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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello all,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Our university has recently purchased Insight software and
we are just now beginning to sort through various questions regarding
implementation. I'm hoping your experiences can help to guide us as
we begin this project.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am curious as to what others are doing regarding adding
images into the database without violating copyright. We are exploring the
purchasing of various slide collections and paying the extra fee to
digitize. We are also exploring the idea of subscribing to an image
database that is compatible inside of Insight. Do any of you use a
subscription database that is compatible with Insight? If so, can you
import the metadata from the subscription database or must this be entered by
hand? Are there other methods you are using to display images without
violating copyright?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I was also curious as to what others are using as their
standard metadata structure? We are hoping to make this database interdisciplinary
and thus are concerned that the VRA structure may not serve someone in the
History Department as well as the </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Art</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Department</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Any
insight (no pun intended) into either of these matters would be most greatly
appreciated!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks much,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Verletta</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>``````````````````````````````````````````````</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Verletta S. Kern</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Electronic Services Librarian</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Redlands</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1249 East Colton Avenue</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Redlands</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CA</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>92374</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>verletta_kern@redlands.edu</span></font></p>
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