Creating the Digital Art Library - Primary Research Group


INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS	5
SUMMARY OF SOME MAIN FINDINGS	5
THE CLEVELAND MUSUEM OF ART	10
TRANSFORMATION OF THE IMAGE COLLECTION	10
OUTSOURCING VS IN-HOUSE	11
LICENSED RESOURCES	12
IMAGE ACCESS POLICIES	12
DIGITIZATION PRIORITIES	12
IMAGE USAGE PATTERNS	13
ADVICE TO PEERS	14
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES	15
BASIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES	15
DIMENSIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES’ DIGITIZATION PROGRAM	15
EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITZATION	16
THE SMITHSONIAN’S MAJOR DIGITAL IMAGING PROJECTS	16
MARKETING THE SMITHSONIAN’S DIGITAL PROJECTS	18
USAGE STATISTICS FOR THE SMIHTSONIAN’S DIGITAL PROJECTS	19
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL IMAGING PROJECTS AT THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY	19
CORNELL UNIVERSITY’ KNIGHT VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER	20
A DESCRIPTION OF THE KNIGHT VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER	20
EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION	21
PURCHASE & LICENSING OF IMAGES	21
IMPACT OF ARTstor	22
LEVELS OF ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION	22
USAGE OF THE COLLECTION, BY DEPARTMENT	23
DIGITIZATION PLANS	23
BUDGET & STAFF	24
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA	25
THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA	25
THE NATIONAL GALLERY’S SLIDE COLLECTION	25
ROLE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE MUSEUM’S DIGITIZATION STRATEGY	25
THREE CURRENT LIBRARY DIGITIZATION PROJECTS	26
DIGITIZATION PLANS	26
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OPTIONS	27
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA	29
DIMENSIONS OF THE ART EDUCATION PROGRAM AT CHAPEL HILL	29
THE ROLE OF THE ART LIBRARY AND THE VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER	30
THE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY	30
RATE OF PRODUCTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES	31
ADVANTAGES OF DIGITIZATION	32
ACCESS AND TRAINING	32
IMAGE LICENSING AND PURCHASE BY THE VISUAL RESOURCES CENTER	33
EQUIPMENT FOR DIGIIZATION	33
DIGITAL PRODUCTION PRACTICES	34
LEVELS OF ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION	35
MCGILL UNIVERSITY	36
THE McGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY’S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS PROGRAM	36
ART, ARCHITECTURE AND IMAGE-RICH PROGRAMS	36
PRESENTING AND MARKETING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS	37
THREE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE McGILL LIBRARY DIGITIZATION PROGRAMS	38
STAFFING THE DIGITIZATION EFFORT	38
THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY NAPOLEON COLLECTION	39
WISH LIST	40
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY	41
THE ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY AND THE KNOWLTON DIGITAL IMAGE LIBRARY	41
ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL IMAGE LIBRARY	41
LINKING THE DIGITAL LIBRARY TO THE LIBRARY CATALOG	42
USAGE STATISTICS FOR THE KSA DIGITAL LIBRARY	43
POTENTIAL DIGITIZATION PROJECTS	44
ACCESSIBILITY	44
COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS WITH IMAGE PROVIDERS	44
EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION	46
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	47
DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	47
DIMENSIONS OF THE GRAHAM RESOURCE CENTER	47
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT PREFERENCES	48
ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMAGES BY SUBSCRIPTION	48
ACQUISTION OF CONTENT MANAGEMENT DATABASE BY ILLINOIS CONSORTIUM	49
ADVICE TO PEERS	50
US NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION	51
THE US NATIONAL ARCHIVES SPECIAL MEDIA PRESERVATION LABORATORY	51
EXTENDING THE LIFE OF ACETATE FILM IMAGES	52
NARA’S ELECTRONIC RECORDS PROJECT	52
CURRENT STATE OF DIGITAL ACCESS TO NARA IMAGES	53
PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO EXTEND DIGITAL ACCESS	53
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS	54
PRIORITIZING DECISION MAKING ON DIGITIZATION	54
MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES	55
EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITIZATION	55
THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP	57
DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP	57
THE PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL MATERIALS	58
HOW CLOSE TO THE SEARCH ENGINES IS TOO CLOSE?	60
A BOOK IS A BOOK IS A BOOK	61
FORMAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE WORLD OF SCHOLARSHIP AND THE SEARCH ENGINES	62
SEARCHING AND TRANSLATION	63
ENHANCED IMAGE SEARCHING AND PRESENTATION	63
RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT	65
ARTstor	67
ROOTS OF ARTstor	67
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLANS	68
ARTstor IN THE ARCHITECTURAL WORLD	69
BUILDING THE COLLECTION	70
OUTSOURCING OF IMAGE DEVELOPMENT	70
IMPACT of ARTstor ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF ART LIBRARIES AND OTHER VISUAL RESOURCES FACILITIES	70
ARTstor SOFTWARE	71
FLEXIBLE ARTstor	72
WHO USES ARTstor?	72
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE	73
THE UNION CATALOG FOR ART IMAGE METADATA	74
THE CONCEPT OF A UNON CATALOG FOR ART IMAGE METADATA	74
THE UCAI PROJECT	74
IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS	75
PROBLEMS WITH THE DECORATIVE ARTS	76
LACK OF STRONG PRIOR HISTORY OF SHARED CONVENTIONS	76
TOWARDS COMMON METADATA STANDARDS	77
PROJECT STAFFING	77
OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT	78
ADVICE AND CONCLUSIONS	79
OTHER REPORTS FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP INC.	80
TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY	80
BEST PRACTICES OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS	80
BEST PRACTICES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS	82
TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INFORMATION LITERACY: PROFILES OF HOW    COLLEGES TEACH THEIR STUDENTS TO USE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES	82
CREATING THE VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICE	83
PRIVATE COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS	83
LAW LIBRARY BENCHMARKS, 2004-05 EDITION	84
THE SURVEY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, 2004 EDITION	84
LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT: BEST PRACTICES OF COLLEGE, SPECIAL, AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES	85
CREATING THE DIGITAL ACADEMIC LIBRARY:	85
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