Bodleian Libraries WISER workshops on using images and reference management

Bodleian Libraries will be running  the following workshops in Hilary Term week 3: ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning [Tuesday 7 February 2.00 - 4:00]  –  This  course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, [...]

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New in ARTstor: images of medieval churches

ARTstor has added a new image collection which might be of interest to medievalists historians: Via Lucis  Collection: “ARTstor and Via Lucis have released more than 1,300 high-resolution images of medieval Christian churches in France and Spain by photographers Dennis Aubrey and PJ McKey in the Digital Library. The collection primarily features interior architecture, especially [...]

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ARTstor news: Now available: Special collections from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Today’s ARTstor news: “ARTstor Digital Library has released nearly 4,000 images from a variety of special collections from the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection in ARTstor consists of images digitized from visual materials held in the University Library, which are relevant to a variety of fields, including Irish political [...]

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ARTstor / Warburg Inst. Library: 10K images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations

ARTstor has collaborated with the Warburg Institute Library to share more than 10,000 images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations selected from the rare book collection in the Digital Library. Warburg collection in ARTstor  

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ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning Wednesday 18 May 9.15-11.15 The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University, ARTstor and Bridgeman Education, geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered. OUCS [...]

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ARTstor news: Additional images of European architecture and sculpture images by Sarah N. James

These ARTstor additions should be of interest to historians of medieval and early modern English and European history: “ARTstor is collaborating with Sarah N. James to add more than 450 images of Italian architecture and painting and more than 400 images of English art and architecture to the Digital Library. The new images will join [...]

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ArtSTOR mobile arrived

All 1,000,000+ images from the ARTstor Digital Library are now accessible through iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch to registered ARTstor users. ARTstor Mobile provides read-only features such as searching, browsing, zooming, and viewing saved image groups. Also try the new Flashcard View, which allows you to test your knowledge by viewing the image without [...]

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ArtStor subject guides

ArtSTOR now has useful subject guides, esp. Medieval Studies Renaissance Studies African & African-American Studies, American Studies Native American Studies Latin American Studies History of Science & Medicine and many more. This should help users make better use of the extensive collections of images!

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New on ArtSTOR: Social documentary photographs by Milton Rogovin

The Rogovin Collection has contributed 260 images of Milton Rogovin’s social documentary photography. A documentary photographer and political activist, Milton Rogovin (b. 1909) is best known for his portraits of the poor and working class, and his depictions of their lives, communities, and working conditions. [more]. ArtSTOR is free to Oxford Users via OxLIP+. Use [...]

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New on ArtSTOR: European popular imagery from the Harry Ransom Center

ARTstor has collaborated with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin to share approximately 800 images of European prints documenting popular culture in the Digital Library. These images depict works in the Ransom Center’s European popular imagery collection, which consists of woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and mezzotints from the 16th through 18th [...]

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