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The Art and Architecture Program of the Research Libraries Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Nancy S. Allen
Nancy S. Allen*
Affiliation:
William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Abstract

By the late 1970’s many of the full members of the Research Libraries Group (RLG) were academic institutions with major art libraries. The possibilities of special membership afforded museum libraries the opportunity to contribute to the database as well. In 1979 the Art and Architecture Program Committee of RLG was formed and charged with advising the president of RLG on special requirements of art and architecture and the information needs of scholars and professionals in the field. Through its accomplishments in supporting cooperation among art librarians and launching art documentation projects the AAPC serves as an interesting model for art librarians networking on a national and international basis.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , 1988, pp. 5 - 10
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1988

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Notes and references

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11. For an annual fee of $135, a library can become a CLASS subscriber and choose between two different levels of RLIN service: 1) Search Service which allows bibliographic verification, copy cataloging, and searching of all RLIN files, and/or 2) Cataloging Service which allows shared cataloging in the RLIN database, use of the acquisition system, and online interlibrary loan services on RLIN. Currently fourteen institutions outside the U.S., including the Australian National Gallery, subscribe to CLASS with Search Service accounts accessing RLIN through International Telenet. For information about the fees and features associated with the different levels of service contact:Google Scholar