----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > > to [log in to unmask] > > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > > Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask] > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask] > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]