ARTstor is pleased to announce an agreement to release more images to the Walters Art Museum Collection. The museum’s collections are currently represented in ARTstor by over 600 images, with a focus on paintings and drawings. The museum will soon contribute an additional 4,400 images of works from the permanent collection, bringing the total [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Additional Images to be added to The Walters Art Museum Collection
Posted in Collections, Museums on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor receives grant for preserving born digital images
Posted in Organization on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Library of Congress, through the National Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), has awarded ARTstor a grant as part of its new Preserving Creative America initiative to address the long-term preservation of creative content in digital form.
The award will allow ARTstor to conduct research with several individual photographers and organizations to determine what technical [...]
Sharing Visual Arts Images for Educational Use: Finding a New Angle of Repose
Posted in Organization on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The current issue of Educause Review features an article written by ARTstor’s General Counsel, Gretchen Wagner. The article, “Sharing visual arts images for educational use: Finding a new angle of repose,” discusses current practices across campuses in building and maintaining institutional image repositories, and the copyright implications of such practices. The article encourages [...]
Increasing OIV Memory for Improved Performance
Posted in OIV, Tips & Tools on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To optimize the performance of Offline Image Viewer (OIV) when using local images, we recommend you increase the program’s local memory. OIV is a memory-intensive program, since it manipulates large image files. Therefore, you can improve OIV’s performance by devoting more computer memory to running the program.
To do this, choose “Edit” in the OIV [...]
New Addition to the ARTstor Digital Library: the Historic Scenic Collection
Posted in Collections, Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects & Interior Des on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor is pleased to announce the addition of approximately 2,800 images of late 19th to early 20th century scenic design from American operatic theaters. This collection was made possible through collaboration with Alexander F. Adducci, former chair of the School of Theatre and Dance at Northern Illinois University.
Now housed in the Arts Annex of the [...]
