[Yulpub] ARTstor versus Art Store

[Hannah Bennett]

Hello Everyone -

After Kathryn James' terrific REFresher of the Beinecke collections in 
which she mentioned Art Storage, I wanted to make a clear distinction 
between it and ARTstor.

According to the Beinecke web site, "The 
<http://inky.library.yale.edu/art_storage.html>Art Storage database 
contains brief records for large paintings, watercolors, sculpture, 
memorabilia, and objects in the Beinecke collections. There are several 
access points -- collection, creator, subject/title, medium and support -- 
as well as a brief description of the item. This database was created as a 
locator file and NOT as a catalog. Other art in the Beinecke collections 
can be located through the Manuscript Card Catalog, the 
<http://webtext.library.yale.edu/finddocs/fadsear.htm>Database of Archival 
Collections and Manuscripts and the two Yale Collection of American 
Literature files -- 
<http://www.library.yale.edu/orbis/special_catalogs.html#ycal>Objects and 
Memorabilia."

ARTstor (www.artstor.org) is a repository of hundreds of thousands of 
digital images and related data.  ARTstor does not have any Yale 
collections in its database. Yale licenses ARTstor content which, until 
2004, was supported by the Mellon Foundation.  ARTstor is now an 
independent entity.  Here is the listing of collections within the charter 
collection:

<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/imagegallery.jsp>The Image Gallery
         - digitized slides from the University of California, San Diego 
slide collection
         - AMICO content (80 000+ images of objects in art museums across 
the country)
         - The Art History Survey digital collection
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/carnegie.jsp>The Carnegie Arts of 
the United States Collection
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/hartillcollection.jsp>The Hartill 
Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/huntington.jsp>The Huntington 
Archive of Asian Art
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/bartsch.jsp>The Illustrated Bartsch
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/mida.jsp>The Mellon International 
Dunhuang Archive (MIDA)
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/moma.jsp>The Museum of Modern Art 
Architecture and Design Collection
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/nmnh.jsp>Native American Art and 
Culture,National Anthropological Archives,Smithsonian Institution
<http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/schlesinger.jsp>Schlesinger 
History of Women in  America Collection

If you have any questions about ARTstor, please feel free to contact me.

Cordially,

Hannah Bennett

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