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Our images come primarily from items received incidentally via mail &
donations: catalogues, calendars, magazines, museum newsletters & newspaper
clippings. Items are filed in Artist & Subject Files. The local (Kalamazoo)
Public Library maintained a Picture File as well, until renovation a few
years ago. Their files have been adopted by the local university (Western
Mich. Univ.) Visual Resources Collection. I would be interested in any final
reporting of the results of your survey. Sincerely,
Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Library
314 South Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102
(616) 349-7775, x3160
FAX: 349-9313
http://www.kiarts.org
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From: Ilene Montana <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Picture files
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> The Arts, Music and Recreation Division of the Rochester (NY) Public
> Library maintains a large picture file (and that's what we call it: the
> "Picture File"). We estimate that it now contains about half a million
> images. The file is added to on an ongoing basis by 2 part-time clerks
> who work on it exclusively - clipping, labelling, filing, weeding. Our
> sources are magazines, discarded books, books we order specifically in
> order to clip images for the Picture File, and calendars. (Staff and,
> from time to time, patrons donate calendars.)
>
> Ilene Montana
> [log in to unmask]
> (716)428-7087
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Stan Shiebert wrote:
>
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > Our department has a very large picture file (I suppose that today it
> > would have to be called an image bank.) The pictures have been taken
from
> > several sources--discarded books, magazines, as well as books ordered
> > specifically for this purpose. We would like to find out how other
> > libraries do it. If you have, by whatever name, a picture file, would
you
> > please take a few minutes to answer some questions?
> > 1. Do you continue to replenish the file with new pictures?
> > 2. From what sources do you get the pictures?
> > 3. Do you order books specially to be cut up for the pictures?
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Stanley Shiebert
> > Librarian PHONE: (206) 386-4615
> > Fine and Performing Arts FAx: (206) 386-4616
> > Seattle Public Library
> > 1000 Fourth Avenue INTERNET: [log in to unmask]
> > Seattle, WA 98104
> >
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