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Slides and their users: thoughts following a survey of some slide collections in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2016

Valerie Bradfield
Valerie Bradfield*
Affiliation:
Academic Librarian Leicester Polytechnic
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Abstract

Slides present problems of retrieval which have not always been solved by those responsible for their organisation. Each image can be seen, sought, and labelled in a variety of ways. Organisation of the slides themselves according to subject is essential to facilitate browsing, which is the normal method of selection on the part of borrowers, and which generates ideas and reveals new or alternative material. The borrowing of slides is a major problem which tends to be solved most effectively by relatively informal systems. The slide collection should be conveniently located so far as the user is concerned; even when this can be achieved the development of private collections by individuals or teaching departments should be regarded as complementing the central collection. An ‘ideal’ organisation is proposed, based on conclusions drawn from a survey of slide collections which included interviews with curators, users, and non-users (British Library R.&D. Report no. 5309, 1976)

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1977 , pp. 4 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1977

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