THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR VISUAL RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS

Images

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ACSAA Color Slide Project

• Housed at the University of Michigan, this non-profit project supplies images of the art and architecture of India and other South and Southeast Asian countries for educational and research purposes. The collection of high-quality images consists of approximately 15,000 slides available for purchase at a modest price.
• http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/acsaa/acsaa.html

AICT (Art Images for College Teaching)

• "A royalty-free image exchange reosurce fo r the eduational community," this project contains images spanning the entire history of art, including non-Western art. The site contains select images from the complete collection of images available on Kodak Photo-CDs. Arrangements can be made to borrow and download the disks for non-commercial purposes.
• http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/index.html

AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium)

• A not-for-profit organization of nearly 30 institutions with art collections, AMICO has created a digital library of images and documentation. The AMICO library will contain more than 50,000 works from its contributing members when it is made available for licensing in 1999.
• http://www.amico.org/

Archivision

• An architecture and visual arts photo library supplying high quality images for educational and commercial usage. Their archive consists of over 50,000 slides complete with documentation and stock photographs. Archivision also provides access to Masterpieces in Video (art education videos) and photographic services.
• http://www.archivision.com/

Artchive

• More than 2,000 high-quality scans of artwork by Mark Harden. From Abakanowicz to Wyeth. CD of the archive available to patrons.
• http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Art on File

• Company supplying more than 6,000 images of public art, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design for purchase by educational organizations and selected art and design professionals.
• http://www.artonfile.com/

Asian Art Photographic Distribution

• A University of Michigan supported, not-for-profit supplier of photographic materials of Chinese and Japanese art. These slides are available for private study and educational use. This site also includes a Pinyin-Wade-Giles Concordance that can be downloaded and used as a reference source. It is not comprehensive, as it only includes artists featured in the AAPD catalog.
• http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/aapd/

Bridgeman Art Library

• International collection featuring more than 800 museums and galleries and spanning the history of art. The site includes a searchable database consisting of thumbnail images and documentation. Requests for orders can also be made from the site.
• http://www.bridgeman.co.uk/public/home.jhtml?r=95269

Clearinghouse of Image Databases

• Online directory of image databases housed at the University of Arizona on a gopher server. The scope of the project is to gather technical and descriptive information about imaging projects as information resources. The primary goal is to list projects; these projects are multi-disciplinary, mulit-media, and international in nature. This site does not link directly to the projects, it only provides information on them.
• http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/image_projects.html

Corbis

• More than 1.5 million of this company's 25 million historical, contemporary, celebrity, and fine art images are available online for creative professionals and online consumers through a variety of products and services. They represent a variety of perspectives, eras, geographical regions, and sources.
• http://www.corbis.com/

Davis Art Slides

• Image source that covers art and architecture from numerous periods and regions. The collection of more than 40,00 images illustrates works from a number of American and foreign institutions and is available for purchase in slide sets.
• http://www.davis-art.com/artslides/

Gateway to Art History

• Compiled for use with Gardner's Art Through the Ages.
• http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/

Hartill Art Associates

• Provider of high-quality images covering architecture, sculpture, and the decorative arts from Pre-historic to contemporary periods. The collection of images numbers more than 22,000 and is available for purchase by educators, researchers, and media professionals.
• http://www3.sympatico.ca/hartills.art/

Image Provider Directory

• The unofficial, abbreviated Directory of Image Providers, which identifies distributors of images, both analog and digital, in the United States, United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. This is a supplement to the more comprehensive Image Buyers' Guide sponsored by the VRA.
• http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~beetham/vendor.htm

Image Services at University of Michigan

• Part of Univeristy of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service, this database features University collections, as well as national museum and other institutional collections. Access to many images is limited to U of M users, but some are unrestricted.
• http://mesl.itd.umich.edu/

Malcolm Lubliner Photography

• Comprehensive photographic service covering topics in architecture, industry, technology, advertising, envitonment, forensic, and stock imagery. Images are available for commerical, personal, and educational uses.
• http://www.cityvisions.com/

