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----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Grout" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:31 PM Subject: Forthcoming DNER image content: AMICO Subscriptions > apologies for cross-posting, > please circulate widely in HE > > ****** > Subscriptions to image and > multimedia resources for the 2000/2001 academic > year: AMICO > > ****** > > Dear Colleagues, > > I am contacting you to supply you with further details > about image and multimedia content of > particular interest to the visual arts and humanities > communities which will be available for institutional > subscription from October/November 2000. > ____________________________________ > > *AMICO - a collection of digital art images from American > Museums.* > > The AMICO Library makes multimedia documentation of > artworks from the collections of leading museums across > North America available to universities, colleges, schools, > and public libraries. The 2000-2001 edition of the AMICO > Library documents over 65,000 different works of art, from > prehistoric goddess figures to contemporary installations. > More than simply an image database, works in the AMICO > Library are fully documented and may also include > curatorial text about the artwork, detailed provenance > information, multiple views of the work itself, and other > related multimedia. > > More information is available at > http://www.amico.org/home.html > > AMICO will be available for subscription for all UK higher > education institutions at a highly subsidised rate. The > initial subscription period will be 3 years. > Subscription charges will be 50 - 150 GBP pa > in the first year, rising to 200 - 600 GBP in year three, > depending on the size of your institution. This represents > a considerable reduction in list prices. > > Details of how to subscribe will be posted on the JISC > website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/collections > > If you require any further information at this stage, > please contact; Catherine Grout, Collections Manager for > Multimedia, Joint Information > Systems Committee, [log in to unmask], 0207 8482937 > > > ---------------------- > Catherine Grout > Collections Manager, Multimedia > DNER Office > Joint Information Systems Committee > c/o Kings College London > Old Library > Strand, London WC2R 2LS > [log in to unmask] > > (020) 7848 2937 direct line > (020) 7848 2939 fax > > > > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- Eleri Kyffin Harrow Learning Resources Centre Watford Road Harrow Middx HA1 3TP 020 7911 5000 X4112 FAX 020 7911 5952 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%