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Information systems of the Ministry of Culture: a first enquiry into the present state of the Latin American and Caribbean arts collections in the city of Havana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Zenaida Terry Molinert ,
Lourdes Alfonso Piedrahita ,
Verónica Lavín Isax ,
Michel García Fraga  and
Teresa Mier Sauri
Zenaida Terry Molinert
Affiliation:
Centro de Information, Documentación y Biblioteca, ‘Rodriguez Morey’, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Lourdes Alfonso Piedrahita
Affiliation:
Centro de Information, Documentación y Biblioteca, ‘Rodriguez Morey’, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Verónica Lavín Isax
Affiliation:
Centro de Information, Documentación y Biblioteca, ‘Rodriguez Morey’, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Michel García Fraga
Affiliation:
Centro de Information, Documentación y Biblioteca, ‘Rodriguez Morey’, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Teresa Mier Sauri
Affiliation:
Centro de Information, Documentación y Biblioteca, ‘Rodriguez Morey’, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
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Abstract

Art libraries have a vital role to play in documenting and disseminating the dynamic cultural identities of Latin American and Caribbean peoples. In Havana, some eight libraries and information centres share the task of documenting the art of Cuba itself, and of other Latin American and Caribbean countries. However, their collections are under-resourced and, in most cases, out-of-date; automation is overdue, and there is an urgent need to create a union catalogue and to develop a network of cooperation. (The text of a paper presented to the IFLA Section of Art Libraries at the IFLA General Conference at Havana, August 1994).

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , 1995 , pp. 4 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1995

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