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The national role of the Library of the National Gallery of Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Murray Waddington
Murray Waddington*
Affiliation:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Abstract

The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous, and two years into its new national mandate the Library of the National Gallery of Canada finds its resources absorbed by internal needs and local use. To sustain a vital presence in the community of art information specialists the Library must restrict its contributions to those which have modest or no resource imperatives: generously shared collections; well conceived services which are publicized and accessible; strengthened cataloguing to be shared; attention to preservation; development of expertise to be shared with colleagues and students; initiation and promotion of collaborative projects. As a federal body the National Gallery of Canada is excluded from funding sources available to others, but will support the projects of others. A national task force is needed to outline and develop a Canadian strategic plan for art libraries.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , 1994 , pp. 27 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1994

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