same time found the new technologies marring and discomforting. Abstract Increasingly, video is the medium of choice for learning about art, because it is immediate and revealing. However, not all art libraries include artists' documentary videos in their collections. For libraries, video presents problems of changing formats, lack of reviews, indexes and distributors.
Videos frequently accompany exhibitions on contemporary artists.
This paper is concerned with the role of the architectural librarian in providing information and teaching skills both to students of architecture and practitioners, to promote the most effective use of the architectural knowledge-base. It identifies the urgency expressed by the professional establishment to change attitudes to and use of information in design to meet present pressures and future demands placed by society upon architects. The implication for architectural education is examined and the measures taken in Cardiff by the Welsh School of Architecture detailed. These demonstrate how the librarian can provide a necessary link by which both education and practice can harness future development in information technology. The relationship of artists to art libraries is explored for the purpose of gaining better understanding of artists' needs.