tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.comments2010-07-31T06:52:24.794-07:00Imagin' - a blogTrudy Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675778651292374710noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-16756648968172219122010-07-31T06:52:24.794-07:002010-07-31T06:52:24.794-07:00Later breaking press release:
Copyright Clearance...Later breaking press release:<br /><br />Copyright Clearance Center Launches<br /><br />ReadyImages® for Academic Institutions<br /><br /> <br />CCC Providing Academic Institutions High Quality Images<br /><br />For Enhancing Course Materials <br /><br /> <br />Danvers, MA., – Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization that is the world’s leading provider of copyright licensing solutions, has launched ReadyImages for Academic Institutions, a cost-effective subscription service for faculty, researchers and staff at academic institutions to search, download, and lawfully use high-quality, professional images for teaching and research purposes.<br /><br /> An online collection of over 5 million stock images, ReadyImages for Academic Institutions, a complement to CCC’s Annual Copyright License for Academic Institutions, lets users find images by a simple keyword search. These premium images can be used to:<br /><br />· Enhance presentations for use in the classroom, at meetings or at conferences<br /><br />· Supplement online courses, distance education and e-learning<br /><br />· Enrich print and electronic coursepacks<br /><br />· Improve print and electronic classroom handouts<br /><br />· Add to on-campus collateral and posters <br /><br /> <br />ReadyImages allows faculty and staff to post materials containing images to the institution’s intranet, course management or e-reserve system, in promotional brochures, Internet postings and other uses outside the institution, or to share them with other staff or students through email. It also covers access and use of those materials on mobile devices.<br /><br /> “With multimedia becoming a significant aspect of classroom and online learning, CCC is enabling faculty, librarians, course developers and others to use millions of quality, licensed images in their courses without the rights clearance headaches associated with content found on the web,” said Tracey Armstrong, CEO, Copyright Clearance Center. <br /><br />Available to institutions of all types and sizes, ReadyImages for Academic institutions is available now and can be purchased for use across the entire institution or for use within a college, school or program within a university. For more information or to sign-up for a free 10 day/10 image trial, visit http://www.copyright.com/readyimages/academic/.Leigh Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379263595875798640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-61696755542019210932010-07-30T06:44:30.549-07:002010-07-30T06:44:30.549-07:00Pulling all these online resources together like t...Pulling all these online resources together like this is a valuable thing to do. Have you also seen http://chagbm.blogspot.com/2010/04/collection-focus.html 10works from The Cecil Higgins collection from the original three, plus we're adding more next week from William Morris, Burne-Jones and other associated figures.Kristian Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938519206918314954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-32907593373790966542010-05-24T17:38:48.083-07:002010-05-24T17:38:48.083-07:00Very nicely put. I believe that the future of visu...Very nicely put. I believe that the future of visual resources is in the unique materials we curate, not the resources we share with many other collections. We do add value to these shared resources with our local cataloging, but this does not have as a high a value for the majority of the users who have access to our collections. In the near future, I can see much more integration of our content with other materials, and much less emphasis on the maintenance of individually created databases.Rebecca Anne Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791665115023911881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-22836825053019225282010-04-08T18:41:38.726-07:002010-04-08T18:41:38.726-07:00Trudy,
I think that Jason Roy's approach make...Trudy,<br /><br />I think that Jason Roy's approach makes sense particularly in the archives or special collections arena. His approach is both pragmatic and incremental; it allows for user contributed enhancements through social tagging. Of course, professional staff will always be able to add additional information as well. <br /><br />While I believe that words provide the key to image discovery, fewer words are better than none at all. Words can always be added to or subtracted from a record or an aggregate of records in an organic process.<br /><br />On the other hand, this approach works only with certain types of collections particularly those that are primarily important for research and discovery. Instructional image collections function in a different arena; I suspect, that item level cataloging for these types of collections is much more import because users are searching for a specific image no matter where it might be located. For instance, an art historian is looking for a digital image of particular Leonardo da Vinci located in a particular museum. No other image will do, and it doesn't matter where that image file resides. But even here, collection level records might well suffice; e.g., all of the images in "this" collection pertaining to Chartes Cathedral or the L'opera in Paris. <br /><br />I think that the real point here is that cataloging and descriptive work can be done incrementally as time and resources permit. Furthermore, the effort can and should be shared between catalogers and end users. Image records are often neither static nor complete; they will change over time. Less is better than nothing at all.Margaret N. Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505469896626085906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-72667303004572580682010-02-19T07:56:07.206-08:002010-02-19T07:56:07.206-08:00I've found that personal relationships and yea...I've found that personal relationships and years of networking are of tremendous help in locating funding opportunities. What may be especially difficult for some of us now is that, without institutional affiliations any longer, it may be harder to get granting organizations' attention.Leigh Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379263595875798640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316531180272157956.post-3135400001715900242010-02-12T22:41:43.140-08:002010-02-12T22:41:43.140-08:00Plan! I love it! One should always have a strate...Plan! I love it! One should always have a strategy.Trudy Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675778651292374710noreply@blogger.com