Media for the Arts

• With a collection of more than 30,000 color slides, this company also distributes videos and CD-ROMs. These visual materials offer coverage of the fine and performing arts: architecture, painting, sculpture, archeology, and music.
• http://www.art-history.com/

Museums Online

• As a packager, conveyer, and broker of museum images and related products, this group works with cultural institutions to target educaional institutions, commercial clients, and the public-at-large. The site includes a searchable catalog of images along with a magazine complete with exhibition schedule, featured artist, and an interactive jigsaw puzzle.
• http://www.museums-online.com/site/sommaire.html

Pictures of Record

• Publisher of archaeological slide sets designed for educational and museum use. Topics include sites, artifacts, techniques, and ethnographic subjects.
• http://www.picturesofrecord.com/

Saskia: Services for Historians of Art

• Commercial service that offers visual materials for teaching and research. They provide high-quality slides and digital images to educational institutions throughout the world. Their photography covers art throughout the world, with special emphasis on images of western art from major European museums.
• http://www.saskia.com

SILS Art Image Database

• This is a PROTOTYPE database of art and architectural images, and images of museum objects in digital form. It allows you to locate, and view, works of art. Goal is to be useful to anyone with an interest in exploring art, architecture and museum images. The prototype is being developed for a research project, funded by the United States Department of Education.
• http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/

SPIRO

• The visual online public access catalog to the collection of the Architecture Slide Library at the University of California at Berkeley. The searchable database has more than 32,000 records, complete with images and documentation.
• http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html

Universal Color Slide

• A mail order catalog company supplying high quality art educational products, including slides, slide sets, reproductions, videos, and CD-ROMs. Slide sets, which correspond with some of the major art history survey textbooks, as well as a variety of movements, mediums, subjects from Pre-historic to contemporary periods, can be purchased.
• http://www.universalcolorslide.com/

University of Michigan Museum of Art

• Features an online searchable database of 12,000 objects.
• http://www.umich.edu/~umma

University of Michigan Slide Distribution Project

• A not-for-profit organization established at in the History of Art Department at University of Michigan to serve the educational community. The collection of images numbers more than 2,000 and covers architectural sites, as well as objects from American and European collections.
• http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/umsdp/

WebMuseum!

• A collection of exhibitions of varying quality, ranging from specialized to general interest, including Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, Paul Cézanne, Art of the 20th century, and the general Famous Paintings exhibit.
• http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/

Yahoo - Business and Economy: Companies: Photography: Stock Photography

• Lists a variety of commercial stock photography vendors.
• http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Photography/Stock_Photography/

General Reference

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• Subscription-based bibliographic databases that cite articles from more than 313 international publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Topics covered include the fine and decorative arts, architecture, history, graphic arts, and archaeology.
• http://www.hwwilson.com/

ArtSource

• A gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net, as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive.
• http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/artsourcehome.html

Getty Information Institute (formerly) Getty Art History Information Program

• The Information Institute aims to encourage collaboration among scholars and facilitate access to art historical information. Here you can check out many projects, including the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), a thesaurus of art-historical terminology; Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), a database of artists' and architects' names in both standard and variant forms; Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), a database of geographic place names organized into hierarchical clusters; and A Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings, guidelines for describing architectural drawings and archives. You can also search the databases of Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, RILA, and the Pronenance Index Sales Catalogues. New president and CEO of the Getty Trust, Barry Munitz, has cancelled the Information Institute as of June30, 1999, and will farm out some (but not all) of its projects to other parts of the Getty and, possibly, to non-Getty organizations. The fate of the Information Institute website and its contents is yet undetermined.
• http://www.gii.getty.edu/

Grove Dictionary of Art

• Subscription-based reference resource offering 41,000 articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific.
• http://www.groveart.com/

Index of Art History Departments' Websites in the United States

• Links to departmental websites across the country. The list is extensive, but not comprehensive. The site also allows searching for worldwide Art History Departments with websites.
• http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r14310/Departements/usa.html

