Hours
The VRC is staffed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am - 5pm. I can be contacted remotely by email (lgerety@sva.edu) on Wednesdays.
Collection
The collection includes over 73,000 local digital records through our in-house image database, SVA Image Library, which is now accessed as an Institutional Collection in JSTOR images.
Services
VRC staff offers a variety of services to the SVA community, including maintenance of our online collection of images as well as training and technical support for JSTOR images. We also provide information on scanning and storing images.
One-on-one instruction for the use of our image databases is available by contacting Lorraine Gerety (lgerety@sva.edu, 212-592-2667).
**Artstor has moved to the JSTOR platform as of August 1, 2024** Documents artistic traditions across many time periods and cultures including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Digital images come from museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The collection is over 2+ million images. Users must create a personal account.
Below are a few research guides on Copyright Basics:
The following are some great Use Assessment Tools pertaining to copyright, fair use guidelines and best practices:
Click here to visit Colgate University's helpful examples of how to create correct image citations in papers and presentations, using MLA, Chicago and APA writing styles. Another great option is the Research Guide for Citing Images provided by UC Libraries.