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Collection Synergy: Making a Scholar-Photographer's Legacy Images More Widely Available in a Digital Environment
No full textA two-year project originally focused on digitizing a retiring faculty member’s original location slides of Midwestern architecture expanded its scope to include the professor’s collection of historic picture postcards documenting the same structures. Assessment of the copyright status of the postcards showed them all to be in the public domain, and hence shareable. A final component of the project was to add embedded metadata to the digital images documenting these photographs and postcards
Italian Copyright & the Academy
No full textIn Italy, a detailed law on copyright was introduced in 1941, during the fascist era, when artwork and images began to assume a strategic role in mass communication. Consequently, the protection of artistic works became of primary importance. Building upon the agreements set by the 1886 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, a long list of artistic media were subsequently categorized as protected. “Photograph” was included under the subheading “figurative arts.” Then in 1979, “photograph” was specifically incorporated into this copyright law as a specific media in its own right. In 1999, a national law concerning Italian Cultural Heritage declared photography as a protected subject
Digitizing Color Photographic Materials: A Resource List
No full textThis collection of resources is intended to address the variety of uncertainties facing imaging professionals when working with color photographic materials during digitization
Thinking outside the drawers: closing the J. Paul Getty Museum's Slide Library
No full textFor almost three decades, the Slide Library at the J. Paul Getty Museum served an audience that consisted of curatorial staff, Education Department staff, and local K-12 teachers. Without an active user base or a budget for staff or collection development, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute decided to close and dismantle the Slide Library in 2010. The article describes the decision-making process and outcomes
Embedded Metadata in Cultural Image Collections and Beyond: Embedding Metadata in Image Files at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
No full textThis article is based on the presentation, “Embedded Metadata in Cultural Image Collections and Beyond: Embedding Metadata in Image Files at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo,” given at the Visual Resources Association’s (VRA) annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 18,2012. This case study illustrates the practice of embedding metadata into image files at CalPoly’s Art and Design Department’s Visual Resources Collection, from its early stages to today. It will show the evolution of using embedded metadata as a method of applying descriptive label information to images, to its use in cataloging, and how the practice can lead to the discovery of digital resources that enhance teaching and learning. Developing a digital workflow within the parameters available resources and student staffing is also discussed.
Acknowledgements:
The success of embedding metadata into image files at CalPoly is due to the efforts of many people who have generously shared their time and expertise. John Vu created the first customized XMP panels and export and import, programing scripts. Greg Reser of UC San Diego upgraded John’s panels, and developed the CSU panel and export/import scripts for the Visual Collective, the CSU system’s shared digital image database. He further developed the VRA metadata panel under the auspices of VRA’s DSC’s Embedded Metadata Working Group (EMwg). Dr. Kathleen Cohen, Director of WorldImages, gave permission to use the images of works of art for this article. Thanks also go to colleagues in the CSU system, Vickie Aubourg, Director of the Harold Hay Media Resource Center at CalPoly, and Karen Kessel, Visual Resource Specialist at Sonoma State for their expert advice and input. Also appreciated are CalPoly’s Art and Design faculty and the College of Liberal Arts for their constant support, as well as the CSU’s Systemwide Digital Library Services for their work on the Visual Collective
Welcome Newest Affiliate, Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
No full textVRA (Visual Resources Association) and SAH (Society of Architectural Historians) became affiliate organizations in 2011 in order to foster a stronger collaborative and mutually beneficial relationship between the two organizations and their members. The benefits of the affiliation are outlined. Many VRA members manage and curate architecture image collections and work closely with architectural historians, architects, urban planners, landscape architects and preservationists. Both organizations see opportunities for combining their expertise and experience to build sustainable and authoritative digital image collections that support the discipline of architectural history and related fields. Over the past five years, SAH has led innovative and trailblazing initiatives in the digital humanities, JSAH Online, SAHARA (SAH Architectural Resource Archive) and SAH Archipedia
Musings on Electronic Publishing
No full textIn the tradition of the VRA Bulletin's "Notes from the President" the author helps to inaugurate the first electronic VRAB issue and thanks the members of the Visual Resources Association who have participated in the transition from a print publication to an electronic journal. Summary information is provided about the open access movement and new models of electronic publishing. How traditional publication processes change in an electronic environment is also discussed. Detailed information takes potential authors through the steps necessary to contribute articles and the advantages of the automated system are mentioned. VRA members and other information professionals are strongly encouraged to contribute to the VRAB. It is suggested that visual resources curators may be able to carve out new roles or add to existing support services by expanding their skill sets with the experience of electronic publishing.
Acknowledgments:
In addition to all the VRA members who worked so hard to bring the electronic VRA Bulletin to fruition (mentioned in the article), I would like to especially thank Michael Cobb, from bepress support services, for all his assistance with design, web content, training, adjustments, and our many questions
Special Bulletin #6: Iconographic Contents and Diagrams for Descriptive Cataloging of Complex Works of Art
No full textThis publication gathers diagrams and cataloging descriptions in order to produce consistent content descriptions for complex iconographic cycles to facilitate logical and easy-to-browse shelving arrangements. The purpose is to create a guide that will provide iconographic contents, as well as diagrams of the physical arrangements, for these works of art to assist with the development of more accurate and consistent catalog records for the images in these compositions.
This publication includes identifying information on cycles and altarpieces, including for the Brancacci Chapel, the Baptistry Doors in Florence, the Ghent Altarpiece, and the niches at Orsanmichele, to name a few
VRAB Volume 7: Issue 2, 1980
No full textIn this issue:
Conferences to Come
Regional News
Slide Libraries, 2nd Edition
Profile:
Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Subject Classification Reviewed
Work-Study
Guides
Professional News
Positions Open
Positions Filled
Wrinkle -- A Slide Conservation Problem: Follow-up Report #2
Landscape Architecture Classification
Case and Maintenance in the Handling of Historic Photographic Negatives, ARLIS Conference 1/28/80
Post-Impressionism
Color Differences in Projection
Ask the Photographer
Slide Market News
Slide Libraries, 2nd Edition: an Additional Revie
VRAB Volume 6: Issue 4, 1979
No full textThis issue, correctly labeled Volume 6, Number 4, begins with conference updates and reports, followed by an "Equipment Top Ten" list for slide libraries of 30,000 slides. The "Ask the Photographer" column is followed by regional news, a profile on Brown University, and international news. The professional news includes positions vacant, positions filled, and positions upgraded as well as continued geographic, salary, and collection details for the profession