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Links between Libraries and Museums: Investigating Museum-Library Collaboration in England and the USA

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Published/Copyright: January 7, 2008
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From the journal Volume 57 Issue 2

Various government bodies have promoted library-museum collaboration in recent years but research is lacking about common practices and experiences, and, in particular, what has worked and what hasn't. The research presented in this paper addresses this gap. The first part outlines opinion and theory regarding library-museum collaboration as given in the professional literature. The second part describes practical findings from case-study investigations into public library-museum collaboration in England and the USA. This analysis takes a close look at the benefits of such collaborations. The paper concludes with guidelines on how library-museum collaboration can occur successfully.

Hannah Gibson is Centre Librarian, The Learning Resource Centre, Northampton College, Booth Lane, Northampton, NN3 3RF, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 1604 734208
Professor Anne Morris and Marigold Cleeve are members of the Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. E-mail:
Received: 2006-12-14
Received: 2007-03-02
Accepted: 2007-03-16
Published Online: 2008-01-07
Published in Print: 2007-June-26

© 2007 by K. G. Saur Verlag, An Imprint of Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2007.53

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Links between Libraries and Museums: Investigating Museum-Library Collaboration in England and the USA
  2. Public Library Programming for the Young Adult Reader: The Sierra Leone Experience
  3. A Call to Infuse Biographies of Asia-Pacific LIS Giants into the Curriculum
  4. Training for Digital Reference: A South African Experience
  5. Perceptions about Copyright of Digital Content and its Effects on Scholarship: A South African Perspective
  6. Delivering Electronic Resources at a Caribbean Academic Library
  7. Technology-Enhanced Library Services and the Librarian's Identity Crisis in Academic and Research Libraries of India
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