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The Frick Art Reference Library: sharing a virtual future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Patricia Barnett
Patricia Barnett*
Affiliation:
The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library, 10 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Email: barnett@frick.org
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The Frick Art Reference Library, founded in 1920 as a research library accessible to the public, grew steadily in holdings and reputation throughout the 20th century. Its special text and image resources now make it ideal for a new era. Projects are underway to transform the Photoarchive into a digital surrogate. Among the aims of the Library’s newly established Center for the History of Collecting in America, as it responds to the changing needs of researchers, is to incorporate new areas for discussion, dialogue and workshops. As a participant in the planning stage of the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), a recently conceived collaborative, the Frick will focus on shared access and delivery, reducing duplication, and further expanding research capabilities for a broader, ever-evolving community of users.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , 2008 , pp. 10 - 14
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2008

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