diglib: NO Conference call for Art on File order

[Faye Chadwell <chadwelf@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

I haven't heard back from Rob so this conference call is not going to
happen today.  Thanks anyway,  Faye



At 12:14 PM 4/14/2005, Faye Chadwell wrote:

Hello DCC folks:

Rob Wilkinson at Art on File and I have been playing phone tag again.  Sara and I were going to call him today and he must have known we were thinking about them because he emailed me.  See below for more info.

I am thinking that we ought to try and do a conference call with him.  Carol and I spoke briefly and if Rob is available at 3pm, we would like to do it today in the Rowe Conference Room. 

We are purchasing all of their available images, roughly 6780 total for about $20k.  Art on File recently changed their maximum image size from 4.5mb to a new 18mb uncompressed TIFF format.  As you can see from Rob's message, they have been working on preparing our order.  We will want to discuss handling the files sent from them and handling the files once they are here. Most libraries receive the images on CDs (yes, yuck!).  I had been hopeful that we might be different, but I am fairly certain that is what we are going to receive in two installments. Art on File sends its metadata, or what Rob has called "annotations," to libraries online. Corey had already given Sara some basic info to share with Art on File, but MDLS and Sara/Systems will want to be involved in this file transfer discussion.  Obviously MDLS will want to talk to AAA librarians about making this collection publicly available and prioritize what subcollection needs processing first. 

If you want to see more about the subcollections we are getting, check out this site:
http://www.artonfile.com/html/imgcoll.lasso
Only two of the subcollections are not available to us:  China: Art in Public Places and China:  Landmarks.  I don't know if this may change later; I gather that Art on File doesn't have the rights.

BTW, it may be useful to note that Art on File has their own search interface available at:  http://www.artonfile.com/html/search/index.lasso
It isn't fantastic, at least not from my perspective.

Art on File is a very exciting collection to be getting because of the possibilities this acquisition opens up for the entire campus. 
I know that Ed and others have been anxious about making this available, but it has taken Art on File some time to actually produce our order.  Plus I believe it behooves us to be cautious about handling the first digital image collection we acquire.  There are still a lot of issues to resolve.

Faye


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Hi Faye,

Should we try again for a telephone meeting? We have made considerable progress on your order and would like to know if we could send this to you in two installments. It’s a very large order. Also, I would be delighted to discuss strategies for delivering the metadata in a form that reduces labor costs on your end.
Thanks very much

Rob Wilkinson

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Hi Faye,
I've been gone for a short vacation, but what a nice email to open on my
return! No apology required. Hana has been busy with some additional orders
we have received recently, so the image processing has progressed steadily.
I'm sure we can find an easy way to deliver test data for this. If it's more
complicated than I imagine I'll have my database consultants advise me on
how to do this which could add to your costs, however I'll bet it will be
cheaper for you than hours of hand work, copying and pasting thousands of
records. I'll check on this today.
Most libraries receive their digital images on CDs, but annotations on-line.
We offer low res. Jpgs images that are downloadable, but you will require
our high res. TIF files.
Thanks again for the good news and I'll get back to you on the text file
data soon.
Regards,
Rob Wilkinson

Faye A. Chadwell
Head of Collection Development and Acquisitions
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
phone: 541-346-1819
fax: 541-346-3485
email: chadwelf@uoregon.edu
http://libweb/colldev/cda.html