UM Public Image Databases

John Weise (mailto:jweise@UMICH.EDU)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:02:41 -0400 

Message-Id: <199909142123.OAA46044@dns.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:02:41 -0400
From: John Weise <mailto:jweise@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      UM Public Image Databases
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU


In recent months several new image collections have been put online by the
University of Michigan, Digital Library Production Service, Image
Services.


This message highlights the collections that are open to the world via
the Web. Please spread the word about the availability of these resources.


The best starting point is http://images.umdl.umich.edu/ .


Here is a brief summary of the public collections:



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Borobudur


796 images of Borobudur, from the UM History of Art Department, Visual
Resources Collections.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/borobudur/



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UM Museum of Art


11,291 images representing the Museum's collection.
(all records and thumbnails are accessible. a large subset of the
full-size images are also publicly accessible.)


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/musart/



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Kelsey Musem of Archaeology, Egyptian Amulets


566 digital images of egyptian amulets.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/kma/



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Harper's Weekly


The 1865 volume of Harper's Weekly.


All images of the volume are available.
Full text is searchable for a portion of the volume.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/harpersweekly/



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William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience


Full text is searchable.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/blake/



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Bentley Historical Library


993 images primarily of University of Michigan campus and events.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/bhl/


988 images of the papers of Michigan poets from various collections housed
at the Bentley Historical Library, featuring handwritten and typed
manuscripts, letters and essays as well as photographs, sketches,
certificates and other personal items.


http://images.umdl.umich.edu/bhlpoetry/

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System implmentation information is also available at...
http://images.umdl.umich.edu/info/


Please send questions and comments to mailto:dlps-is@umich.edu.


Thanks!


John Weise
Coordinator of Image Services
Digital Library Production Service
University of Michigan
(734) 763-9157
mailto:jweise@umich.edu


p.s. I apologize if you received this message more than once.