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Insight-Folks:<br><br>
My understanding from the folks at ArtSTOR is that they are currently
trying to define what they might be able to 'expose' externally for
metasearching and also what they might allow to be harvested for local
use. Since these issues are clearly of interest to a number of
potential Insight/ArtSTOR customers, including Columbia, I'm wondering if
we couldn't start a bit of discussion here about what we would in fact
want under those scenarios. <br><br>
I don't know how far others have already gone in terms of defining their
requirements in this area or in direct discussions / negotiations with
ArtSTOR about this. If some Insight customers have already
made proposals along these lines, perhaps they would share with the
list? In any event, let me take a quick stab to see if there's any
consensus about what Insight customers' options and preferences might
be.<br><br>
Here's a starter set of theoretically possible ArtSTOR access options for
Luna Insight customers:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1) Local
loading of both ArtSTOR images and metadata in local Insight
systems<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>2) Local
access to remote ArtSTOR-in-Insight collections via the Insight interface
(as e.g., AMICO has been available)<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>3) Local
access to locally or remotely-stored ArtSTOR-in-Insight metadata and
thumbnail images (only), with the capability of linking directly from the
thumbnail to the full-size version in the native ArtSTOR-in-ArtSTOR
interface.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>4)
Metasearching by authorized institutions or service providers via
software such as Metalib or "Encompass for Resource
Collections," using either HTTP, XML, or Z39.50<br><br>
<font face="VERDANA" size=2><x-tab> </x-tab></font>5)
Harvesting of ArtSTOR metadata and thumbnails via OAI-PMH by authorized
institutions or service providers (if feasible, using a metadata standard
more appropriate to art images than Dublin Core), with the ability to
link through directly to the images in the native ArtSTOR
interface.<br>
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These non-mutually-exclusive approaches would of course differ
significantly in their difficulty & complexity and in the level of
service provided to end-users.<br><br>
I would venture that Columbia's and many others' preference would be #2,
with #3 an acceptable alternative. In addition, we feel that #5 is
also of great potential benefit given that there will always be image
collections that are not going to be available via Insight and that at
least some campuses (and perhaps other service providers &
organizations) will want to offer their communities as complete a
discovery tool for images as possible.<br><br>
So, let's pretend you suddenly had enough money to subscribe to ArtSTOR
or in fact have already scraped it together -- how would you prefer
to access ArtSTOR's collections? Any other thoughts,
suggestions?<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>/Stephen<br>
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<font face="VERDANA" size=2>______________________________<br>
Stephen Paul
Davis
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Director, Libraries Digital Program<br>
207A Butler Library<br>
Columbia University<br>
535 W. 114th Street<br>
New York, NY 10027<br><br>
email: daviss@columbia.edu<br>
phone: (212) 854-8584<br>
fax: (212) 854-0089<br>
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