International Directory of Art Libraries

• A listing from the International Federation of Library Associates. This Directory is provided as a means to access more than 3,000 libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture, and archaeology throughout the world. Data recorded for each institution includes address, telephone and tele-facsimile numbers, hours of operation, annual closings, and listings of professional personnel. It also includes electronic mail addresses of individual librarians and direct web links to institutional home pages.
• http://aaln.org/ifla-idal/

Library of Congress Directory (includes their image collections)

• This is it, the great one online. You can also search LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System) via Telnet or using a new Z39.50 fill-in form, LC MARVEL (the Library's Gopher-based Campus-Wide Information System), the POW/MIA database, and others.
• http://lcweb.loc.gov/

Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I

• Contains 6,204 terms and cross references indexing visual materials. A second thesaurus with 600 terms covers genre and physical characteristic topics.
• http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/

MIRLYN

• The University of Michigan Library catalog.
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/mirlyn/mirlynpage.html

Mother of All Art History Links

• A collection of website links related to art and the study of the arts. Originally created by Andrew Midkiff, this web site is now maintained by Patrick Young, Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan. Following are the categories within which one can find relevant links:
• A Sampling of Art History Departments
• Research Resources
• Image Collections and Online Art
• A Sampling of Online Exhibits
• Sites of the Sacred
• Art Museums
• Textual and Linguistic Resources
• http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/index.html

University of Michigan Fine Arts Library

• Provides various links to useful reference resources.
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/FineArts.lib/index.html

University of Michigan Media Union Library

• Source for valuable digital resources focusing on art and architecture. Some of these resources have restricted access to U of M faculty, students, and staff.
• http://www.ummu.umich.edu/about/tour/index.htmlindex.html

University of Michigan University Library

• The University of Michigan University Library is the central system of general and specialized libraries located on the Ann Arbor campus. The Ann Arbor campus is also the home of four Regental or independent libraries (Kresge Business Administration Library, Law Library, Clements Library, and the Bentley Historical Library), and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/index.html

Visual Resources Facilities

• Contains statistics, floor plans and pictures of VR facilites from a limited list of institutions.
• http://www.middlebury.edu/~slides/vrfacilities/

Cataloging

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Dewpoint

• Lists subject categories with links to divisions within each category. It also includes an alphabetical index of subjects along with a description of the system.
• http://ivory.lm.com/~mundie/DDHC/DDH.html

Dublin Core

• A metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources. Attracting the attention of a variety of organizations, both international and interdisciplinary, this core is being explored by museums, libraries, government agencies, and commercial organizations in an attempt to develop a commonly understood, interdisciplinary set of descriptors.
• http://purl.org/DC/index.htm

Georgetown University Library Online Tools and Resources for Cataloging

• Provides links to a variety of valuable cataloging references: cataloging tools, mailing lists, cataloging and technical services web pages, and general resources.
• http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/catalog/tools/

ICONCLASS Home Page

• ICONCLASS is an iconographic classification system used to describe the subject of a work of art: objects, persons, events, etc. It includes controlled keywords, cross-references, and bibliographic data. This site provides information on the system, how to order it, and includes a browsable web version.
• http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/IK/http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/IK/

James Madison University Library Cataloging and Classification Page

• Includes links to a cataloging and classification sites: MARC, Dewey Decimal, OCLC, etc., as well as automation systems.
• http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/catalog.htm

Library of Congress Classification Outline

• Displays letters and titles of main classes, as well as subclasses within the system.
• http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

MARC Home Page

• Provides information on MARC format (Machine Readable Cataloging Record): what it is, why it is necessary, and how to read, understand, and use a record.
• http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/

VRA Data Standards

• The Core Categories were developed to be used as a template for describing visual documents depicting works of art, architecture, and artifacts. Serving as a guide for cataloging practice, the Core aids in defining a work, provides an authority file of teminology, and includes examples of data values. There is also a link to the Core Categories.
• http://www.oberlin.edu/~art/vra/core.html

