Slide Collection Management In Libraries And Information Units

Slide Collection Management in Libraries and Information Units

This book reviews both the traditional manual methods for managing slides and the present day interrelationship between established slide collections and the new imaging technologies. The principal methods and packages currently available for automated slide retrieval are also discussed. Slide management in both the academic and commercial worlds are covered - including visual arts libraries, museums, and departments of medical illustration. The needs of commercial picture libraries and picture agencies are also addressed. In addition, a number of appendices give details of the many corporate bodies and companies active in this area.

Art Information and the Internet

In the first book of its kind, art information expert Lois Swan Jones discusses how to locate visual and textual information on the Internet and how to evaluate and supplement that information with material from other formats--print sources, CD-ROMS, documentary videos, and microfiche sets--to produce excellent research results. The book is divided into three sections: Basic Information Formats; Types of Websites and How to Find Them; and How to Use Web Information. Jones discusses the strengths and limitations of Websites; scholarly and basic information resources are noted; and search strategies for finding pertinent Websites are included. Art Information and the Internet also discusses research methodology for studying art-historical styles, artists working in various media, individual works of art, and non-Western cultures--as well as art education, writing about art, problems of copyright, and issues concerning the buying and selling of art. This title will be periodically updated.

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