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Bulletin of the Elihu Burritt Library, Vol. 9 Issue 1
(Autumn 2004)
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Luna Insight Digital Art and Image Collections
by John Rutherford
Earlier this year the ECSU and CCSU libraries
and art departments applied for grants from the CSU IT Pilot Project program
and Sun Microsystems to implement a Digital Collections Management
System. Grants were awarded for $170,000 for the purchase of:
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Computer servers from Sun Microsystems
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Digital Collections Management software from Luna Insight
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Licensed Art History Images from Saskia (4,000 images)
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Subscription to the AMICO Art Library (over 120,000
images)
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Server maintenance and support contracts
The initial focus of the grant is to provide a high-quality collection
of art, architecture, and design images in support of the art history curriculum
at both campuses, and later to provide software and servers to host other
collections of digital images produced locally.
The Luna Insight software provides art faculty and students with a powerful
interface for viewing, studying, and presenting art images and descriptive
information about each image. Images in the digital collections may be
searched or browsed, and selected images can be exported as web pages
or PowerPoint presentations.
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Images in the collection may be viewed in a workspace
that allows image manipulation, resizing, side-by-side comparisons, display
of descriptive information, and annotation. Images may also be linked
to resources on campus networks or the Internet.
In addition to the CSU Digital Art image collection, there are a number
of collections that have been created by Luna users in art museums and
universities around the world. Many of these collections are available
for use by other Luna users and may be accessed through the CCSU Luna
Insight interface. These collections include:
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The Farber Gravestone Collection
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The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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The Japanese Historical Map Collection
In addition to these free collections, CCSU and ECSU
have also subscribed to the AMICO Library, a collection of 120,000
images licensed from major art museums and collections in the
United States and Canada. Together these collections represent a
library of over 130,000 high-quality images to support education
and research at the two campuses.
For more information on using the digital collections or to request
instructional sessions, please contact Deborah Herman in the library
(hermand@ccsu.edu,
832-2084)
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William A. O'Neill Papers
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John J.
Woodcock, III Lemon Law Records Finding Aid Now Available |
Systems Librarian John Rutherford was instrumental in making the
contents of the William A. O’Neill Gubernatorial Papers digitally
accessible to scholars. O’Neill, a CCSU alumnus, was 84th Governor
of Connecticut and succeeded Ella T. Grasso upon her resignation in
1980. The finding aid for this collection is now available for viewing:
http://library.ccsu.edu/oneill/.
The document was created using Enhanced Archival Description (EAD),
an XML-based standard for describing the contents of archival collections.
O’Neill’s administration was marked by tribulations occasioned by
the transition from Johnson’s Great Society to Regan-era reductions
in federally financed programs. The collection is comprised of constituent
correspondence, reports from state agencies, records of the Governor's
legal counsel, records of special assistant David McQuade, correspondence
and reports from the Governor's Washington Office, press releases,
speeches, photographs and campaign materials including film and videotape.
To obtain access to the papers, contact the
Connecticut State
Library's History and Genealogy Department since the materials
are stored off-site.
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The CCSU Center for Public Policy and Social Research and the
Burritt Library Special Collections are pleased announce the availability
of the John J. Woodcock, III Lemon Law Records (1982-1992), which
document the landmark legislation enacted in 1982 to protect consumers
from defective automobiles.
Inspired by earlier proposed legislation in California that failed to pass
due to vigorous opposition from automobile manufacturers and dealers, John J. Woodcock, III, a Connecticut State legislator and
attorney, gathered support for the enactment of similar
legislation in Connecticut. As an attorney, Woodcock observed an
increase in the number of cases related to defective automobiles
in the wake of Regan-era deregulatory policies as well as a lack of any legal mechanism for redress.
The collection is divided in 6 series: Passage of Lemon Laws, Lemon
Laws in other states, Federal attempts at preemption, Court cases
and legal challenges, Publicity including scrapbooks of newspaper
clipping and video and audio recordings, and Elections and campaigns.
The records are housed in the Burritt Library Special Collections.
For additional information, please call 832-2085. A web-accessible
finding aid is also available at the following address:
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The Luna Insight Workspace with toolbar and descriptive data display