As part of our continued effort to increase the convenience of accessing the ARTstor Digital Library, we have developed an XML gateway to facilitate the metasearching of ARTstor content. Many of our participating institutions have implemented metasearch engines that allow users to search multiple electronic resources using a single interface and have requested that ARTstor [...]
Archive for January, 2006
ARTstor Releases XML Gateway for Metasearching
Posted in Discovery, Technology, Tips & Tools on January 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor Clusters Images and Improves Image Quality
Posted in Features & Functionality, Image Quality, Tips & Tools on January 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Clustering Images
Like the traditional slide library, the ARTstor Digital Library has more than its share of redundant images. Some are literally duplicates – digital images made from the same photographic source. Others are merely functionally redundant – multiple views of the same object that seem to contribute nothing extra to teaching or research. Why does [...]
Enhancements to the Digital Library
Posted in Features & Functionality, Tips & Tools, Usability on January 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
In response to user feedback, we have made enhancements to the interface of the Digital Library. These improvements should make ARTstor even easier to use, while preserving all of the existing functionality that you have come to depend on for teaching, sharing, study or research. The enhancements are concentrated in three areas: the Image Viewer, [...]
New Version of the Offline Image Viewer Available
Posted in OIV, Tips & Tools on January 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
he latest release of the ARTstor Offline Image Viewer (version 2.5) contains additional features and enhanced functionality that were not available in previous versions of the software. Many of the new features are a direct result of user feedback and recommendations. In addition to all of the functionality of previous versions, the new release of [...]
