Colleagues, I'm posting this on behalf of ARTstor's Library Relations group
in response to the recent discussion of AMICO on the list.
Max Marmor - ARTstor
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Dear Colleagues,
Many of you are aware that as part of the agreement reached between ARTstor
and the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in June 2004, AMICO will be
phasing out its independent operations as of July 2005. AMICO is
supporting ARTstor's role in providing broad based access to what is
expected to be the world's largest single collection of online art images
designed specifically for use by the education, research and arts
communities (please see http://www.artstor.org/info/news/AMICO.jsp).
Because the AMICO Library(tm), an image resource to which some ARTstor
participants still subscribe, will cease to exist in its current form when
the AMICO organization ceases operations, some ARTstor participants have
been inquiring as to the status of including The AMICO Library(tm) content
into the ARTstor Charter Collection.
In order for ARTstor to carry on AMICO's efforts, we began the process of
reaching agreements with each of the 39 museum members of AMICO in the fall
of 2004. Twenty AMICO member museums have now expressed their intention to
share content through ARTstor on a non-exclusive basis. Sixteen of these
museums have committed to contribute their content and four museums are
currently reviewing agreements. ARTstor is in active discussions with the
remaining museums. The currently contributing museums are:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Asia Society
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Frick Collection
George Eastman House
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Terra Foundation for American Art
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Walters Art Museum
ARTstor staff have made integrating former AMICO Library(tm) images into
ARTstor a high priority, in the interest of ensuring a smooth transition
for ARTstor users. By July 2005, approximately 30,000 museum contributed
images will be available in ARTstor. We anticipate that roughly 80,000
images will be added in the coming months, the next release taking place in
early fall 2005. At least a quarter of the former AMICO museums are taking
this transition as an opportunity to provide better quality images and data
to accompany existing ARTstor content. We feel confident that perhaps 70%
of the former AMICO Library(tm) will be represented in ARTstor by the end of
2005, along with many museum images that were not part of AMICO in its
initial form.
As part of ARTstor's mission to provide content that meets the scholarly
needs of researchers, we will continue to seek content from the museum
community. Additionally, ARTstor will continue to add content to the
current Charter Collection until we exceed our goal of 500,000 images.
Please contact Barbara Rockenbach or Javanica Curry in Library Relations
with any questions you may have regarding ARTstor content or participation
in ARTstor. We can be reached by phone at 212-358-6400 or e-mail at
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Best regards,
Javanica Curry
Library Relations Outreach Associate
ARTstor
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