Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2012
There was an update to the ARTstor Digital Library this week. New changes include: Full support for Chrome browsers. Folders are now nested in two upper level folders: “Private Folders” and “Institutional Folders.” “Private Folders” contains folders viewable only by you. “Institutional Folders” contains folders that are viewable by other users at your institution either […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2011
A version of the OIV for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is now available for download through the ARTstor Digital Library. To download this file, log into the ARTstor Digital Library using your ARTstor registered user account. In the ARTstor navigation bar at the top of the screen, click Tools > Download offline presentation tool […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2011
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has partnered with Google to digitize the Dead Sea Scrolls. High-resolution images of the scrolls are now available through the Israel Museum website, where browsers can “unroll” the scrolls with a slider and zoom in so closely that every fragile crease is clearly visible. In the case of the Great […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 26th, 2011
The Robert L. Van Nice Collection is a new blog created by the staff at the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington, D.C. The blog chronicles the processing of the Robert L. Van Nice collection and offers a fascinating glimpse into the daily work of museum archivists. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2011
ARTstor’s OIV software is NOT currently compatible with Apple’s new operating system, OS X Lion (10.7). ARTstor is working to get a compatible version to its users as soon as possible.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2011
The Walters Art Museum has just completed a project to digitize its collection of Islamic manuscripts and single leaves. Highlights include a fifteenth-century Timurid Qur’an (Ms. W.563); a late seventeenth-century copy of the Book on Navigation by Piri Reis (Ms. W.658); and a sixteenth-century de luxe Mughal manuscript of Amir Khusrau Dhilavi’s Khamsa (Ms. W.624). […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2011
The New York Times pays tribute to the Barnes Foundation today with an online, virtual tour. The Barnes foundation opened in 1925 in Merion, PA and housed an outstanding collection of impressionist and early modernist painting and sculpture. The Foundation closed its doors this past June and will relocate to a new building in Philadelphia […]
Posted in Apps, ARTstor, Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2011
Registered ARTstor users can now access the full ARTstor digital library through the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. There is no app to download, simply go to http://library.artstor.org from your mobile device. With ARTstor mobile you can search, browse and view your previously saved image groups, but it doesn’t allow you to modify or create […]
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