- ARTstor
ARTstor is a non-profit organization which operates the ARTstor Digital Library, a collection of digital images of artwork available for non-commercial and educational use. Participating institutions pay a subscription fee to ARTstor in exchange for access, which is provided via a Java-applet based Web interface.
ARTstor is a creation of the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ; its board is presently chaired byNeil L. Rudenstine , formerPresident of Harvard University .ARTstor was set up as a sister organisation to
JSTOR to do the same job, using a similar subscription model; it began to function in 2004. [ [http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/annual-reports-essays/presidents-reports/content2004 Mellon Foundation 2004 President's Report] ] It gained considerable impetus after the disbanding in 2005 ofArt Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) — an online system for images of artworks, set up by aGetty Foundation -led consortium of institutions. It has gained the use of many existing image databases, and has digitised for the first time "The Illustrated Bartsch", the largest catalogue forold master print s. It has reached a total of 700,000 images in 2007. With two exceptions inLondon , listed subscribers are all in theUSA andCanada .References
* [http://www.artstor.org/info/about/letter.jsp About ARTstor]
External links
* [http://www.artstor.org/ ARTstor website]
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