Fine Art and Design Library
Møllendalsveien 61, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design
Main content
New books in the library
Printed and digital books
We have more than 25,000 printed books in the library, mainly on the topics of art and design. The majority of these books can be found on the shelves in the library.We also have an open compact magazine adjacent to the area with shelves, with various specialist literature, older literature etc. The books are arranged according to Dewey's decimal classification where books with the same subject are grouped together.
Students and staff have free access to all UBB's e-books and journal articles via ˷ͧƻ's network. On campus, this happens automatically, but if you work from home, you must connect via to gain access. More information on how to use e-books can be found here.
Books and other material can be retrieved in . Feel free to ask at the information desk if you need help retrieving in Oria or at the shelves. Guidance to Oria can be found here.
Artists' books and zines
The UBBKD library is collecting artists' books and zines that can be studied in the library
. A collaboration between Codex Polaris (Bergen) and University of West England (Bristol) | where one is from The Fine Art and Design Library, ˷ͧƻ
(Oslo) | (Pilotutgave)
| "Artists' Books Online is designed to promote critical engagement with artists books and to provide access to a digital repository of metadata, scans, and commentary"
(Amsterdam) | "Since it first was launched in the year 2000, this web site has remained basically the same. We just added to or took off it, or renewed where and when necessary"
|"Artists' books have emerged as an energetic contemporary artform over the last forty years" |
(London) | "Established in 1984, Book Works is an art commissioning organisation specialising in artists' books, spoken word and printed matter"
(New York) | "Printed Matter is the world''s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of publications made by artists"
Journals and newspapers in the library
The library has more than 70 current printed journals, in addition to older and discontinued journals that can be found in the compact magazine. You are welcome to sit down in a good chair and read here in the library. You can also borrow new and older journals. All journals except the latest issue are available for loan.
With us, you can also read Bergens Tidende, Dagens Næringsliv helg, Klassekampen, Morgenbladet and Weekendavisen. Many other Norwegian and international newspapers are digitally available to students and staff through (use to access off campus).

Image databases
|"The Artstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 1.8 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Our community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates" - From the website
In addition to the institutional login (automaticallywithin the university network or outside by VPN) an individual account must be made to take advantage of all features. This is to be done by yourself in ArtStor.
is a portal that provides access to the Picture Collection at the University of Bergen Library. The Picture Collection is one of Norway's largest and most recognized archives for historical photography, and consists of single images and photographic collections of varying sizes from photographers, collectors and private donors - a total of around half a million photographic images.
Find more electronic image resources at The Art History website at the University Library
Electronic resources and databases
The University Library in Bergen gives students and staff access to a large number of databases with electronic resources. The most relevant for the Library for Art and Design can be found in (category: Art, music and design). As a student or employee, you also have access to a large number of journal articles. In Oria, you can search for to which the library has access.
To access all UBB's digital documents from home, you must connect to the ˷ͧƻ network via . See also more information about off-campus access and digital services and resources.
Film and videoonline
Access via the University in Bergen Library
Alexander Street Press is an electronic academic database provider. Their library streaming service, 'Academic Video Online', includes more than 80,000 titles across a wide range of academic subjects. Follow the link below and you will find many channels on various topics: For example Art and Architecture in Video, the Icarus Films Collection, LGBT Studies in Video and many more. You automatically log in via IP on campus, or VPN off campus.
| Guide: Using your own computer
Free resources
| "Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time"
| "Videos on the arts, featuring the artists...Art, Literature,Music,Architecture,Design"
| "Watch 1,150 movies free online. Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films, created by some of our greatest actors, actresses and directors"
| More than 5,000: "Video and audioon art and artists"
| "Avantgarde art film &video. The following films are presented for educational and non-commercial use only. All copyrights belong to the artists"
|The Video Art Archive contains video works in all forms and genres, which have been produced in Norway or with a connection to Norway from the 1960s until today. The video art archive has been administered by the National Museum since 2021.
The video art archive is continuously updated, and at the turn of the year 2020/2021 contained over 3,000 works by more than 660 artists or artist groups.
PPU (Education and teacher training)
Relevant databases for pedagogy:
| The most important international database for pedagogy.
| Contains studies and research on pedagogy and education. It includes scientific journals, doctoral thesis, and other relevant resourcse from 1988 and onwards.
|“...the database of full-text peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals”.
Relevant journals etc.:
| You will find the journal in Idunn from 2002.
| We have the printed journal from 1999 in the library.
KUNSTforum| We have the printed journal from 2009-2020 in the library.
| Here you can access a number of international newspapers and magazines. You can look at the most recent issues, or older issues from 5-6 years back in time. If you are connected withyou can download the.
KHiB/KMD Research fellows critical reflections
Until the Bergen Academy of Art and Design became part of ˷ͧƻ, the Faculty of Art, Music and Design, the institution offered education at doctoral level through The Norwegian Artistic Research Programme. Significant for the program for artistic research, the practice of art must be at the center of the scholarship holders' projects. From 2017, this work has continued at the faculty, where the Grieg Academy forms the Department of Music.
