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Caroline Caviness presentation for the "Images Unleashed" session at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd joint conference in Minneapolis, MN.
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Managing images across the campus universe
Caroline Caviness, ARTstor
VRA+ARLIS/NA
Joint Conference 2011
March 25, 1:30-3:00pm
INTRODUCTION
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•Background on Shared Shelf
•Addressing non-art content
o Key findings from
institutions
•New frontiers, open
questions
o Software functionalityo Privacy issues, file formats,
user interface
• Relevance for Visual Resources Professionals
Mission • ARTstor is a nonprofit initiative, founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching, and learning in the arts and associated fields and contribute to the work of the arts and educational community.
• ARTstor's primary goals as an organization are:
• To assemble image collections from across many time periods and cultures that will, in the aggregate, have sufficient depth, breadth, and coherence to support a wide range of educational and scholarly activities;
• To create an organized, central, and reliable digital resource that supports noncommercial use of images for research, teaching and learning; and
• To work with the arts and educational communities to develop collective solutions to the complex challenges that are an inescapable part of working in a changing digital environment.
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Shared Shelf partnersLead partners
Partners
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SCIENCE & MEDICAL IMAGES SUB-COMMITTEE
•Members
•Scope and purpose
―What drives digital image use?
―How are these needs met?
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What we’ve learned:• Use cases
― Teaching ― Research
• File types• Privacy issues• Tools
― Image editing― Annotation― Sequencing
SCIENCE & MEDICAL IMAGES SUB-COMMITTEE
“Most [images] are located in faculty offices, languishing because it is too challenging to find an easy way to make them available to students and colleagues.”
-Survey respondent
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First user group• Binghamton University
• California College of the Arts
• California Institute of the Arts
• Columbia University
• DePauw University
• Drexel University
• Ithaca College
• Kansas City Art Institute
• Lafayette College
• Laguna College of Art and Design
• Lewis and Clark College
• New York School of Interior Design
• North Carolina State University
• Oregon College of Art and Craft
• Skidmore College
• Trinity College
• Union College
• University of Calgary
• University of California, San Diego
• University of Delaware
• University of Maryland
• University of Massachusetts, Boston
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• University of Ottawa
• University of Virginia
• Wright State University
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150+ Beta testers total
Majority from:• Library• Campus IT• Visual Arts• Art History• ArchitectureBut also….
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~62 Collections~2.8 per institution
First user group
First user group
Beta testers from:• Communications/PR• Campus museum• Science Library• Landscape Arch.• Biology• Classics• Music• Literature
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Darwin Core
Astronomy Visualization Metadata
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Dublin Core
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Online image management– Allows users to upload/download from anywhere – Supports collaboration
Online image management
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Accessibility & DiscoveryOpen Shelf
Mixing local & ARTstor content
Cataloging environment
Shared vocabularies
CloudComputing
Metasearch engine
Private Collection
Google Images
Asset management
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TEACHING & LEARNING TOOLS
• Image groups• Side by side
comparison• Presentation tools– Powerpoint– OIV
• 3d views & sequencing
Sequencing
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Sequencing
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Aggregated content =Interdisciplinary
serendipity
ChallengesAggregated content =Interdisciplinary
serendipity
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Publication to the ARTstor Digital Library
Benefits
Creator: Mark Catesby, 1679 - 1749, (Artist)Title: The Ground SquirrelWork Type: Print Date: 1731- 1743Material: hand-colored etchingSource: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Title: African ground squirrel
walkingKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae Genus: Xerus
Species: Xerus inaurisCommon Name: African ground
squirrel Geographic Range: Africa
Habitat: Grasslands, Forests Diet: Omnivore
Source: Biology Department Teaching Collection
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Interdisciplinary Use•African-American Studies•American Studies•Anthropology•Architecture & Architectural History•Asian Studies•Classical Studies•Design & Decorative Studies•Foreign Languages & Literature•History•Literary Studies•Maps, Graphs & Charts•Medieval Studies•Middle Eastern Studies•Music History•Native American Studies•Photography•Political Science•Religious Studies•Renaissance Studies•Theater & Dance•Women’s StudiesPage 21
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• Granular access rights
• Image editing and annotation tools
NAVIGATING
PRIVACY ISSUES
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RELEVANCE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS
– Project management & production– Support, training, consultation – Expertise– Collaboration– Visual literacy & instruction
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