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Into the 21st century now: the architecture librarian as mediator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Sylvia Harris
Sylvia Harris*
Affiliation:
Library, Welsh School of Architecture, University College of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
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Abstract

Architects are often unable or unwilling to explore the information which is available to them, and their failure to do so limits the social value of their work. At the Welsh School of Architecture, architects of tomorrow are given training in information research, and practising architects have been given similar training through Continuing Professional Development courses. Architecture libraries have a vital role to play in encouraging and enabling architects to undertake adequate research, utilising the potential of information technology to provide ready access to a widening range of networked information.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 18 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1995

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