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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.
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.
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.
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 (in progress, spring 2008)
Collection Liaisons for UC Shared Images (in progress, spring 2008)
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
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]
CDLInfo newsletter: UC Image Service News
Proposals, Reports, Charts:
For access to password-protected documents, contact Lena Zentall.
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.
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.