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Greetings,

 

I am writing with exciting news about ARTstor’s availability in Canada.

 

As of today, Canadian institutions are invited to participate in the ARTstor Charter Collection. Participation fees are now available and ARTstor access will begin July 1, 2005.

 

ARTstor (www.artstor.org) was established by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields. As part of a community-wide effort to further this goal, ARTstor continues to build, develop and make available new content in a digital library of images and related information for researchers, teachers, curators, and students. The ARTstor Digital Library is a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data, the tools to actively use those images and a restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users.

The ARTstor Charter Collection currently contains approximately 300,000 images. By the end of 2006 it is expected to contain 500,000. The Charter Collection documents artistic traditions across many periods and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.  The Charter Collection is expanding daily. To view more information about ARTstor’s collections please visit, http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/whats_in_artstor.jsp.

 

Institutions pay two fees to participate in the ARTstor Digital Library - an Archive Capital Fee (ACF) and an Annual Access Fee (AAF). The ACF will help to ensure that ARTstor can sustain its long-term preservation role, as well as respond appropriately as new technologies and standards emerge.  The AAF helps cover part of the annual costs of providing, supporting, and enhancing the software and services provided by ARTstor. Among other functions, these ongoing efforts include improving image and data quality, supporting users and participating institutions, and adapting and improving the software. You can view the Canadian ARTstor Charter Collection participation fees on the ARTstor site at, http://www.artstor.org/info/participation_info/participation_Canada.jsp.

 

If you are interested in receiving further information concerning ARTstor participation, please contact me or my colleague Javanica Curry at participation@artstor.org or (212) 358-6400 or complete the on-line participation form accessible at http://www.artstor.org/info/participation_info/participation.jsp. 

 

Since ARTstor’s launch in July 2005, over 350 U.S. Institutions have begun participation.  We could not be more encouraged by the enthusiastic response of the U.S. library community, and we are excited to initiate our international outreach efforts in Canada. 

 

With best regards,

 

Barbara

 

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Barbara Rockenbach

Assistant Director for Library Relations

ARTstor

149 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10010

212-358-6400

212-358-6499 fax

participation@artstor.org

www.artstor.org