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The new trend to share research materials and information among national art museums in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Takeshi Mizutani
Takeshi Mizutani*
Affiliation:
The National Museum of Modem Art, Tokyo
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Abstract

During the last fifteen years, Japanese museums and institutions, which previously kept art historical information very much to themselves, have begun to take steps to make information and research materials more accessible. In several cases, museums have founded their own research and information centres. At the same time, the use of computers has been introduced in the humanities, and the potential of the computer as a means of organising, exchanging, and providing access to art historical and bibliographical data is being explored. These “new trends” are being spearheaded by art historians and museums; art librarians are now contributing to the dialogue, and although the concept of the “art library” remains relatively undeveloped in Japan, the time is ripe for art librarianship to flourish.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , 1988 , pp. 11 - 14
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1988

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