I agree with the comments about the high utility of ARTstor. The images are constantly added to and the increase in quality and breadth is admirable. It has become a really wonderful resource. It is high value and used by faculty and students in numerous departments.
We have also licensed Bridgeman Education and are finding this an excellent source for images from many sources. The Bridgeman people have been great to work with also, often supplying us with larger and improved images when desired. It is not expensive and our experience so far is one of high value.
We have our own Almagest database as well and also host our image collection in ARTstor.
Google Image is NOT a substitute for either of these products.
Best,
trudy
Trudy Jacoby
Director, Visual Resources Collection
Department of Art and Archaeology
Princeton University
207 McCormick Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1018
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fry, P. Eileen
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Artstor or Bridgeman databases
I found when working with major 19th c. French artist for a class last spring that what was needed came about 40% from our own collection (mostly comparative material, photos, etc.); 40% from ARTstor; and about 20% from various sources on the web.
The percentage of material available in ARTStor varies by area, but it gets better all the time as more relevant collections are added. No one here uses the OIV, and some faculty still feel there isn't enough in their area to make it really worth their time, but they are all very saavy users of all the available resources now, and quickly learn whether they should go to ARTstor, our own campus image bank, or the web first.
ARTstor is of as much use to users outside the traditional areas like studio and art history, if not more. While there may still be virtually no Picasso, there is an amazing richness of image content over a wide array of human culture. It is definitely worth the campus outlay, and that's how it should be done - as a campus-wide investment.
Eileen Fry
Indiana University
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christine Sammon
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Artstor or Bridgeman databases
We have been using ARTstor since the fall of 2005 and find it a tremendous
value.
We have been slowly moving our faculty, individually, to this resource. We
target one or two faculty members a semester and work with them directly to
help them move from 35mm dependency to digital. The faculty love the
'folders' and ARTstor's proprititory off line viewer (Power Point) the OIV.
It is used heavily by our faculty, students and staff. Last years
'circulation' figures were: 25,195 - up slightly from the previous year
when there were 23,637 viewings of images. We are a small college with
slightly over 1000 FTEs.
I have not only been impressed with this image bank, but also with ARTstor's
customer service. The staff at ARTstor are keen on knowing any issues
which arise and solving them as quickly as possible.
Hope this is helpful. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have
any further questions.
Christine
Christine E. Sammon
Director, Library
Alberta College of Art + Design
1407 14th Ave NW
Calgary, AB T2N 4R3
V: 403.284.7630
F: 403.289.6682
www.acad.ca
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Marilyn Healey
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:21 AM
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Artstor or Bridgeman databases
I need to find out how well Artstor and/ or Bridgeman image databases
have been used at other University Libraries.
Are they considered a good value for the amount invested?
Could they be replaced with Google image?
Are they used primarily by faculty or students?
I will appreciate any information or opinion on these databases.
Thanks, Marilyn
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