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Arty choke: a response

Alice Harvey, in conversation with Kerry Watson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Alice Harvey
Alice Harvey*
Affiliation:
Sunday Librarian, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, Granary building, 1 Granary Square, London, N1C 4AA Email: alice.harvey@arts.ac.uk
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Abstract

Definitions, uses and management of ephemera are explored in this article, a response to the pioneering ‘Arty choke: acquisition and ephemera’ by Nik Pollard, published in the 1977 winter issue of Art Libraries Journal. The author, in conversation with the Librarian of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, discusses key ideas put forward in the original text and assess their relevance in relation to current art ephemera collections in UK libraries.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 41 , Issue 2: Art Ephemera , April 2016 , pp. 78 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © ARLIS/UK&Ireland 2016 

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