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The art of life online: creating artists’ biographies on the web

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Joye Volker*
Affiliation:
National Gallery of Australia, GPO Box 1150, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Jennifer Coombes*
Affiliation:
National Gallery of Australia, GPO Box 1150, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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Abstract

The World Wide Web has created significant changes in how cultural institutions, including galleries, communicate their role as custodians of cultural content and research. In this paper we discuss a number of initiatives involving the Research Library and curatorial sections at the National Gallery of Australia to bring information about Australian visual arts to an online audience.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2009

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