SDSU University Library
Laurel Bliss

Laurel Bliss

Fine Arts Librarian

ORCID iD
Academic Rank: Associate Librarian; Tenured
(619) 594-4446
lbliss@sdsu.edu

Office: Library Addition 1101E
University Library,
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive,
San Diego, CA 92182-8050

Professional History
  • Fine Arts Librarian, 2007—Present
    Library, San Diego State University
  • Assistant Art Librarian, 2003—2007
    Library, Princeton University
  • Librarian for Art and Architecture, 2001—2003
    Library, Yale University
  • Reference Librarian, 1999—2001
    Library, Yale University
Education
  • MLS, Southern Connecticut State University, 1998
  • MA, University of Virginia, 1994
  • BA, Haverford College, 1991
Memberships
  • 2024—Present, College Art Association
  • 2000—Present, American Library Association
Journal Articles
Books & Chapters
Conference Presentations
  • (2019). Grassroots Consortial Collaboration Building, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-paper]
  • (2017). Engaging Library Users in Collection Development, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-paper]
  • (2015). Moving the Needle: Advancing the Profession Through Publishing, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-paper]
  • (2010). Global Visions: Building Image Collections in a Participatory Culture, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-paper]
  • (2009). Evolving Art Librarian, ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-paper]
  • (2009). Moving outside the Canon: a Projects Update, Visual Resources Association Annual Conference [conference-paper]
Conference Posters
  • Laurel Bliss, Alex Herbias, Keven Jeffery, Jordan Nielsen, Gloria Rhodes et al. (2016). The Communication Super Friends: Powering Communication, Strengthening Engagement, and Defeating Unawareness in an Academic Library, ALA Annual Conference [conference-poster]
  • (2008). WPA Murals in California: a small digitization project., ARLIS/NA Annual Conference [conference-poster]
Other Works
  • Laurel Bliss (2025). Colour of clothes : fashion and dress in autochromes 1907–1930 (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2024). Creole : portraits of France's foreign relations during the long nineteenth century (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2023). A new way of seeing : the history of art in 57 works (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2021). Pre-fab living (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2021). Walker Evans : no politics (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2020). The decisive network : Magnum Photos and the postwar image market (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2018). A History of architecture and trade (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2018). Firecrackers : female photographers now (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2017). Photography after photography : gender, genre, history (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2017). Face and mask : a double history (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2017). First in the homes of his countrymen : George Washington's Mount Vernon in the American imagination (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2016). Enduring truths : Sojourner's shadows and substance (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2016). Principles of art history : the problem of the development of style in early modern art (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2016). German art in New York : the canonization of modern art 1904-1957 (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2015). Discovering the Impressionists : Paul Durand-Ruel and the new painting (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2015). Isaiah Rogers : architectural practice in antebellum America (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2015). Architecture and armed conflict : the politics of destruction (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2014). The Parthenon enigma (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2014). Architecture in motion : the history and development of portable building (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2014). Mathew Brady : portraits of a nation (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2014). Makers of modern architecture : v.2: From Le Corbusier to Rem Koolhaas (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2013). Color rush : American color photography from Stieglitz to Sherman (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2013). Reconstructing the view : the Grand Canyon photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2012). Photography and landscape (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2012). Tudoresque : in pursuit of the ideal home (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2011). Shadows of a fleeting world : pictorial photography and the Seattle Camera Club (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2010). The secret lives of buildings : from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2009). 194X : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2009). Home delivery : fabricating the modern dwelling (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2008). Paris on the Potomac : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2008). Makers of modern architecture (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2008). Candid reflections : letters from women in architecture 1972 & 2004 (Review), Choice [book-review]
  • Laurel Bliss (2007). James Marston Fitch : selected writings on architecture, preservation, and the built environment (Review), Choice [book-review]