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Collection Guidelines: Dance: Related Non-UW Collections

Collection development guidelines for dance.

Resource Sharing

a. Related local and regional collections:

The Pacific Northwest Ballet Archives contains programs, posters, correspondence, press releases, costume and set design, among other things.  The Pacific Northwest Ballet Archives are not open to the general public, but individuals with special research interests are welcome to contact the Archives regarding the availability of materials and possible access to them. Some documents are restricted to internal Company use.


b. Cooperative loan arrangements:

The dance collection at the The Center for Research Libraries consists of mostly foreign dissertations, newspapers, retrospective serials, and other research materials. The UW is a member of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance. UW faculty, staff and students may request materials from other Orbis-Cascade Alliance members through the UW Catalog..


c. Cooperative acquisition projects:

The University of Washington makes recommendations to the The Center for Research Libraries for the purchase of materials. Informal cooperative collection development with other Orbis-Cascade libraries is practiced on a minor level.  The Orbis-Cascade e-book project allows UW patrons to view/acquire electronic books that are accessible to and jointly-owned by all 37 member libraries.