Message-Id: <mailto:199410051840.NAA11850@library.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 14:38:36 -0400 From: "J. Trant" <mailto:jtrant@IO.ORG> Subject: Museum Educational Site Licensing Project - Call for Participation To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
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MUSEUM EDUCATIONAL SITE LICENSING PROJECT CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project is a two- year effort to develop methods and guidelines for the academic use of digitized museum-owned materials at colleges and universities. A small number of selected educational institutions and museums will collaborate in good faith to agree on terms of capture, distribution and use of images of works from museum collections, and their associated texts. The project is undertaken in the interests of exploring and promoting the educational benefits of digital access to museum collections through campus networks.
Our goal is to bring together interested institutions in partnership: museums provide images and information; educational institutions provide networked access and test educational use.
Museums will make digitized images and information available to educational institutions in the agreed upon formats. Participating educational institutions will have digitized images and descriptive texts representing at least 2,000 works (500 from each participating museum) on campus networks for research and education during the academic year 1995-1996, with at least an additional 2,000 works added during academic year 1996- 1997. Works included will be selected by museums on the basis of criteria agreed upon for the study. Network security will conform to standards set by project participants.
Educational institutions are encouraged to propose and explore a wide variety of educational and research uses for the material. Once the two-year test is completed, images and information will be withdrawn from campus networks, unless subsequent licensing agreements are enacted to allow for continued use. Images and accompanying documentation will be provided without site license or royalty fees during the project.
Funding for the implementation of the project will be sought from public and private foundations. Participating museums, galleries and educational institutions are expected to contribute staff and technical resources to the project. The first phase of the project, including its planning and organization, is being funded by the Getty Art History Information Program Imaging Initiative.
The sponsoring organizations, the Getty Art History Information Program and MUSE Educational Media, will manage the project. They will also publicize the results of the study and inform interested parties on a regular basis of the project's status.
If you are interested in receiving further information, including a full Call for Participation and Application Form, please contact:
Kim Chaskel Imaging Initiative Getty Art History Information Program 401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100 Santa Monica, CA 90401-1455 Email: mailto:KChaskel@Getty.Edu
Documents will also be available via anonymous ftp, from the Coalition for Networked Information: FTP to ftp.cni.org.
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