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Art libraries in Latvia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Aivija Everte
Aivija Everte*
Affiliation:
National Library of Latvia, K. Barona Street 14, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
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Email: humzin@lbi.lnb.lv
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Latvian libraries have just begun to take their first steps towards automation and the introduction of new technologies. Implementation of a database of Latvian art catalogues will begin next year. The Association of Latvian Arts Libraries that would serve as a co-ordinating body, as well as a means of sharing experience and discussing future goals, has until now remained only an idea. But the enthusiasm of colleagues, as well the positive impact that art library societies in other countries have brought to art library operations, brings hope that it is not only a dream for the future.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , 2001 , pp. 8 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2001

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