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Laurel Bliss

Associate Librarian

lbliss@sdsu.edu / ORCID iD

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Journal Articles5
Book Chapters4
Conference Talks6
Conference Posters2
Other33

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2015Conference Talks1
2017Conference Talks1
2019Conference Talks1
2008Conference Posters1
2016Conference Posters1
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Publications

Journal Articles

Csu dreamin’: A case study of collaboration across the California State University system with arts, architecture, and performing arts librarians
Smith, K.A.; Roll, A.; Laurel Bliss
Art Documentation, 2021, journal article
Smarter Together: Collaborative Tablet Communities on Campus and Reference Services Innovation
Laurel Bliss
Library Technology Reports, 2012, journal article
Hunting for Art - Elusive WPA Murals
Laurel Bliss
Visual Resources Association Bulletin, 2010, journal article
Documenting WPA Murals in California
Laurel Bliss
Art Documentation, 2010, journal article
Persuading Architecture Faculty that Library Instruction is Essential: A Yale Case Study
Laurel Bliss
Art Documentation, 2002, journal article

Book Chapters

Speaking Across Silos: Understanding the Commonalities between Subject and Functional Roles.
Amanda Lanthorne; Pamella Lach; Laurel Bliss
Approaches to Liaison Librarianship: Innovations in Organization and Engagement, 2021, book chapter
Evolution of the Curriculum: Using Archives to Inform Collection Development for Women's Studies
Laurel Bliss
Gender Studies in the Library: Case Studies, Programming, Outreach, 2017, book chapter
Spreading Girl Germs: Sources on Third-Wave Feminism in Collaborative Librarianship
Laurel Bliss
Gender Studies in the Library: Case Studies, Programming, Outreach, 2017, book chapter
Surveying trends in art librarianship: evolving roles
Laurel Bliss
The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship, 2010, book chapter

Conference Talks

Grassroots Consortial Collaboration Building
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2019, conference paper
Engaging Library Users in Collection Development
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2017, conference paper
Moving the Needle: Advancing the Profession Through Publishing
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2015, conference paper
Global Visions: Building Image Collections in a Participatory Culture
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2010, conference paper
Moving outside the Canon: a Projects Update
Laurel Bliss
Visual Resources Association Annual Conference, 2009, conference paper

Evolving Art Librarian
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2009, conference paper

Conference Posters

The Communication Super Friends: Powering Communication, Strengthening Engagement, and Defeating Unawareness in an Academic Library.
Laurel Bliss; Alex Herbias; Keven Jeffery; Jordan Nielsen; Gloria Rhodes; Jessica Santos
American Library Association, Orlando, FL., 2016, conference poster
WPA Murals in California: a small digitization project.
Laurel Bliss
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, 2008, conference poster

Other

Colour of clothes : fashion and dress in autochromes 1907–1930 (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2025, book review
Creole : portraits of France's foreign relations during the long nineteenth century (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2024, book review
A new way of seeing : the history of art in 57 works (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2023, book review
Pre-fab living (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2021, book review
Walker Evans : no politics (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2021, book review

The decisive network : Magnum Photos and the postwar image market (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2020, book review
A History of architecture and trade (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2018, book review
Firecrackers : female photographers now (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2018, book review
Photography after photography : gender, genre, history (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2017, book review
Face and mask : a double history (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2017, book review
First in the homes of his countrymen : George Washington's Mount Vernon in the American imagination (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2017, book review
Enduring truths : Sojourner's shadows and substance (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2016, book review
Principles of art history : the problem of the development of style in early modern art (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2016, book review
German art in New York : the canonization of modern art 1904-1957 (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2016, book review
Discovering the Impressionists : Paul Durand-Ruel and the new painting (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2015, book review
Isaiah Rogers : architectural practice in antebellum America (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2015, book review
Architecture and armed conflict : the politics of destruction (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2015, book review
The Parthenon enigma (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2014, book review
Architecture in motion : the history and development of portable building (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2014, book review
Mathew Brady : portraits of a nation (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2014, book review
Makers of modern architecture : v.2: From Le Corbusier to Rem Koolhaas (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2014, book review
Color rush : American color photography from Stieglitz to Sherman (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2013, book review
Reconstructing the view : the Grand Canyon photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2013, book review
Photography and landscape (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2012, book review
Tudoresque : in pursuit of the ideal home (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2012, book review
Shadows of a fleeting world : pictorial photography and the Seattle Camera Club (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2011, book review
The secret lives of buildings : from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2010, book review
194X : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2009, book review
Home delivery : fabricating the modern dwelling (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2009, book review
Paris on the Potomac : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2008, book review
Makers of modern architecture (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2008, book review
Candid reflections : letters from women in architecture 1972 & 2004 (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2008, book review
James Marston Fitch : selected writings on architecture, preservation, and the built environment (Review)
Laurel Bliss
Choice, 2007, book review