Megan,
You might take a look at Beyond Brown Paper, a photo archive of the
Brown Company, hosted in Scriblio:
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/browse
The most significant aspect of the collection is the comments. Here
are a few examples:
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/10655#comment-6227
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/9833#comment-6226
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/673#comment-813
Casey Bisson
__________________________________________
Information Architect
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire
http://Plymouth.edu/
http://about.Scriblio.net/
http://MaisonBisson.com/
ph: 603-535-2256
On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Megan Macken wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am finalizing a presentation on Next Generation Online Catalogs
> for art
> librarians. I want to make sure I cover all relevant bases, and would
> appreciate any input you have to offer. (My apologies if this has
> already
> been discussed on this list.)
>
> Specifically,
>
> 1. Do you have or know of next-gen catalogs that include records of
> art
> objects or their digital surrogates?
> a. are these local images or incorporated from another site or
> system
> (Flickr, Luna, ARTstor)
> b. have you performed usability studies of the catalog that
> incorporated
> these objects?
>
> 2. If not, what are the major obstacles or technological limitations
> for
> including these records or the digital surrogates themselves in next
> generation catalogs at this time?
>
>
> Thank you in advance for sharing your time and thoughts.
>
> Megan Macken
>
>
>
> . . . . . .
> Megan Macken
> Assistant Director, Visual Resources Collection
> University of Chicago Department of Art History
> 5540 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637
> 773.702.0261 | mmacken_at_uchicago.edu
>
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Received on Tue Apr 22 2008 - 09:05:19 EDT