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Digital and tangible: The accessibility of sketchbooks in the UK's memory institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2019

James Hobbs
James Hobbs*
Affiliation:
Library assistant, UCL Institute of Education Library, Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK Email: jameshobbs45@gmail.com
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Abstract

How are sketchbooks collected, organized, indexed and made accessible in the UK's memory institutions? My research is outlined, describing how, through interviews and a questionnaire sent to sketchbook-holding institutions, they are acquired, who they are accessed by, problems faced by those accessing them, the extent to which sketchbooks can be handled and examined physically, and the benefits and consequences of digitization and online access of sketchbooks. Finally, institutions offer ideas on how access to sketchbooks can be improved.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2019 , pp. 180 - 184
Copyright
© ARLIS, 2019 

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