University of California Image Service: UC Shared Images

Essential image collections for faculty and students shared campus-wide and more importantly UC-wide.

Latest News
What’s Next?
Collections
Collection Development
Groups
Policies & Guidelines
News & Publications
Presentations
Communications
Background on UC Shared Images

Latest News

• The UC Libraries Collection Development Committee approves the Collection Development Program Proposal and will appoint Collection Liaisons for UC Shared Images by July 21, 2008.
  
• UC Berkeley's Art & Architecture collection is being processed by ARTstor and will be available fall 2008 in UC Shared Images in ARTstor (33,747 images)
• Saskia Art & Architecture collection added to UC Shared Images in ARTstor (Read about it in the CDL newsletter, May 2, 2008)

For more news, see News & Publications

What’s Next?

• Gail Yokote (UC Davis) and Chuck Eckman (UC Berkeley) of the UC Libraries Collection Development Commmittee (CDC) are working with Lena Zentall (CDL, UC Image Service Manager) to draft a preliminary charge for the UC Shared Images Steering Group in summer 2008.
  
• Strategic planning meeting on shared collection development, UC Visual Resources Curators (summer 2008)

Collections

UC Shared Images in ARTstor

UC Shared Images in ARTstor:  search UC Shared Images along with other ARTstor collections.

CDL has joined forces with UC visual resources curators to build the first set of shared collections in 2008.  Individual campuses that choose to contribute images will be able to share their images UC-wide via the ARTstor hosting platform. CDL will host licensed image collections in ARTstor as part of UC Shared Images.

Other Collections

Luna Insight Collections

More than 30,000 images are available in these collections offered exclusively to Insight clients. CDL will provide access to requested collections periodically. Requests for new collections are approved through the JSCSC process for adding open-access resources.

Collection Development

Licensed Collections

CDL acquires licensed image collections based on recommendations from the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSCSC). The UC Visual Resources Curators make an annual recommendation to JSCSC for licensed image collections. Additional recommendations for content may be brought to the attention of your campus visual resources curator, any campus librarian, or a member of the JSCSC.

UC Shared Images Collections in ARTstor

The greatest potential of UC Shared Images is to enable strategic collection development across the University of California reducing redundant effort and providing access to the images faculty need to teach.

CDL is working with the UC Libraries Collection Development Committee (CDC) and other stakeholders on a collection development program for UC Shared Images.

Collection Development Program Proposal, June 2008 [PDF]

Collection Liaisons for UC Shared Images  (in progress, spring 2008)

Groups

Image Service Strategic Planning Team

Lena Zentall, CDL, Image Service Manager
Ivy Anderson, CDL, Director of Collections
Rosalie Lack, CDL, Director of Digital Special Collections
Brian Tingle, CDL, Technical Lead

Shared Metadata Working Group (CDL Advisory Group)

Lena Zentall, CDL, Image Service Manager
Maureen Burns, UC Irvine, Visual Resources Curator
Jan Eklund, UC Berkeley, Visual Resources Curator
Kathleen Hardin, UC Santa Cruz, Visual Resources Curator
Trish Rose-Sandler, UC San Diego, Metadata Analyst
Susan Stone, UC Berkeley, Programmer Analyst

Shared Metadata Working Group Charge [PDF]

UC Shared Images Steering Group

(Preliminary draft in progress, summer 2008)

Liaisons

• ARTstor User Support Liaisons [PDF]
• UC Shared Images Collection Liaisons (in progress, summer 2008)

Advisory board participation

• Luna Insight Advisory Board (Lena Zentall)
• ARTstor Hosting Advisory Group (Lena Zentall)

Policies & Guidelines

• Metadata Submission Guidelines (MSG) v. 1.0 [PDF]
• Submission spreadsheet (sample) [XLS]
• Submission spreadsheet (with sample data) [XLS]
  
• Terms of Use

News & Publications

CDLInfo newsletter: UC Image Service News

• Saskia collection added to UC Shared Images in ARTstor (5/2/08)
• Luna Insight Collections Update (4/15/08)
• AMICA (3/6/08)
• 8 Campuses in 8 Days! (11/28/07)
• ARTstor and CDL visit UC Campuses in October (10/3/07)
• ARTstor (8/9/07)

Proposals, Reports, Charts:

• Collection Development Program Proposal, June 2008 [PDF]
• Workflow: UC Shared Images, September 26, 2007 (chart) [PDF]
• Strategic Planning Report, March 16, 2007 [PDF] (password-protected)
• Strategic Planning Appendix, March 16, 2007 [PDF] (password-protected)

For access to password-protected documents, contact Lena Zentall.

Presentations

• Building UC Shared Images: Moving a demonstrator into a sustainable service (Visual Resources Association Annual Conference, March 16, 2008) [PDF]
• Warm and Fuzzy Tales of Collaboration at the University of California (Visual Resources Association Annual Conference, March 15, 2008) [PDF]
• UC Shared Images: Contribute once, share by all (CDL/ARTstor campus visits, fall 2007) [PDF]

Communications

Image Service Discussion List (imageservice-l@ucop.edu)

CDL manages a discussion list for image service administrators and stakeholders (e.g., visual resources curators, librarians, educational technology/media services, academic computing/IT support). The list is primarily a communication channel for news about the UC Image Service. Secondarily, the list provides CDL with an advisory group of domain experts on image service issues, and finally, the list exists as a discussion forum for members.

To request to be added to the list, contact Lena Zentall.

Background on UC Shared Images

In 2007, the CDL Image Service Strategic Planning team re-envisioned a shared service that would leverage CDL’s strengths in licensing and facilitation to bring together image collections from each campus for sharing across the University of California system.  CDL has joined forces with nine UC campuses to implement this service. Read more about what it is and how it works…

For background on the development of the UC Image Service, see the Image Service Demonstrator Project website.