I, too, offer my services to help with a guide. As sometime owners of
the hard copy ICA, I have helped researchers use both . The online
version, although obviously smaller in content, is far richer and more
flexible in search capabilities and provides, when available, much
better images than the hard copy. I, for one, am looking forward to a
rapid expansion of the online index.
Judy
Judith Herschman
Librarian, Arts Library
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:31:36 EDT Barbara Prior
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> I would also like to collaborate with others on a guide to the ICA. The
> content is wonderful but the interface can be daunting.
>
> Barbara
>
> --On Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:01 AM -0400 Automatic digest processor
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > The quality of the information in the ICA database is
> > superlative--beyond what you would find in any other database I know of.
> > When we agreed to collaborate with the Index on a project to photograph,
> > digitize, and index all iconographically significant images from the
> > Library's medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, we were as interested in
> > the descriptions as in the images. Images are great--but only if you can
> > get to them by multiple access points, and only if you get a decent
> > description of what you are looking at. All the ICA indexers are art
> > historians, and the descriptions they create incorporate original
> > research as well as citations to published research.
> >
> > For novice searchers, I would recommend using the Simple search, and
> > AND'ing two or three words, to get some records. Look at these records,
> > get an idea of the layout of the records, and then go out on some of the
> > generously supplied hyperlinks. To see records for Morgan manuscripts,
> > do a search for:
> >
> > morgan AND public (finds all records with "public" images attached)
> >
> > That said, I think your idea of a library guide is a good one, and would
> > be glad to send you the notes I've made on using the Index.
> >
> > Elizabeth O'Keefe
> > Director of Collection Information Systems
> > The Pierpont Morgan Library
> > 29 East 36th Street
> > New York, NY 10016-3403
> >
> > TEL: 212 590-0380
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> >
> > Rayanne Lockard wrote:
> >>
> >> Miguel:
> >>
> >> We ordered and installed the ICA last year at the request of one of our
> >> medieval art faculty members. The bibliography is jsut as valuable as
> >> the images. Many images are not available for copyright reasons.
> >>
> >> I am wondering if anyone out there has done a library guide on how to use
> >> ICA properly. I am working on one. Let's share ideas. Ray Anne
> >>
> >> Ray Anne Lockard
> >> Head, Frick Fine Arts Library
> >> University Library System
> >> University of Pittsburgh
> >> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> >> Voice: 412-648-2410
> >> Fax: 412-648-7568
> >> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> A book should be a ball of light in one's hands.
> >> Ezra Pound
> >>
> >> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Juarez, Miguel wrote:
> >>
> >> > Just as frustrating is the Index of Christian Art--it doesn't
> >> > seem to do anything, except provide cross-referencing of works.
> >> > Anyone have any suggestions (other than to cancel the subscription).
> >> >
> >> > Miguel Juarez
> >> > University of Arizona Library
> >> >
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> Barbara Q. Prior
> Head, The Clarence Ward Art Library
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