ARLIS/UK & Ireland and the National Art Library are pleased to announce that the arlis.net Directory of Art, Architecture and Design Resources is now available online, at:
http://www.arlis.net/directory.php
The Directory lists some 250 organisations throughout the UK and Ireland that have books, magazines, archives and other material on art, architecture or design. Entries include names, addresses, opening hours, web site addresses, subject areas covered, and details about access. The database can be searched by organisation names, subject areas, regions, organisation types, and keywords. It is also possible to identify organisations with collections on a particular subject, in a specific town or region.
Where necessary, the Directory contains separate entries for various parts of an organisation, such as site libraries, archives or print rooms. Many records also provide information about the parent body, such as a university, a local authority or a museum. As a result, the database contains almost 500 entries in total.
The Directory is linked to the existing arlis.net periodicals database, which provides details of around 18,000 magazines on art, architecture and design. The periodicals database is compiled from information supplied by more than 90 academic, public, national and special libraries throughout the UK and Ireland. For each periodical, the database gives a summary of the issues held by each library. Having identified possible locations for a specific publication, users can then consult the Directory to find out more about the relevant libraries.
arlis.net is maintained by the National Art Library (www.nal.vam.ac.uk) at the Victoria and Albert Museum (www.vam.ac.uk), for ARLIS/UK & Ireland: the Art Libraries Society (www.arlis.org.uk). The University of Ulster (www.ulst.ac.uk) is also a partner in the service, which is supported by the British Library's Co-operation and Partnership Programme (www.bl.uk/concord/concord.html) and the Research Support Libraries Programme (www.rslp.ac.uk). The arlis.net directory software was developed by Adaptive Technologies (www.adaptivetechnologies.com).
For more information about the Directory and the service in general, see the arlis.net website at:
http://www.arlis.net
Douglas Dodds
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Word & Image Department
Victoria & Albert Museum
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UK
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and the Museum's Prints, Drawings, Paintings &
Photographs collections.
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