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Off the wall: libraries in Northern Ireland and the visual documentation of politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Olivia Fitzpatrick
Olivia Fitzpatrick*
Affiliation:
University of Ulster at Belfast, York Street, Belfast BT15 1ED, UK
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Email: o.fitzpatrick@ulst.ac.uk
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Abstract

Librarians in Northern Ireland are very aware of the need to preserve the visual and written record of the recent troubles as they unfold. Much of this record is ephemeral and difficult to document and preserve. Librarians in Northern Ireland are working to ensure that the account of the visual arts in a time of political and social upheaval is available in the future to the community which created them and to researchers who wish to study them.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 2000 , pp. 6 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2000

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1. The troubles was the name used for the civil war which succeeded the Treaty in 1922 which created Northern Ireland. It has since been used for the political upheaval in Northern Ireland which began with the Civil Rights Movement in 1967.Google Scholar
2. There are four traditional provinces in Ireland which divide the country approximately into quarters. Ulster is the Northern province. There are 32 counties (administrative entities) on the island as a whole, nine of which are in Ulster. Six of those nine counties make up Northern Ireland, the remaining three are in the Republic.Google Scholar
3. Further education in Britain provides a wide range of academic and vocational courses for 16-18 year olds and for adults.Google Scholar
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