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The development of national and international co-operation between art libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

William B. Walker
William B. Walker*
Affiliation:
National Collection of Fine Arts and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

Definitions are offered of the terms ‘fine arts’ and ‘special libraries’. The scope and organisation of fine art libraries are described, followed by a history of the growth of art library societies in various countries, and the movement towards international co-operation. Art libraries are demonstrated to be a suitable category to constitute a new Section in the Special Libraries Division of IFLA.

(The text of a paper presented at the Special Libraries Division Program Meeting of IFLA in Brussels, 8 September, 1977.)

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , Spring 1978, pp. 9 - 20
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1978

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