LIBRARY WORKSHOPS FOR RESEARCHERS

Workshop: Finding Images: a workshop for art historians and architects on image resources both within and outside of UCD Library

Topics to be covered will include:

· Using various search engines to locate images: Google, Ask, Picsearch, Turboscout
· Using various image collections: Flickr:Creative Commons, Wikimedia
· Using gateways & portals: Intute, Infomine
· Freely-available resources in art history and architecture,
e.g. Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), Buildings of Ireland, Russian Visual Arts…..
· New developments: the National Digital Learning Resource
visual search engines (e.g. Idee Multicolour Search Lab )
· Subscription-based services in UCD Library with a specific look at ARTstor….
this is a collection of over 550,000 digital images covering architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, the decorative arts and design, as well as archaeological
and anthropological objects. In addition to searching and browsing,
users can create, save & share groups of images, develop presentations, etc.

Presenters: Julia Barrett (UCD Library);
Carla Briggs, School of Art History & Cultural Policy and Samantha Martin-McAuliffe, School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering who will both be sharing their experiences of using ARTstor
Venue: Information Skills Room, Health Sciences Library, Belfield (Building no. 16 on campus map, www.ucd.ie/maps/)
Date: Thursday 28th February
Time: 2.30 – 4.00pm
Booking: www.ucd.ie/library/researchbooking/
Further information: Contact Julia Barrett, UCD Library, (Julia.barrett@ucd.ie; 01-716 2741)