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Fine arts libraries in British Columbia: culture on the West Coast of Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Melva J. Dwyer
Melva J. Dwyer*
Affiliation:
Fine Arts Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.Canada
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Abstract

Fine arts and culture have existed in British Columbia from the time that the First Peoples came to the North Pacific coast of Canada. Vancouver’s first fine arts library was established in 1930 at the Vancouver Public Library; significant collections have subsequently been developed at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and the University of British Columbia. They serve a diverse clientele: students, artists and researchers. Outlook, a province-wide network, provides access via the Internet to library catalogues of public, college and institution libraries throughout the Province.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 5 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1999

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