SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services (August 2013)
This SPEC Kit examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images and the growth of digital images available from commercial vendors and/or created within institutions or their libraries. The survey gathers information about current practices relating to the development and management of institutional digital image collections and the acquisition and use of licensed image databases. It explores the infrastructure and support provided by research libraries and/or their institutions for the creation and use of digital images in teaching, learning, and research, including systems and platforms, cataloging and metadata, access and training, services and service points, and copyright and other rights issues. It also identifies collaborative strategies among ARL member institutions for providing digital images.
The SPEC Kit includes examples of digital image collection websites, finding aids, image use training materials, copyright and use rights policies, selection policies, descriptions of digital image service points, and digital collection promotional materials.
Kandiuk, Mary, Aaron Lupton, and Catherine Davidson. Digital Image Collections and Services. SPEC Kit 335. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2013.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services (August 2013)
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Digital Image Collections and Services cover and frontmatter
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Survey Results
1111
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Representative Documents
6565
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Digital Image Collections
6767
- Auburn University 6868
- Boston Public Library 6969
- Boston University 7070
- University of Florida 7171
- Indiana University 7272
- University of Louisville 7373
- University of Maryland 7474
- McGill University 7575
- McMaster University 7676
- National Library of Medicine 7777
- University of Pennsylvania 7878
- University of South Carolina 7979
- Temple University 8080
- University of Washington 8282
- Washington University in St. Louis 8383
- University of Wisconsin 8484
- Yale University 8585
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Shared Digital Image Collections
8787
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Digital Image Service Points
9595
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Digital Image Finding Aids
109109
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Instruction/Training Materials
117117
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Promoting Digital Collections
127127
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Collection/Selection Policies
135135
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Copyright and Use Rights Policies
149149
- University of Calgary 150150
- Case Western Reserve University 151151
- University of Colorado at Boulder 152152
- Digital Library of the Caribbean 153153
- University of Florida 159159
- Indiana University Bloomington 162162
- Library of Congress 163163
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 164164
- University of Ottawa 165165
- University of South Carolina 166166
- Temple University 167167
- Virginia Tech 168168
- University of Washington 170170
- Yale University 172172
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Privacy and Publicity Policies
175175
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Managing Digital Assets
177177
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Digital Image Collections
6767
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Selected Resources
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SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services (August 2013)