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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
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
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , Summer 1985 , pp. 36 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1985

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References

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(3) Stewart, Linda and Havard-Williams, Peter, eds. Reference library services: function, finance and the future. Centre for Library and Information Management, University of Loughborough, 1983. (Report no. 26)Google Scholar