Copyright

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Association of Research Libraries Copyright and Intellectual Property Table of Contents

• http://arl.cni.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html

Copyright Law Materials from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University

• Provides an overview of copyright with links to the U.S. Copyright Act, federal and international materials, and other resources.
• http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html

Copyright Materials from University of Michigan

• Includes the law, a list of licensing agencies, general information, and sources for royalty-free multimedia.
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/copyright/index.html

The Copyright Website

• Intends to provide practical and relevant copyright information to a wide-ranging audience. Includes such topics as visual, audio, and digital arts, and news items.
• http://www.benedict.com/

Digital Future Coalition

• Representing both the owners and users of intellectual property, the DFC is comprised of members from both not-for-profit organizations, educational and cultural institutions, and commercial trade associations. This site provides information on the issue of copyright and the digital age.
• http://www.dfc.org/

Institute for Learning Technologies Guide to Copyright

• Besides supplying general information on copyright, this site includes access to the Institute's Copyright Resources for Education Online (CREDO), a database of original material providing important basic information and useful tips on how to protect one's work and how to comply with the existing rules for the use of others' copyrighted works.
• http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/

NINCH: Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing in a Digital World

• A variety of topics is covered here, including international developments, national legislation, fair use education, and licensing.
• http://www-ninch.cni.org/ISSUES/COPYRIGHT.html

U.S. Copyright Office

• http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

VRA Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Fair Use Issues

• Offers links to Fair Use guidelines, position statements, press releases, reports, and other resources dealing with copyright.
• http://www.oberlin.edu/~art/vra/copyright.html

Technology/Software

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Adobe Systems Incorporated

• http://www.adobe.com/

Apple Computer

• http://www.apple.com/

Dell Computer

• http://www.dell.com/

Digital Arts and Sciences

• Creators of the image management software ImageAXS and the collection management software EmbARK and The Museum System.
• http://www.dascorp.com/

EndNote: Niles and Associates

• The homepage of the company that makes EndNote. Download a disabled copy of the latest version.
• http://www.niles.com

Extensis Corporation

• Producers of software for creative professionals, including the image management system: Portfolio.
• http://extensis.com

Filemaker, Inc.

• http://www.claris.com/

FileMaker Pro Template

• Designed and generously offered by Susan Jane Williams at Yale University, these templates are to be used for and/or customized for visual resources collections. Instructions for downloading are included on the page.
• http://www.library.yale.edu/visual_resources/fmp.htm

Gallery Systems

• Producers of a number of collection management systems.
• http://www.gallerysystems.com/

Luna Imaging, Inc.

• Primarily working with archives, museums, and universities, Luna offers digital conversion services as well as produces collection management systems.
• http://www.luna-imaging.com/

Microsoft

• http://www.microsoft.com/

Oracle

• http://www.oracle.com/http://www.oracle.com/

Re:Discovery Software, Inc.

• Collection management software used by museums, slide libraries, archives, research libraries, and art, archaeology, natural history and history collections.
• http://www.rediscov.com/

Products and Services

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Archives and Museum Informatics

• Organizes conferences, workshops and seminars, publishes journals and monographs, and consults for archives and museums worldwide. They provide management services for AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium).
• http://www.archimuse.com/

Gaylord

• http://www.gaylord.com

Gepe

• The official website of the quintessential visual resources product.
• http://www.gepe.com

Highsmith

• http://www.highsmith.com

Light Impressions

• http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com

Metal Edge, Inc.

• http://www.metaledgeinc.com

Midwest Publishers Supply

• http://www.mps-co.com/

Steelcase

• http://www.steelcase.com

University Products, Inc.

