discipline-specific analysis of university press production: art history and its specialties
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Discipline-Specific Analysis of University Press Production:
Art History and Its Specialties
Henry PisciottaArts and Architecture Librarian
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
James Frost Statistical Technical Communications Specialist
Minitab, Inc.
1. Purpose
2. Literature
3. Design
4. Results
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1. Purpose
• Find trends in the monographic output of university presses in art and architecture
• Do so at a level of detail meaningful for the discipline’s specialists
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2. Literature
(2006) L. McGill, “State of Scholarly Publishing in the History of Art….an Exploratory Research”
(1990) H. Bailey, “Rate of Publication of Scholarly Monographs…1978-1988”
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3. Design
A. Team ApproachB. Select Data SetC. Optimize Data SetD. Categorize DataE. Analysis Techniques
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A. Team Approach
Coordinators: Art Librarian & Statistician
Advisors: Arts administratorU. press art editorYBP bibliographerResearcher (prev. study)Art historianArt librarian
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B. Select Data Set
• Bowker / Global Books in Print
• OCLC /WorldCat
• YBP Library Services / GOBI
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B. Select Data Set
• Bowker / Global Books in Print
• OCLC /WorldCat
• YBP Library Services / GOBI
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C. Optimize Data Set
• Define duplicates
• Remove duplicates
• Select range of years
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C. Optimize Data Set
• Define duplicates
• Remove duplicates
• Select range of years
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Downloaded Data by Publication Year
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D. Categorize Data
• Major Categories
MediaGeographyDates“Stokstad Categories”
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E. Analysis Techniques
Trends in a growing data setnot as raw numbersas % of year’s total
Least squares regression analysisif p-value > 0.05, not reported
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4. Results
A. Overall GrowthB. Post-1945 Topics LeadC. 19-c. Topics LagD. Multi-Culturalism Question
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A. Overall Growth
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Current Study (YBP/GOBI)
McGill Study (Bowker/GBIP)
Growth in Univ. Press Art Booksin 5-year increments
B. Post-1945 Topics Lead
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International Since 1945 as a Stokstad Category
(n=1,758, p-value 0.0, coefficient 0.87958, r-squared value 85.7%)
Earliest and Latest Years Between 1945 and 1990
(Earliest Year: n=1,435, p-value 0.000, coefficient 0.72785, r-squared value 82.4%)(Latest Year: n=699, p-value 0.054, coefficient 0.3385, r-squared value 22.5%)
C. 19-c. Topics Lag
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Nineteenth-Century Topics (Europe & U.S.) as a Stokstad Category
(n= 747, p-value 0.01, coefficient -0.36712, r-squared value 54.1%)
Earliest and Latest Years from 1800 to 1899
(Earliest Year: n= 1609, p-value 0.001, coefficient -0.4249, r-squared value 50.1%)(Latest Year: n=923, p-value 0.044, coefficient -0.3629, r-squared value 24.3%)
Number of Books in Categories Related to the Nineteenth Century
D. Multi-Culturalism Question
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Africa 123 2%
Asia 626 8%
Europe 2,711 35%
NCAmerica North and Central America 2,804 37%
Oceania 134 2%
SAmerica South America 36 0%
WInidies West Indies 1 0%
Not Used 1,251 16%
6,435 100%
Continent Categories for All Records
North and Central American Topics
(n=2,804, p-value 0.001, coefficient 0.35819, r-squared value 52.6%)
European Topics
(n= 2,711, p-value 0.013, coefficient -0.3434, r-squared value 34.7%)
Asian Topics
(n= 626, p-value 0.0149087, r-squared value 45.2%)
Not Surprising:
• Overall increase in titles• Increase in post-1945 topics
Somewhat Surprising:
• Relative stability of “shares”• Lack of growth in 19th-c. topics• Modest growth in non-Western
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Thanks to:
Max Marmor, Pres. &L.W. Schermerhorn, Admin. Officer, The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Francoise Crowell, Dir. Collection Management & Principal Bibliographer, YBP Library Services
Eleanor Goodman, Executive Editor, Penn State Press
Barbara Polowy, Head, Hillyer Art Library, Smith College
Leo Mazow, Assoc. Prof. of Art History, U. of Arkansas
Lawrence T. McGill, Sr. V. P., Research, Foundation Center
Katherine Staab, PhD Candidate, Art History, Penn State
Henry PisciottaArts and Architecture Librarian
Pennsylvania State University Libraries [email protected]
James Frost Statistical Technical Communications Specialist
Minitab, Inc. [email protected]