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Digital image libraries and the teaching of art and architectural history1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Angela Giral
Angela Giral*
Affiliation:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 116th Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Abstract

Can museums and libraries profit from sharing their information, visual or textual? Is direct access to digital archives a more logical or economic way to develop access to images for teaching and research than assembling local collections? Recent digital image library projects in the United States, and their impact on the teaching practices of art and architectural historians, show the advantages of focusing on issues such as licensing and intellectual property, metadata and evolving cataloging practice, image quality, and the different costs of creation and delivery. But there are other potential benefits such as document delivery and the dissemination of archival information, as well as the preservation of fragile illustrated texts through digital imaging.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , 1998 , pp. 18 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1998

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Footnotes

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Revised version of a paper presented at the Art Libraries Section Workshop, IFLA Conference, Amsterdam, 20th August 1998.

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