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The image library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Helene E. Roberts
Helene E. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Curator of Visual Collections, Fine Arts Library, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
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Abstract

The modern image library, with its large collections in a multiplicity of formats, requires sophisticated systems of classification, indexing and information retrieval. Alongside the traditional art historical approach to the reproductions it contains, iconographic indexes are being developed which treat art as a language and analyse signs, symbols and meanings. Given the increase in iconographic and iconological research there is a need for the co-ordination and standardisation of indexing techniques at an international level.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , Winter 1978 , pp. 25 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1978

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