The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has received a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop the SAH Architecture Visual Resource Network (SAH AVRN) a dynamic online library of architectural and landscape images for research and teaching. To develop content for SAH AVRN, SAH is collaborating with scholars and librarians from partner [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Society of Architectural Historians Architectural Visual Resources Network (SAH AVRN)
Posted in Architecture & City Planning, Collections, Organization on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“ARTstor in 3 Minutes” instructional video series available on YouTube
Posted in Tips & Tools, Training on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor has launched the first two of its instructional video series “ARTstor in 3 Minutes.” The instructional video series is now available on YouTube and on the ARTstor website:
ARTstor in 3 Minutes: register for an ARTstor account walks users through the account creation process and explains the benefits of registering with ARTstor.
ARTstor in 3 Minutes: [...]
ARTstor Newsletter, Volume 10, now available
Posted in Organization on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Spring 2008 edition of the ARTstor Newsletter is now available on our website. The ARTstor current edition, includes articles on the following:
Participant Viewpoint: perspectives from Assistant Professor Keri Cronin and Visual Arts Librarian Laurie Morrison, Brock University
Collections: New directions in ARTStor collection development, new collaborations, and additions to the digital library
ARTstor [...]
New addition to ARTstor: Council of Independent Colleges Historic Campus Architecture Project (CIC HCAP)
Posted in American Art, Architecture & City Planning, Collections on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The CIC HCAP image collection of campus architecture will be released in ARTstor later this month. HCAP is the first national architecture and landscape database of independent college and university campuses. This project presents information about significant buildings, landscapes, campus plans, and heritage sites of American higher education and iden¬tifies sources for further research. Supported [...]
Additional Images to be Added to the George Eastman House Collection
Posted in Photographs on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor will collaborate with the George Eastman House to add approximately 13,000 images to the ARTstor digital library. The world’s oldest museum of photography is currently represented in ARTstor by 4,875 examples of photographs, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary prints. The additional images will significantly increase the number of photographs available to ARTstor [...]
