Thanks for bringing up this important issue, Kathy. The fees are also
too expensive for our ARL library system to afford! In addition, the
art and architectural faculty here have told me not to subscribe because
there is not yet a critical mass of images important to the curriculum
offered by our department or to support faculty and doctoral level research.
Even if the critial mass WAS in the ArtStor database right now, we would
not be able to afford it.
Ray Anne Lockard
Kathy Heuer wrote:
> Dear Colleagues - I had eagerly awaited the announcement of the fees for participantion in ARTstor, hoping that this would be an affordable way to offer
> access to digital images for my users. I am still recovering from sticker shock after seeing the fees. My institution (a college of about 200 FTE and thus
> classified as a "very small" college by ARTstor) would have to pay a one-time fee of $6000 and also a yearly access fee of $3000 (the first 2 years are not
> full cost, just 60% & 80%). There are higher fees for various categories of colleges with more than 1000 FTE. But a community college only has to pay a one-
> time fee of $1000 and a yearly access fee of $1200. These are fees I could well afford and I really have to wonder why community colleges get such a
> wonderful deal. See the complete list at: http://www.artstor.org/participation_info/higher_education_fees.jsp
>
> I am disappointed that ARTstor has devised a fee schedule that is too expensive for my institution. I have sent an email to Barbara Rockenbach (Assistant
> Director for Library Relations, ARTstor; email to: [log in to unmask]) to complain about the high fees. If you also feel that these fees are beyond
> your budgets, I would urge you to also contact her. I also would ask those of you who will be attending the ARLIS conference (unfortunately I will not be
> attending this year) to talk to the ARTstor rep and express your opinions to a live person.
>
> ARTstor stated in their Winter newsletter that "As Artstor grows, we will continue to need advice, criticism, and suggestions so that we can all learn together
> about users' needs, software adaptations, image quality standards, metadata standards, and the best approaches to collection-building". At this point I
> think they truly need some advice and criticism.
>
> Thank you for letting me rage a bit.
>
> Kathy Heuer
> Library Director
> College of Visual Arts
> 394 Dayton Avenue
> St. Paul, MN 55102
> 651.310.0575
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