The Copyright Clearance Center has loads of information to help with copyright questions, including this 6-minute video that breaks down the basics. The Copyright Alliance is another organization with a very helpful website, including a section specifically for Educators.
Ever wonder if that manuscript, book, image, etc. is protected under U.S. copyright laws? The American Library Association has come up with a fantastic tool to help answer that question: http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/. It lets users scroll through numerous copyright terms for works published or created during different time periods and under various conditions.
“Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings” just opened and is on until September 6 at the Central Library in LA – it consists of material from UCLA’s Young Library Special Collections. There will also be a series of lectures by architects in conjunction with the exhibit through the ALOUD series at the library.
Cooliris is a plug-in for your browser which displays images in a wonderful “3D Wall” effect – you can browse your own image folders, or online image searches (google, flickr, etc.). There’s a great explanation of it here: http://aahvrc.blogspot.com/search?q=cooliris
ARTstor announced the following collections are now available: The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (approximately 800 images, learn more) The Roy Lichtenstein Collection (800 images, learn more) MoMA Exhibition Installation Photograph Collection [The Museum of Modern Art Archives] (last release completed and totals roughly 16,700 images, learn more) Larry Qualls Archive of Contemporary Art…
There are two new icons in ARTstor that help you efficiently find and use images. When applicable, the icons are located beneath a thumbnail image on the search results screen and help you act on special features related to that image. The two new icons are: Duplicates & Details: This identifies groups of image duplicates…