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Building a Club Library
Posted: August 19th, 2011, 7:21 pm
by fncll
I'm working on getting a local origami club started and have gathered some donations and a space for a small lending library. My question is: what would you suggest as essential or canonical books for such a library? So far, almost all are complete beginners, though we have a few who seem at or near an intermediate level given the books I've browsed through... and it never hurts to have a few advanced books for the adventurous or books that are inspirational
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Re: Building a Club Library
Posted: August 19th, 2011, 9:30 pm
by Omelette
Anything by John Montroll, Robert Lang, or Michael Lafosse, especially Origami Design Secrets
Genuine Origami - Jun Maekawa
Origami to Astonish and Amuse - Jeremy Shafer
Origami for the Connoisseur - Kunihiko Kasahara & Toshie Takahama
Origami Essence - Roman Diaz
Origami Fantasy - Fumiaki Kawahata
Re: Building a Club Library
Posted: August 26th, 2011, 6:00 pm
by fncll
Thanks so much!
I have also browsed through and made some selections from the Origami Database list of most popular books. I continue to ask for suggestions, though, because I notice that volumes that I think very well suited for the purpose of a club library, such as _World's Best Origami_ by Nick Robinson and Maekawa's _Genuine Origami_, aren't on that list. In part because that database list presents popularity by number of copies owned, which can skew greatly toward older books (not that this is a bad thing, necessarily), and in part because I hope to hear from people who might have suggestions specifically for this need: supporting club activities, including individual independent learning, for a somewhat wide range of beginners (many)-high intermediates (a few).
Re: Building a Club Library
Posted: August 26th, 2011, 9:34 pm
by Sroge4
Works of Satoshi Kamiya is pretty much a must have for those who are going complex.