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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Here's the info on the new CD. I recommend using the online source now: telnet to manning.hrc.utexas.edu login as guest best thing since swiss cheese> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 08:14:01 -0500 >Reply-To: History of Photography <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: History of Photography <[log in to unmask]> >From: Andrew Eskind <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Photographers On Disc... >To: Multiple recipients of list PHOTOHST <[log in to unmask]> > >"Photographers on Disc..." is not yet reality!!! > >As its editor, I am delighted to see some buzz a'generating. >As a PHOTOHST subscriber, I'm happy to respond (although it's >tempting to sit back and see what rumors percolate up thru >the cyper world). > >"Photographers on Disc..." is just now in production forthcoming >from G.K. Hall - the June announced publication date might better >read August. > >It is based on the 3 'authority' files which form the backbone of >the cataloging system shared by George Eastman House and Harry Ransom >Humanities Research Center at U Texas, Austin. (and available via >TELNET free of charge). > >The authority files are: > 1. Photographers/creators of photographs > 2. Institutions which collect and/or exhibit photographs > 3. Exhibitions of photographs within 'museum' contexts (as > opposed to commercial galleries). > >Each authority file is the basis of an index. The Photographers' >Index branches from factual data about each photographer to institutions >reporting holdings of that photographer's work and/or to exhibitions >in which he/she participated (generally within his/her own lifetime). > >The Institution Index branches from factual data about each institution >to a list of photographers whose work is held at that institution and/or >a chronology of photography exhibitions sponsored or held at that institution. > >The Exhibition Index is a chronology of 3500 photographic exhibitions >1839-1996 including limited factual data about each exhibition but branching >to lists of photographers who participated. > >The CD-ROM is thus an extract of the on-line collections' catalog - everything >EXCEPT the catalog records. > >It is a major enlargement of GK Hall's print edition "Index of American >Photographic Collections" (1995). > >One function the CD-ROM serves which is more problematic with the on-line >edition is that it represents a tangible, referencable entity. By contract, >the on-line edition is constantly changing - gaps getting filled in, mistakes >(hopefully) being found and corrected. Thus, it is a slippery source to cite >(although you are welcome to do so). Each authority file includes bib >references to secondary as well as primary sources from which factual >information has been gleaned and confirmed. > >Unfortunately, the CD-ROM like all G.K. Hall publications is geared toward >the library market where they find a few takers at the $475 sticker price. >Depending on how well it sells, there could be future editions. > >As production moves along, I'll notify the list of availability and >mechanics on how to acquire (direct from GK Hall). > >I'll be glad to provide more specifics if readers wish. > >Oh, yes, sponsorship: > >The CD-ROM "Photographers on Disc" is one component of a project supported >by grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, Pew Charitable Trusts, >and Getty Grant Program. > >Andrew Eskind >George Eastman House >[log in to unmask] > Julie Mellby Assistant Curator Dept. of Printing & Graphic Arts The Houghton Library 617-495-2444 Harvard University fax: 617-495-1376 Cambridge, MA 02138 email: [log in to unmask]