Creating the Digital Art Library
Primary Research Group, October 2005
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
- ARTstor; 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 ARTstore 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.
The aim of the report is to impart practical advice from others who have already or are in the process of digitizing their collections.
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 LIBRARYY
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 38
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
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