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Find it in London: a unique co-operative venture across libraries, archives and museums1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Jean Sykes*
Affiliation:
London School of Economics, 10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD, UK
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Abstract

Find it in London is the first pilot project of its kind in London. Using ten partner institutions across the archive, library and museum domains, it tests the concept of searching in one single step across these sectors for relevant collections. The pilot database, though currently small, allows an information seeker to choose a subject and find out which archives, libraries and museums in the pilot have collections which may be of interest. The next step will be to seek further substantial funding to scale the project up across the full span of London’s information treasure troves and create a world-beating web-based lookup subject tool.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2003

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Footnotes

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http://www.fiil.org.uk/. This article is a revised version of the paper given at the ARLIS Spring Conference Cultural connections: libraries, museums and archives, which was held at the Public Record Office, Kew on 23 May 2002.

References

2. The partners in the pilot are:Google Scholar
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (Museum)Google Scholar
Birkbeck College, University of London (higher education Library)Google Scholar
London Borough of Enfield (Museum)Google Scholar
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Archive)Google Scholar
Harrow College of Further Education (Library)Google Scholar
Havering College of Further Education (Library)Google Scholar
London Borough of Lambeth (Archive)Google Scholar
London Borough of Merton (Library)Google Scholar
University of Westminster (higher education Library)Google Scholar
Westminster Public LibraryGoogle Scholar
The LSE Library is providing project direction and technical assistance.Google Scholar