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
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> 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
>
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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
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>>
>> 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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Oberlin College
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