Contemporary Culture Index

Contemporary Culture Index (ccindex) is a multidisciplinary international database which provides access to publications in "architecture, art, cinema, cultural studies, design, literature, music, philosophy, photography and social sciences".[1][2] It was founded in 2002 by Javier Anguera Phipps, serials librarian at the library of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona, and in 2013 it received a grant from the Graham Foundation.[3]

The database is updated daily and is maintained by a team of librarians based in the United States (Somerville, Massachusetts and Manhattan) and Spain (Barcelona).[1] It is described as "address[ing] two tendencies in current scholarship: a homogenization of research sources due to the “search engine effect” (i.e., to believe that what exists and is known is what is retrieved by a commercial search engine) and a multiplicity of modes of access to online materials."[4]

A reviewer for the Art Libraries Society of North America criticised "the deliberately amateurish look and feel of the website" while agreeing that it "responds well on mobile devices", and said that "The true value to this collection is the access to the lesser-known and out-of-print publications that can be found within this index."[5]

It has ISSN 1944-4621.[1]

References
  1. "ccindex iw — about". www.ccindex.info. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. Ballmer, Amy; Evans, Siân (March 2013). "Alternative Access Models: Enhancing the Discoverability of Small Press and Avant-Garde Art Journals". Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. 32 (1): 20–32. doi:10.1086/669986. S2CID 60174820.
  3. "Grantees: Contemporary Culture Index: Javier Anguera Phipps". www.grahamfoundation.org. Graham Foundation >. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. "February 1: Javier Anguera Phipps". Events. North Eastern University College of Arts, Media and Design. 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. Matthews, Jennifer (August 2019). "RISS Review: Contemporary Culture Index - Art Libraries Society of North America". arlisna.org.
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