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Subject: images repository idea (fwd)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]

I forward this message that appeared last week on PAMNET.  I believe there
are a few people who might have an interest and ideas.

Ken
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Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                         Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:21:14 -0400
From: David Stern <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PAMNET] images repository idea

The ARTstor board is thinking about whether there's a need in the sciences
for a resource like ARTstor - that is, a centralized licensed digital
library of relevant images, along with tools that lend themselves to
pedagogical and scholarly uses.  http://www.artstor.org/info/

They are considering bringing together a few folks - science librarians
with fairly wide portfolios, slide curators for science programs if such
exist, and perhaps a professor or two engaged with digital media.

My initial resonse was:
I am sure this makes sense for certain disciplines.  My immediate focus
would be on astronomy, topology (mathematics of surfaces), condensed matter
physics (properties of surfaces), and remote sensing satellite images.

I have been asked by my friends at ARTstor if I might suggest a few
names.  Your suggestions, and comments, would be greatly appreciated.

       David


David Stern
Director of Science Libraries and Information Services
Kline Science Library
219 Prospect Street
P.O. Box 208111
New Haven, CT  06520-8111

phone:  203 432-3447
fax:  203 432-3441
email:  [log in to unmask]

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