The Libraries\u2019 have just added the following resources from OCLC:<\/p>\n
ArchiveGrid<\/a> is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.<\/p>\n ArticleFirst<\/a> is an index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals, from 1990 to the present. Over 20 million records are currently available.<\/p>\n CAMIO<\/a> (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a premiere resource of works of art from prominent museums around the world. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes. <\/p>\n Students, faculty, researchers, museum professionals and library visitors will find CAMIO to be a valuable tool. CAMIO provides images for art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, class projects and research resources. It is a single point of entry to many collections, providing unlimited and powerful, Web-based searching. <\/p>\n The scope of the CAMIO collection ranges from 3000 BC to the present. The content includes about 95,000 works of art – photographs,paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture – plus audio, video and mixed media. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. <\/p>\n CAMIO art images span the following categories: OAIster<\/a> is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world’s largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click. The Libraries\u2019 have just added the following resources from OCLC: ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies … Continue reading
* Photographs
* Prints
* Sculptures
* Paintings
* Decorative Arts
* Posters
* Costumes
* Utilitarian Objects
* Jewelry<\/p>\n
Digital resources in OAister include:
–Digitized (scanned) books and articles
–Digital text
–Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
–Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
–Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
–Data sets (downloadable statistical information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"