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We have never had Artstor and haven't had requests for it. Online resources by themselves are not adequate, though. Faculty take their own photographs and do their own scanning. For higher volume, please don't forget local image databases, preferably managed by a librarian or someone who has achieved comparable knowledge through apprenticeship, and paid as a librarian. We can handle a much higher volume than faculty have time for and can save a lot of redundant work by creating a common pool of images. It does not have to be someone's full-time responsibility, but well equipped libraries generally have the digitization resources and other expertise required for the work.

So this is really and answer to the question, can Goolge replace visual resources production? It can't.

Visual Resources Curator

Art and Architecture Library

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On Mar 26, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Michael Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Good afternoon,

Are any academic libraries finding that the web is more than adequate for their digital image needs, so that they are no longer able to justify the considerable expense of Art STOR, or have your users become dependent on ArtSTOR?

Michael Young

Art & Design Librarian and Arts & Humanities Team Leader

Homer Babbidge Library

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut 06269

Tel. 860-486-4953

Fax 860-486-6100

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