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Visual arts provision in public libraries: threats and opportunities1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Amanda Duffy
Amanda Duffy*
Affiliation:
Westminster Libraries, Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP, UK
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Abstract

Local government re-organisation, educational changes and increasing costs of materials are just some of the external threats faced by UK public libraries. Internally the threats come chiefly from the need for financial savings, but they can come from our own unwillingness to make change. However it is an exciting time, with new initiatives coming from government particularly in the areas of educational development and information technology, and opportunities for greater cohesion in planning and management. All these provide challenges for librarians in the visual arts.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 1999 , pp. 11 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1999

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Footnotes

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Revised text of a paper presented on 5th July 1998 at the ARLIS/UK & Ireland conference in Bath and Bristol, Art, architecture and design: sources, practice, libraries.

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