• http://www.universityproducts.com/

Professional Associations/Organizations

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American Association of Museums

• Representing the entire scope of the museum community, AAM is dedicated to promoting excellence within every type of museum. Services include publications, conferences, seminars, and job opportunities.
• http://www.aam-us.org/index.htmindex.htm

ARLIS/NA

• Art Libraries Society of North America - promotes the continuing education of its members and the general knowledge of the public concerning all aspects of art librarianship and visual resources curatorship.
• http://lib.duke.edu/lilly/arlis

ARLIS/UK and Ireland

• http://arlis.nal.vam.ac.uk

Art History Webmasters Association

• Lists art history webmasters, art history departments' websites, and an index of art history courses on the web.
• http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r14310/Listes/AHW-Members.html

Association for Art History

• The Association for Art History welcomes all art historians, museum professionals, critics, and scholars, including graduate students. The Association focuses on the specific interests and concerns of its members.
• http://www.indiana.edu/~aah/

College Art Association

• The premier organization of artists, art historians, and art critics dedicated and committed to the practice of art, teaching, and research of the visual arts and humanities.
• http://www.collegeart.org/

Computers and the History of Art

• CHArt was established in 1985 by art and design historians who happened also to be computer enthusiasts. Initially a forum for the exchange of ideas between people who were using computers in their research, the largely academic membership was soon augmented by members from museums and art galleries, as well as individuals involved in the management of the visual and textual archives and libraries relevant to the subject.
• http://www.hart.bbk.ac.uk/chart/chart.html

ICOM (The International Council of Museums)

• The international organization devoted to the development and promotion of museums and the museum profession.
• http://www.icom.org

Midwest Art History Society (MAHS)

• Midwest organization whose members include students, faculty, and pressionals.
• For information contact MAHS treasurer Judith Mann email: jmann@slam.org

Research Libraries Group

• A not-for-profit membership corporation of cultural, educational, and historical institutions committed to advanced information access for research and learning purposes.
• http://www.rlg.org/

Visual Resources Association web site

• The Visual Resources Association is a non-profit organization established to further research and education in the field of visual resources and to promote a spirit of cooperation among the members of the profession. Membership is open to any person or institution interested in the purposes of the Association. Our membership includes slide and photograph curators, film and video librarians, media professionals, photo archivists, slide and microform producers, rights and reproduction officials, photographers, art historians, and others concerned with visual materials.
• http://www.vra.oberlin.edu/default.html

Electronic Discussion Groups

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AmArt-L (American Art) - listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu

ARLIS-L (Art Libraries Society) - listserv@ukcc.uky.edu

ARTCRIT (Contemporary art, architecture, and urban design) - listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu

CAAH (Consortium of Art & Architectural Historians) - listserv@pucc.princeton.edu

Mediev-L (Medieval art) - listserv@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu

Museum-L (Museums and museology) - listserv@unmvma.unm.edu

NAHIA-L (North American Historians of Islamic Art) - listserv@msu.edu

Phothst (History of photography) - listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu

PRINTS-L (History of prints and printmaking) - listserv@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu

VRA-L (Visual Resources Association) - listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu

To subscribe to most lists leave the subject line blank and simply send the message SUBSCRIBE NAME OF LIST (i.e.VRA-L) YOUR NAME (substituting your own name).

Publishers and Presses

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Academic Press

• http://www.academicpress.com/

CHArt Journal Tables of Contents and Abstracts

• Provides tables of contents and abstracts for Computers and the History of Art Journal, volumes 1-7.
• http://www.hart.bbk.ac.uk/chart/chartocs.html

Harcourt, Inc.

• http://www.harcourt.com/hlcollege/

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

• http://www.abramsbooks.com/

Paragon Books

• Specialists of books on Asian Art and Asian Studies.
• http://www.webart.com/paragonbook/

The Penguin Group

• http://www.penguin.com/

Prentice Hall

• http://www.prenhall.com/

Russell R. duPont

• Specializing in artists' monographs, exhibition catalogues and books on the fine and decorative arts
• http://www.tiac.net/users/dupbooks/

University Press Catalogs

• Links to numerous university press catalogs available on the internet.
• http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Others/AAUP/index.html

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