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Following the textile trail: acquisition of South and Southeast Asian art books from an Australian perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Margaret Shaw
Margaret Shaw*
Affiliation:
Australian National Gallery Research Library, Canberra
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Abstract

Australia has traditionally adopted a Eurocentric outlook which has begun to be modified in the last decade by reappraisal of the country’s location in the Asia-Pacific region. The Australian National Gallery has only recently developed its collections of the textiles of South and Southeastern Asia and of related research materials, yet it already accommodates the world’s leading public collection of Indian textiles exported to Southeast Asia. Acquisition of both contemporary and antiquarian library materials has been complicated by the range of languages and cultures involved, the history of the textile trade, colonial publishing, and the problems encountered in dealing with a varying degree of organisation in local publishing and distribution. Nonetheless, with patience, as a result of travelling, by means of networking, and with the help of distributors, it has proved possible to build a worthwhile collection without depending too exclusively on Western publications.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 1993 , pp. 15 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1993

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