Digital Images and Slides Collections
Address:
485 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact:
Spruill Harder
Visual Resources Librarian
Telephone:
617-495-4982
Fax:
617-496-4889
Email:
Repository website URL:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/finearts/
Description of repository / collection image holdings:
The Digital Images adn Slides Collections (DISC) is a resource for teaching and research, offering images documenting the entire range of works of art and architecture from prehistoric times to the present. The collection includes painting, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and architecture in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Ancient and Islamic worlds. The collection includes digital images and 33mm slides, as well as, videos, CDs and DVDs for in-library viewing. The collection is open to the Harvard community and may also be consulted by outside users, upon special arrangement.
What we have in VIA:
The DISC's digital image and analog slide collection documents works of art and architecture from prehistoric time to the present in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Islamic world. The collection includes records for images of paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and architecture in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Ancient and Islamic worlds.
How we use VIA:
The work record in VIA represents an original work of art, architecture, or archaeological site, for example a painting ("Mona Lisa"), a specific building ("The Flatiron Building" in New York) or a specific area ("Angkor Wat" in Cambodia). The work record contains information pertaining to the original item, including artist or architect, location of the original, date(s) of the original, etc. In the case of archaeological sites, one area may be broken down into several records, depending upon the complexity (for example, Angkor Wat is broken down into specific sites including Angkor Thom, Baksei Chamkrong, etc.). Associated with each work record are one or more surrogate records. The surrogate represents the physical slide or digital image held by the Visual Resources Department of the Fine Arts Library.
Copyright and Permissions:
The material in this collection is owned or held by the Fine Arts Library. Some of the images, text and other content in VIA (collectively, the "Content") is protected by copyright law. In some cases, the copyright is owned by other parties, and Harvard is making the Content available to you under license or under the fair use doctrine.
The Content is provided for your personal, noncommercial teaching and research use. You may not copy, publish, post, distribute, display, perform, or otherwise make available any of the Content protected by copyright, except as may be permitted under fair use or another copyright law exemption. If you wish to make any such use of the Content, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder, which may be Harvard or another party. Please contact the Visual Resources Librarian.
Some of the Content may be subject to other restrictions - for example, those imposed by a license agreement. You must comply with any other restrictions and terms of use that are identified in connection with particular Content.
In accessing VIA, you agree to use the Content only in accordance with copyright law and any other identified restrictions, and you assume all liability for any copyright infringement caused by your use. Some information on copyright law and fair use for members of the Harvard community can be found at:
http://ogc.harvard.edu/copyright_docs/copyright_and_fair_use.php