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The Research Library of the Getty Research Institute for the History of
Art and the Humanities
will reopen in its new location at the Getty Center in Los Angeles,
California on December 16th, 1997. The Research Library is accessible
on a by-appointment basis to researchers with a demonstrated interest
and need. Beginning December 16th, prospective patrons may call
Reference at (310) 440-7390 between 9 AM-1 PM and 2 PM-6 PM
(Pacific time), Monday-Friday, to discuss their research and make an
appointment to visit the collections. The Library's online catalog, IRIS, is
available on the Web: www.getty.edu/gri and click on Research Library;
or via Telnet: opac.pub.getty.edu. Many items from the Research Library
are available to off-site researchers through interlibrary loan
arrangements with their home institution.
The Research Library contains materials relevant to the history of art,
architecture, world cultures, and disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences. In their entirety the collections offer a comprehensive
representation of art and cultural production since antiquity. The range
of the collections begins with the Classical period and encompasses all
major periods of European history, with significant holdings in nineteenth
and twentieth century materials. The collections are strongest in the
history of Western art and culture; however, in recent years, the
Research Institute has expanded the reach of its collections to include
areas that have had significant cultural contact and exchange with
Europe, such as North and South America, the ancient near East, and the
Islamic world.
The general collections include over 700,000 monographs, serials and
auction catalogs. Special Collections and Visual Resources contains
rare books, archival material, prints, drawings, and rare photographs for
the study of visual arts and culture, and the Photo Study Collection of
approximately 2 million study photographs documenting works of fine
and decorative arts and architecture from the ancient world through the
twentieth century.
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