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Creating the Digital Art Library

Published by: Primary Research Group

Published: Oct. 1, 2005


Table of Contents


INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS

SUMMARY OF SOME MAIN FINDINGS

THE CLEVELAND MUSUEM OF ART

TRANSFORMATION OF THE IMAGE COLLECTION

OUTSOURCING VS IN-HOUSE

LICENSED RESOURCES

IMAGE ACCESS POLICIES

DIGITIZATION PRIORITIES

IMAGE USAGE PATTERNS

ADVICE TO PEERS

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES

BASIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES

DIMENSIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES’ DIGITIZATION PROGRAM

EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITZATION

THE SMITHSONIAN’S MAJOR DIGITAL IMAGING PROJECTS

MARKETING THE SMITHSONIAN’S DIGITAL PROJECTS

USAGE STATISTICS FOR THE SMIHTSONIAN’S DIGITAL PROJECTS

THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL IMAGING PROJECTS AT THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY

CORNELL UNIVERSITY’ KNIGHT VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER

A DESCRIPTION OF THE KNIGHT VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER

EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION

PURCHASE & LICENSING OF IMAGES

IMPACT OF ARTstor

LEVELS OF ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION

USAGE OF THE COLLECTION, BY DEPARTMENT

DIGITIZATION PLANS

BUDGET & STAFF

THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA

THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA

THE NATIONAL GALLERY’S SLIDE COLLECTION

ROLE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE MUSEUM’S DIGITIZATION STRATEGY

THREE CURRENT LIBRARY DIGITIZATION PROJECTS

DIGITIZATION PLANS

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OPTIONS

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

DIMENSIONS OF THE ART EDUCATION PROGRAM AT CHAPEL HILL

THE ROLE OF THE ART LIBRARY AND THE VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER

THE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY

RATE OF PRODUCTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES

ADVANTAGES OF DIGITIZATION

ACCESS AND TRAINING

IMAGE LICENSING AND PURCHASE BY THE VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER

EQUIPMENT FOR DIGIIZATION

DIGITAL PRODUCTION PRACTICES

LEVELS OF ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION

MCGILL UNIVERSITY

THE McGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY’S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS PROGRAM

ART, ARCHITECTURE AND IMAGE-RICH PROGRAMS

PRESENTING AND MARKETING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

THREE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE McGILL LIBRARY DIGITIZATION PROGRAMS

STAFFING THE DIGITIZATION EFFORT

THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY NAPOLEON COLLECTION

WISH LIST

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

THE ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY AND THE KNOWLTON DIGITAL IMAGE LIBRARY

ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL IMAGE LIBRARY

LINKING THE DIGITAL LIBRARY TO THE LIBRARY CATALOG

USAGE STATISTICS FOR THE KSA DIGITAL LIBRARY

POTENTIAL DIGITIZATION PROJECTS

ACCESSIBILITY

COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS WITH IMAGE PROVIDERS

EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DIMENSIONS OF THE GRAHAM RESOURCE CENTER

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT PREFERENCES

ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMAGES BY SUBSCRIPTION

ACQUISTION OF CONTENT MANAGEMENT DATABASE BY ILLINOIS CONSORTIUM

ADVICE TO PEERS

US NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

THE US NATIONAL ARCHIVES SPECIAL MEDIA PRESERVATION LABORATORY EXTENDING THE LIFE OF ACETATE FILM IMAGES

NARA’S ELECTRONIC RECORDS PROJECT

CURRENT STATE OF DIGITAL ACCESS TO NARA IMAGES

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO EXTEND DIGITAL ACCESS

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

PRIORITIZING DECISION MAKING ON DIGITIZATION

MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES

EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION

THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP

DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP

THE PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL MATERIALS

HOW CLOSE TO THE SEARCH ENGINES IS TOO CLOSE?

A BOOK IS A BOOK IS A BOOK

FORMAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE WORLD OF SCHOLARSHIP AND THE

SEARCH ENGINES

SEARCHING AND TRANSLATION

ENHANCED IMAGE SEARCHING AND PRESENTATION

RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT

ARTstor

ROOTS OF ARTstor

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLANS

ARTstor IN THE ARCHITECTURAL WORLD

BUILDING THE COLLECTION

OUTSOURCING OF IMAGE DEVELOPMENT

IMPACT of ARTstor ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF ART LIBRARIES

AND OTHER VISUAL RESOURCES FACILITIES

ARTstor SOFTWARE

FLEXIBLE ARTstor

WHO USES ARTstor?

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

THE UNION CATALOG FOR ART IMAGE METADATA

THE CONCEPT OF A UNON CATALOG FOR ART IMAGE METADATA

THE UCAI PROJECT

IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS

PROBLEMS WITH THE DECORATIVE ARTS

LACK OF STRONG PRIOR HISTORY OF SHARED CONVENTIONS

TOWARDS COMMON METADATA STANDARDS

PROJECT STAFFING

OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

ADVICE AND CONCLUSIONS

OTHER REPORTS FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP INC

TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BEST PRACTICES OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DIRECTORS

BEST PRACTICES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS

TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INFORMATION LITERACY: PROFILES OF HOW COLLEGES TEACH THEIR STUDENTS TO USE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

CREATING THE VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICE

PRIVATE COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS

LAW LIBRARY BENCHMARKS, 2004-05 EDITION

THE SURVEY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, 2004 EDITION

LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT: BEST PRACTICES OF COLLEGE,

SPECIAL, AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES

CREATING THE DIGITAL ACADEMIC LIBRARY:

Abstract

This special report looks at the efforts of ten leading art libraries and image collections to digitize their holdings. The study reports on the efforts of The National Gallery of Canada, Cornell University’s Knight Resource Center, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, The Illinois Institute of Technology, The National Archives and Records Administration, McGill University, Ohio State University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the joint effort of Harvard, Princeton, The University of California, San Diego, the University of Minnesota and others to develop a union catalog for cultural objects.

Among the issues covered: cost of outsourcing, cost of in-house conversions, the future of 35 mm slides and related equipment, use of ARTstor and other commercial services, ease of interlibrary loan in images and the creation of a union catalog, prioritizing holdings for digitization, relationship of art libraries to departmental image collections, marketing image collections, range of end users of image collections, determining levels of access to the collection, digitization and distribution of backup materials on artists lives and times, equipment selection, copyright, and other issues in the creation and maintenance of digital art libraries.

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