102 items | 5 visits
Web-based sources of images in many disciplines--fine arts, history, science, etc.
Updated on Aug 19, 14
Created on Apr 06, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
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VRA is
" ...a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments."
'Nearly every image created in the last 30 years is still protected by copyright—a protection that gives every image creator the exclusive right to use or reproduce their work. But you can find a public domain photo, use a Creative Commons image that might need attribution, or even create your own image. '
'The SPEC Kit includes examples of digital image collection websites, finding aids, image-use training materials, copyright and use-rights policies, selection policies, descriptions of digital image service points, and digital collection promotional materials.'
'Welcome to the New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery. This ever-expanding gallery is your entry point into the vast visual holdings of the Archives. The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to over 800,000 items digitized from the Municipal Archives’ collections, including photographs, maps, motion-pictures and audio recordings. The holdings are arranged by collection; or you may search “All Collections” by keyword or any of the advanced search criteria. '
'The Royal Society Picture Library is an online database of digital images of paintings, drawings and prints held in our collections. It has been created to inspire the exploration of science through its visual history.'
'NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 20,000 open access digital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use. NGA Images is designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.'
'The materials you will view span decades and provide a snapshot from the end of the 19th Century until today. They cover tourism, exhibitions, publicity, cultural activities, sport, and political campaigns among many others.'
'automatically sizes the image, hosts the image, and builds the photo credit into the code'
Image searcher, includes limits to Creative Commons or commercial use images
Web tool that analyzes JPGs for evidence of photoshopping.
cross-searches 3 federal agencies' image collections
'This is pretty amazing: researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities took more than 300 million tweets over three years and analyzed them to create a graphic (and video) of America's mood at any given time and in any given place.'
'This site is designed to provide free viewing and downloading of the entire USGS photographic collection.'
Search tool for finding images in FLICKR, with a Creative Commons limit
102 items | 5 visits
Web-based sources of images in many disciplines--fine arts, history, science, etc.
Updated on Aug 19, 14
Created on Apr 06, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: