Caroline Caviness presentation for the "Images Unleashed" session at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd joint conference in Minneapolis, MN.

1. Managing images across the campus universe Caroline Caviness, ARTstorVRA+ARLIS/NA Joint Conference 2011 March 25, 1:30-3:00pm

3. Addressing non-art content

4. Key findings from institutions

5. New frontiers, open questions

6. Software functionality

7. Privacy issues, file formats, user interface

8. Relevance for Visual Resources Professionals Page 2

10. 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.

11. ARTstor's primary goals as an organization are:

12. 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;

13. To create an organized, central, and reliable digital resource that supports noncommercial use of images for research, teaching and learning; and

14. 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.Page 3

15. Shared Shelf partners Leadpartners Partners Page 4

17. Scope and purpose

18. What drives digital image use?

20. Teaching

21. Research

22. File types

23. Privacy issues

24. Tools

25. Image editing

26. Annotation

29. California College of the Arts

30. California Institute of the Arts

31. Columbia University

32. DePauw University

33. Drexel University

34. Ithaca College

35. Kansas City Art Institute

36. Lafayette College

37. Laguna College of Art and Design

38. Lewis and Clark College

39. New York School of Interior Design

40. North Carolina State University

41. Oregon College of Art and Craft

42. Skidmore College

43. Trinity College

44. Union College

45. University of Calgary

46. University of California, San Diego

47. University of Delaware

48. University of Maryland

49. University of Massachusetts, Boston

50. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

51. University of Ottawa

52. University of Virginia

53. Wright State University Page 8

54. 150+ Beta testers total Majority from: Library Campus IT Visual Arts Art History Architecture But also…. Page 9 First user group ~62 Collections ~2.8 per institution

55. First user group Beta testers from: Communications/PR Campus museum Science Library Landscape Arch. Biology Classics Music Literature Page 10

56. Darwin Core Page 11

57. Astronomy Visualization Metadata Page 12

58. Dublin Core Page 13

59. Online image management Allows users to upload/download from anywhere Supports collaboration Online image management Page 14

60. Accessibility & Discovery Open Shelf Mixing local & ARTstor content Cataloging environment Shared vocabularies Cloud Computing Private Collection Asset management Metasearch engine Google Images Page 15

61. Teaching & learning tools Image groups Side by side comparison Presentation tools Powerpoint OIV 3d views & sequencing Page 16

62. Sequencing Page 17

63. Sequencing Page 18

64. Publication to the ARTstor Digital Library Challenges Benefits Aggregated content = Interdisciplinary serendipity Aggregated content = Interdisciplinary serendipity Page 19

65. 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 walking Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaFamily: SciuridaeGenus: XerusSpecies: XerusinaurisCommon Name: African ground squirrel Geographic Range: Africa Habitat: Grasslands, Forests Diet: Omnivore Source: Biology Department Teaching Collection Page 20

67. American Studies

68. Anthropology

69. Architecture & Architectural History

70. Asian Studies

71. Classical Studies

72. Design & Decorative Studies

73. Foreign Languages & Literature

74. History

75. Literary Studies

76. Maps, Graphs & Charts

77. Medieval Studies

78. Middle Eastern Studies

79. Music History

80. Native American Studies

81. Photography

82. Political Science

83. Religious Studies

84. Renaissance Studies

85. Theater & Dance

86. Women’s StudiesPage 21

87. Page 22

89. Relevance for Visual Resources Professionals Project management & production Support, training, consultation Expertise Collaboration Visual literacy & instruction Page 24

90. Thank you! Questions: caroline.caviness@artstor.org Page 25