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ARTSTOR: DIGITAL IMAGE REPOSITORY DATABASE By: Elvia Arroyo- Ramirez ULS Instruction Librarian March 4, 2011 [email protected]
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A 15 minute library instruction presentation on Artstor image database.
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ARTSTOR: DIGITAL IMAGE REPOSITORY DATABASE
By: Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez
ULS Instruction Librarian
March 4, 2011
A brief history
Began in 2001 with a grant from the Mellon Foundation
Became fully independent in 2003; went live 2004 Started with UCSD’s slide collection
As of current (December 2010/January 2011): 1,250,000 digital images (US); 1,040,000
(Int’l) 1,119 participating US institutions
Including the University of Pittsburgh 215 international institutions
Why not use Google Images?
Higher quality images Institutionally trusted images Promotion of the art database
community Be scholarly, people…
Better, more reliable metadata Ability to cite and export images properly
Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)
Questions?
On-site ARTstor Administrator: Jeffrey A Wisniewski
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: 412.648.7732
Contact Information
Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez ULS Instruction Librarian
Thank you