KAREN WERNER (2025)
MAARTEN VANDEN EYNDE (2024)
SIREN ELISE WILHELMSEN (2024)
INGRID RUNDBERG (2024)
SØREN THILO FUNDER (2024)
SVEINUNG RUDJORD UNNELAND (2023)
PAULIINA PÖLLÄNEN (2023)
ERIK FRIIS REITAN (2022)
JULIANE ZELWIES (2022)
SABINE POPP (2021)
FREDRIK RYSJEDAL (2019)
ALBERTCHENG-SYUNTANG(2018)
TAO G. VRHOVECSAMBOLEC (2017)
RHYTHMS OF PRESENCE
HILDUR BJARNADÓTTIR (2016)
: Reflection on an Artistic research project 2012-2016
MICHELLE TERAN (2016)
Confessions of an Online Stalker (Critical reflection on a 3-yearresearch titled Future Guides: From Information to Home)
ELLEN JOHANNE RØED (2014)
: Critical Reflection on Artistic Results of a Fellowship Project in Artistic Research
PATRICK ENTIAN (2013)
: Kritisk refleksjon over kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid
PEDRO GÓMEZ-EGAÑA (2012)
: A Collection of Writings as a Critical Reflection on an Artistic Research|
KJELL RYLANDER (2012)
CAROLINE SLOTTE (2011)
- r e f l e c t i o n s o n t h e p r o j e c t
LINDA LIEN (2010)
Identitetsdesign for geografisk avgrensa område
TROND LOSSIUS (2007)
: Reflections on Artistic Practice
About Artistic Research
Nina Malterud:, published in: Nordic Journal of Art & Research Vol. 1 No.1 (2012)
Master theses in the library
From 2016 some digital master theses can be found in (Bergen Open Research Archive).
The library has a physical collection of printed master theses (from 1988-2005: hovedoppgaver) between 1988-2016.
Here are links to these documents in the Library Catalogue:
(2006- ) |(2006- )
(1996-2005)
(1988-2004)
(1988-2006)
(1988-2004)
(1988-2005)
(1998-2005)
Miscellaneous
| "A Daily Journal of International Exhibitions... Contemporary Art Group is the organization that produces Contemporary Art Daily, Contemporary Art Venues and Contemporary Art Quarterly."
| "Established in January 1999 in New York, e-flux is an international network which reaches more than 90,000 visual art professionals on a daily basis through its website, e-mail list and special projects. Its news digest -e-flux announcements- distributes information on some of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions, publications and symposia."
|"The Getty Research Portal™ is a free online search platform providing worldwide access to an extensive collection of digitized art history texts from a range of institutions. This multilingual and multicultural union catalog affords art historians and other researchers the ability to search and download complete digital copies of publications devoted to art, architecture, material culture, and related fields."
Kulturrådet | som skal gi kunnskap om og bidra til refleksjon rundt kvalitet, kvalitetsforståelser og det grunnlaget kvalitetsdommer felles på i samtiden.
| "Lysviden.dk er et tværfagligt internetbaseret undervisningsmateriale, der dækker alle aspekter af lys og belysning. Målgruppen er studerende og undervisere på videregående og mellemlange uddannelser. Derudover kan alle andre lysinteresserede hente viden fra Lysviden.dk. Materialet består af artikler, illustrationer, øvelser og links, der frit kan benyttes i undervisningssammenhæng."
| "MaterialDistrict is the world’s leading match-making platform in the field of innovative materials. MaterialDistrict’s value as a high-end materials inspiration source is clear: R&D- and design professionals of all industries are using our platform to discover new material solutions."
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) |
| "Monoskop Log. Writings on arts, culture and media technology is an educational free access online resource for learners in media arts and culture, started in February 2009."
| Tilsammen mer enn 2,3 mio. spor innenfor klassisk, jazz, blues, populær musikk og folkemusikk. Tilgang for studenter og ansatte ved ˷ͧƻ.
| "Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it."
| An international database for Artistic Research
| "The Serving Library is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 to develop a shared toolkit for general arts education and discourse through related activities of publishing and collecting.It comprises an annual journal published bothand in, a public program of events and workshops, and an archive of (mostly) framed objects on permanent display."
|"TYPO conference speakers are innovative designers, professors, marketing experts, scientists, artists, journalists and much more. They present and discuss diverse approaches in the fields of communication and design. TYPO inspires, offers insights and experiments, encourages the exchange of knowledge and is a creative playground for communication professionals."
| "It's amazing to me that UbuWeb, after fifteen years, is still going. Run with no money, Ubu has succeeded by breaking all the rules, by going about things the wrong way. UbuWeb can be construed as the Robin Hood of the avant-garde, but instead of taking from one and giving to the other, we feel that in the end, we're giving to all."|
| "VIS is a new digital journal about Artistic Research in the Nordic region. The journal is the result of a cooperation between Stockholm University of the Arts and Norwegian Artistic Research Programme. The purpose of the journal is to serve as a basic source of knowledge for anyone who wants to learn and immerse themselves in artistic research in the Nordic region. VIS website was released 9 April 2018 together with the first Issue – 0. Issue 1 will be released in January 2019"