Thanks Chris
Slide Librarians in Art Schools have access to all the expertise and knowledge necessary to begin to create digital image Collections which will function as well as slide libraries do now. Slide Libraries directly respond to and support teaching needs digital image collections will add invaluable functionality of which you will be aware.
Their problem (apart from - as you so rightly point out- COST) is that copyright law prevents their creating digital images either by scanning or using a digital camera by copying images from published material (such as books or journals).
These impediments are holding back a revolution in image use in Art Departments in HEI's. Ofcourse a lot of illegal Googling and scanning must be going on....ARLIS is woorking with the CLA and DACS (see my article and the Study Day programme both referenced in my earlier email) in order to work towards provision of a digital image licence which will enable librarians to create the images lecturers want and need.
If anyone is interested in this latter initiative please contact me off list as we are actively lobbying UUK at present to urge their support of such a licence
Jenny
-----Original Message-----
From: chris jones [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 May 2004 10:23
To: Godfrey, Jenny
Subject: Re: ART VLE
Hi Jenny, I see where your coming from.
Using Images is a problem, at present we have a limited budget and probably
could not justify subscribing to image libraries. Instead we are
concentrating on generating our own (we are developing practical based
courses e.g. Stained glass). I note that as with most VLE vendors, there are
moves towards creating repositories and the system that we currently use,
allows us to input relevant search meta data, lthough we have not yet
purchased the repository. From our point of view it will take some time to
generate a worthwhile image bank and when we are ready we will go the
repository way, whether it be using the one provided by our VLE vendor or
ANOTHER, as I believe there are a number of options that are likely to be
available in future - I would appreciate any information on this or matters
relating.
regards
chris
> Dear Chris
> thanks for your response.
> There is a plethora of digital image initiatives in support of education which
> I wrote about in an article for the Art Libraries Journal
> http://www.arlis.org.uk/publ/alj/vol29no1.html
> I also designed a Study Day at the Royal College of Art based on the issues I
> highlighted in the ALJ
> http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/SlideLibrariesDigitalFuture.html
> What I have failed to find(!!) is any significant use being made of these
> digital images (as yet) in Art Schools within UK HEI's especially under the
> guiding hand of librarians who might be expected to manage access to these
> multitudinous collections of images in a similar way (centralised single
> access point)that they offer at present via the slide library. We want to
> re-run the Study Day (it was heavily oversubscribed)and I am seeking a speaker
> who has trodden this new path. There are such initiatives in the US but here?
> Jenny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris jones [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 12 May 2004 09:58
> To: Godfrey, Jenny
> Subject: ART VLE
>
>
> Hello Jenny,
>
> I received this email via Peter Scott at RSC and thought that I should
> respond.
>
> My name is Chris Jones and i lecture in design at Gorseinon College,
> although more recently I taken on new responsibilities as VLE Manager
> (Teknical), ILT Champion and Elearning Developer for a number of City Guilds
> Art and Design Based Courses. I also produce a regional guide to Gower -
> www.enjoygower.com
>
> I am not sure what other information you require at present.
>
> Best regards
>
> Chris Jones
>
>
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> I would very much like to hear from anyone (Librarian/lecturer or T&L staff)
> who has been involved in creating/designing Art and Design VLE modules
> which use significant amounts of digital images.
>
>
>
> There has been much excitement in the Slide Library community about the move
> away from slides and towards digital images. Copyright issues have severely
> restricted what slide librarians can offer in digital form but there are
> large subscription based collections of digital images (SCRAN, AMICO etal)
> and copyright cleared images avaialble through such as AHDS (Visual
> Arts)which can be used. many thanks Jenny Godfrey
>
>
>
> Slide Library
>
> University of Wales Institute Cardiff
>
> Howard Gardens
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> Cardiff CF24 4TU
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> South Glamorgan
>
> Wales
>
> tel: 029 20416662
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> email [log in to unmask]
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