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A digital future for slide libraries?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Jenny Godfrey
Jenny Godfrey*
Affiliation:
Slide Library, Cardiff School of Art and Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Howard Gardens, Cardiff CF24 0SP, UK
*
Email: jgodfrey@uwic.ac.uk
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Abstract

Higher education in the UK has always needed images, especially in the field of art and design, and institutions have built up their own slide libraries to service that demand. Latterly however it is digital images that are being sought by lecturers and students and numerous products are being produced to accommodate this need. Slide librarians need to educate themselves about these new products and update their skills in order to continue to ensure that their specialist knowledge of image use at higher education level is applied by the new developers.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , 2004 , pp. 10 - 22
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2004

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