World’s Fair Collection Earns Top Honors
The decision was unanimous. A Treasury of World’s Fair Art and Architecture has won the Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Publications given by the Art Libraries Society of North America. Patricia Kosco Cossard, Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Librarian, is the collection’s creator. The digital library provides access to artifacts, virtual tours and contextual essays covering a broad number of world’s fairs. The awarding committee said Cossard’s work was a grand undertaking and a significant contribution to the arts area disciplines.