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> An invaluable National Recording Project (NRP) is being carried
> out by the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) to
> digitise and record information on Britain’s public sculptures
> and monuments. The Visual Arts Data Service: The AHDS Centre for
> Visual Arts (VADS) is pleased to announce that a sample,
> containing nearly 2,500 images, from this growing resource is now
> available on-line at http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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> The PMSA, based at the Courtauld Institute of Art, is a charity
> founded in 1991 for the promotion and protection of the nation's
> public sculpture and monuments. The images and data available
> via VADS are intended as an introduction to this continuing
> collection. Further information about the NRP and the PMSA can
> be found at http://www.pmsa.org.uk
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> The PMSA collection is a valuable resource for the subject areas
> of Art and Design, Architecture and the particular disciplines of
> Public Art and Sculpture, as well as broader socio-historic and
> cultural studies in the Arts and Humanities. Some of the other
> resources online with VADS include: The African and Asian Visual
> Artists Archive, Central Saint Martin's Museum and Study
> Collection, London College of Fashion: College Archive and London
> College of Fashion: Cordwainer's Shoe Collection, the Design
> Council Archive and the Design Council Slide Collection, The
> Imperial War Museum's Concise Art Collection and Spanish Civil
> War Poster Collection. VADS now has c.20,000 visual arts digital
> images for use in research, learning and teaching
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> The PMSA collection and all other VADS's collection are
> searchable at http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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> VADS: the AHDS Centre for Visual Arts
> Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College
> Falkner Road
> Farnham
> Surrey
> GU9 7DS
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> (t) 01252 892723
> (f) 01252 892913
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> http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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