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By Appointment Only
The Research Library and Archives will operate solely on an appointment basis for external clients through the completion of construction in Fall 2008.
The Art Gallery of Ontario is now into the second year of its Frank Gehry-designed expansion project. At this point, due to the impact of construction on building accessibility, we will be restricting access to the west wing of the AGO. As a result, several Gallery spaces, resource centers and programs, including the Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives, will be affected.
Priority for appointments will be given to museum professionals, scholars, academic researchers, and graduate and post-graduate students. We regret that we are not able to offer library services to undergraduate students and the general public during this time.
Please note, however, that archives collections will continue to be accessible by prior appointment with no restrictions. Besides the above clients, both the general public and undergraduate students will be able to continue conducting archives-based research.
Thank you for your understanding as we experience the inevitable disruptions to our operations during construction.
The Library will continue to offer ILL (interlibrary loan) service to academic and museum libraries, and potential clients are encouraged to use this avenue.
To book an appointment for either library or archives, please call 416-979-6642 or email library_archives@ago.net.
Services and fees
Library collections do not circulate.
Photocopying charges on site: $0.50 cents per page.
Photocopies sent by mail: minimum charge $ 15.00
Interlibrary loans fee (charged to borrowing libraries): $ 30.00 per volume.
Collections
Spanning the history of western art from late mediaeval to avantgarde, the research collections are particularly rich for Canadian and Inuit art, and international contemporary art. The library houses over 130,000 volumes plus extensive holdings of artist documentation files (ephemera), auction catalogues from the late 18th century onwards, art journals from the 19th century forward, and resources in electronic, microform and multimedia formats.
For further information, go to: Rare Books Collection, Special Collections and AGO Institutional Archives.
| By Phone | 416-979-6642 |
|---|---|
| By Fax | 416-979-6602 |
| By Email | Library_Archives@ago.net |
| By Mail |
Art Gallery of Ontario Research Library 17 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G4 |
