NGA Images, a New Collection Image Resource, and Open Access Policy Launched by National Gallery ... - Artwire Press Release from ArtfixDaily.com

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20

Summary:

“The National Gallery of Art announces the launch today of NGA Images, a new online resource that revolutionizes the way the public may interact with its world-class collection... This repository of digital images documenting the National Gallery of Art collections allows users to search, browse, share, and download images believed to be in the public domain... Designed by Gallery experts to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration, NGA Images features more than 20,000 open access digital images, up to 3,000 pixels each, available free of charge for download and use. The resource is easily accessible through the Gallery's website, and a standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts... Other features for users include the ability to create one or more ‘lightboxes,’ or images sets, and to save, share, and download multiple images at a time. Users may add individual labels and notes to their lightboxes or to images within them. Links to users' customized lightboxes may be shared via e-mail or may be copied and pasted to social media sites... With the launch of NGA Images, the National Gallery of Art implements an open access policy for digital images of works of art that the Gallery believes to be in the public domain (those not subject to copyright protection). Under the open access policy, users may download any of these images free of charge and without seeking authorization from the Gallery for any use, commercial or non-commercial. The Gallery's open access policy is a natural extension of its mission to serve the United States of America by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. In applying the policy in a global digital environment, the Gallery also expands and enhances its educational and scholarly outreach. The Gallery believes that increased access to high-quality images of its works of art fuels knowledge, scholarship, and innovation, inspiring uses that continually transform the way we see and understand the world of art...”

Link:

http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/3363-nga-images-a-new-collection-image-resource-and-open-access-policy

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.policies oa.ssh oa.usa oa.museums oa.pd oa.libre oa.digitization oa.arts oa.nga oa.images oa.art_history oa.ch oa.announcements oa.copyright

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

08/20/2012, 18:53

Date published:

03/17/2012, 20:22