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Changing roles, changing realities: Australian art librarians in a brave new world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Joye Volker
Joye Volker*
Affiliation:
National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, GPO Box 1150, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
*
Email: joye.volker@nga.gov.au
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Abstract

As we all cope with an e-everything world, libraries are moving to accommodate WOW (words on the web) as well as POP (print on paper) in their collections. This has led to a realignment in organisational structures, particularly in university contexts. This paper addressed two major issues: firstly the challenges that major institutional reorganisations in Australia have placed on universities and, in particular, on art schools; secondly the way these challenges may be met, based on actions and solutions to improve access to Australian visual arts information resources which followed from an extensive survey by the National Library of Australia in co-operation with ARLIS/ANZ. These results encourage art libraries to develop partnerships and networking with their parent institution and other libraries and cultural institutions on a national level.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , 2006 , pp. 19 - 28
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2006

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