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ART CATALOG LIBRARY, JAPAN TO OPEN ON NOV. 12
This is a short update on the Japan Art Catalog (JAC) Project. As you
know, the JAC Project is a cooperative effort between the National
Coordinating Committee on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) and the
Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan). The first goal has
been to collect art exhibition and collection catalogs produced in Japan
and to make them available both in the U.S. and in Japan.
The NCC received the following announcement today from Junko Kurita,
Program Officer, ACE Japan:
This is to announce the opening of the Art Catalog Library, Japan.
With cooperation and support from several organizations, we will
open the Art Catalog Library, Japan on November 12, 1996.
The Library will specialize in the collection of art catalogs:
exhibition catalogs held on Japanese museums and galleries; catalogs
of Japanese art exhibitions held at overseas museums; and collection
catalogs of museums in Japan.
It is open to those researching and interested in art, aiming to
assist researchers and organizations worldwide in their research
on art.
Bibliographic data of its collection and other activities of the
library are planned to be distributed through the Internet in the
future.
As a JAC project, we will make further efforts to collect catalogs
from museums, and we are pleased to work in cooperation with
the NCC for facilitating better access to Japanese information.
Art Catalog Library, Japan
P.O. Box 518 Ark Mori Bldg., 3rd Floor, 1-12-32, Akasaka,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 107
Phone 81-3-5562-4422
FAX 81-3-5562-4423
Open: 1-6 PM, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1st and 3rd Saturdays
The NCC congratulates ACE Japan on making this library a reality so quickly.
A short update on JAC Project activities in the U.S. appears in the NCC
NEWS, Number 7, Fall 1996, which should reach you by mail shortly.
More details on JAC Project activities at the Freer Gallery/Sackler
Gallery will be sent by e-mail in the near future.
