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The Irishness of Irish architectural information provision: the PADDI database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Karen Latimer*
Affiliation:
Science Library, Queen’s University of Belfast, Chlorine Gardens Belfast BT9 5EQ, UK
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Abstract

Interest in, and information on, Irish architecture has increased greatly in recent years. Information providers are faced with the problem of tracking down relevant material, much of it grey literature, and then making it widely available. The problem is exacerbated since such material rarely appears in national and international bibliographies and databases. The solution described here has been to establish a joint database (PADDI: Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland), produced collaboratively by Queen’s University Belfast and University College Dublin.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2000

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