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Do you use images? Need images? Get questions about finding images? You are invited to attend a hands-on ARTstor training or general overview session about this unique digital image database.

ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. ARTstor collections are comprised of contributions from museums, individual photographers, scholars, special collections at libraries, and photo archives.

What: ARTstor overview for the campus community

When: Thursday, March 6 from 2-3:30 p.m.

Where: Wells Library Room E174

This session will provide a general, introductory overview to the richness of the ARTstor collections. You will learn how to search, browse, and download images for lectures and presentations, organize images into groups, and share image groups with other ARTstor users.

What: ARTstor hands-on training for librarians, faculty, and staff

When: Thursday, March 6 from 10 a.m.-noon or Friday, March 7 from 9:15-11 a.m.

Where: Wells Library Room W302

This hands-on session will cover ARTstor image basics including the creation of online and offline presentations using ARTstor and local content; sharing ARTstor content with students through OnCourse; and creating and sharing ARTstor image groups with students by creating public or password-protected shared folders.

While the training sessions can accommodate drop-ins, we ask that you RSVP for these sessions so that the appropriate number of handouts and other documentation can be provided. To RSVP for the hands-on training please e-mail Tony White at antmwhit@indiana.edu.

Access to ARTstor is available through the Resource Gateway of the IU Libraries Web site.