Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library
The Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library is the visual arts library of The New School University. Used primarily by students in the Parsons The New School for Design division, it is located in the Sheila Johnson Design Center, in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Founding and Closing
The Gimbel Library was founded using grant money from the Gimbel family. The library was closed on January 1, 2014 when New School opened a new library facility located on the 6th floor of 63 Fifth Avenue.
Collection
The New School owns several libraries throughout New York City, and is a member of the Research Library Association of South Manhattan. Gimbel is the second largest library at the university, with a total of 121,371 holdings. 53,520 of these holdings are monographs (print), 215 are serials titles (print), 66,305 are part of the picture collection, 175 are CDs, 785 are DVDs, 370 are VHS, and 1 is realia.[1] Other university libraries include: The New School Library and Archives Other collections from The New School include:
- Raymond Fogelman Library
- Kellen Archives
- Visual Resource Center
- Scherman Music Library
Access and Usage
All students and faculty of The New School are granted access to Gimbel. In addition, students at Cooper Union and New York University are also granted access to the collection as part of an intercollegiate consortium.
The Sheila Johnson Design Center, which is used as the main academic building for the Parsons division, is the building where the library is kept. The lobby floor serves both as both a learning center and public art gallery.
See also
- Education in New York City
- The New York Intellectuals
- Education in New York City
- The New York Foundation
- Project Pericles
- National Book Award
References
Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 73°59′41″W / 40.7352°N 73.9948°W