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Art libraries in a city: present and possible cooperation in leeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Rebecca Coombes*
Affiliation:
National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Abstract

In addition to an art library which is part of the public library service, the city of Leeds, in the north of England, is the home of two universities and an art college, and of the Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, in each of which significant art library collections can be found. Each library has cooperative links, if only of a limited nature, with one of the other five, but cooperation involving all five libraries is lacking. As a first step, regular meetings are suggested; other possible developments might include an information booklet, a periodicals union list, a Conspectus review of collections, and a cooperative acquisitions policy.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1993

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This article is based on a dissertation that was completed as part of the requirements of the MSc in Information Studies offered by Leeds Metropolitan University. I would like to thank the librarians of the five institutions for being so helpful and for supplying me with so much useful information.