Category: IRC news

  • Richard Ross Photography Collection Part II now in MDID

    The second phase of Richard Ross’ photography is now available through the VRC image database, MDID.  This includes material from his books/projects “Man Up”, “Waiting for the End of the World” and “Suitable Placement: Juvenile Justice in America”.   This brings the total to 481 images.  You can read more about Richard and his work at…

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  • New: IRC Digital Order Form

    Have you ever worked from home (or even abroad) and found a great source from which you would like images scanned? Well, we have good news: The IRC now has a Digital Order Form! This form, a digital version of our paper form, can be downloaded, filled in, and saved from any computer equipped with…

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  • Archivision Module 4 now available through ARTstor too

    The architectural holdings available to us keep getting better!  The Archivision base collection, and modules 1 and 2, have been available in ARTstor to all UC campuses for a few months.  Module 4 is the group of 6,000 images that we’ve had available through MDID only (the license for which was won at the VRA…

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  • The Red Dot breaks 5,000!

    We just passed 5,000 hits this morning – fantastic!  We at the Red Dot are very happy, and grateful for your continued readership!  If there’s anything you’d like to see more or less of, please let us know. With gratitude, Jackie and Christine

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  • Upcoming workshops on Using Image Resources

    Two one-hour overviews on using image resources available at UCSB are scheduled over the next week.  They will include a demonstration of the VRC image database (MDID), ARTstor and the OIV, instructions on how to set up accounts, new material in both resources, and other tips.  The sessions are intended for graduate students but are…

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  • The Richard Ross Photography Collection now available

    It is with great pleasure that we unveil the first hosted collection in MDID, the Richard Ross collection. This is set up as a separate collection within our VRC image database, and so far contains the photographs from three of Ross’ publications: Museology (1989), Gathering Light (2000), and Architecture of Authority (2007).  Select Browse to…

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