Managing business records and archives at the Getty Center: how four separate program areas worked together to develop an integrated records management and archives program.

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Managing business records and archives at the Getty Center: how four separate program areas worked together to develop an integrated records management and archives program.

Founded in 1981, the J. Paul Getty Trust is composed of four distinct program areas that came together at one location for the first time in 1997 when the Getty Center (the "Getty") opened in Los Angeles on a dramatic hilltop site. With its stunning views of the city, public gardens, and free admission, the Getty, has become one of the area's premiere tourist attractions while maintaining its international reputation for fostering conservation and research in the visual arts.

The four program areas are:

1. The J. Paul Getty Museum, which offers a full program of permanent and changing exhibitions, conservation services, educational programs, and publications;

2. The Getty Research Institute, which offers public programs, a residential program for international scholars, and a research library, that includes extensive archives and manuscript collections. It also creates a range of online research tools such as the Art and Architecture Thesaurus and the Bibliography of the History of Art;

3. The Getty C...

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