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The creation of a specialist subject department at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Wilma Garrett*
Affiliation:
Arts and Recreation Department, Mitchell Library, Glasgow
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Abstract

The article, after an introduction giving an outline history of the Mitchell Library, looks at the creation of a specialist arts department within an established collection, makes comparisons between the service in the past and the present, and tries to identify any changes, particularly in patterns of use and readership.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1985

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