http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007_03_11_fosblogarchive.html#117397871941833272
Met + ARTstor = free scholarly use of images
Metropolitan Museum and ARTstor Announce Pioneering Initiative to Provide Digital Images to Scholars at No Charge, a press release from the Met, March 12, 2007. Excerpt:
In a new initiative designed to assist scholars with teaching, study, and the publication of academic works, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will distribute, free of charge, high-resolution digital images from an expanding array of works in its renowned collection for use in academic publications. This new service, which is effective immediately, is available through ARTstor, a non-profit organization that makes art images available for educational use.
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art has long sought to address the significant challenges that scholars confront in seeking to secure and license images of objects from the Museum's collections," stated Metropolitan Museum Director Philippe de Montebello in making the announcement. "We hope, through this collaboration, to play a pioneering role in addressing one of the profound challenges facing scholars in art history, and scholarly publishing, today."
ARTstor is a fee-based service, accessible only for subscribers.
See also http://musematic.net/?p=109#comment-2024 (Dec 14, 2006)
On the V&A decision see
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3012289/
Met + ARTstor = free scholarly use of images
Metropolitan Museum and ARTstor Announce Pioneering Initiative to Provide Digital Images to Scholars at No Charge, a press release from the Met, March 12, 2007. Excerpt:
In a new initiative designed to assist scholars with teaching, study, and the publication of academic works, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will distribute, free of charge, high-resolution digital images from an expanding array of works in its renowned collection for use in academic publications. This new service, which is effective immediately, is available through ARTstor, a non-profit organization that makes art images available for educational use.
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art has long sought to address the significant challenges that scholars confront in seeking to secure and license images of objects from the Museum's collections," stated Metropolitan Museum Director Philippe de Montebello in making the announcement. "We hope, through this collaboration, to play a pioneering role in addressing one of the profound challenges facing scholars in art history, and scholarly publishing, today."
ARTstor is a fee-based service, accessible only for subscribers.
See also http://musematic.net/?p=109#comment-2024 (Dec 14, 2006)
On the V&A decision see
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3012289/
KlausGraf - am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007, 23:26 - Rubrik: English Corner
