Collections & services
Shared Shelf (Hosting)
About
In response to the community's expressed interest, ARTstor is developing Shared Shelf, a web-based image management software service that will provide support for managing images—cataloging, editing, storing, and sharing them. Shared Shelf will also enable seamless integration of image collections with the ARTstor Digital Library. In this effort, ARTstor is working closely with nine institutional partners to develop this new software service: Colby College, Cornell University, Harvard University, Middlebury College, New York University, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Miami, and Yale University.
- To learn more about the "Shared Shelf" development initiative, see the Shared Shelf Press Release.
- To browse a list of common Shared Shelf questions, see the Shared Shelf FAQs.
Key features
- Cataloging tools: Tools will provide both simple and complex metadata entry screens to serve both expert and non-expert catalogers.
- Vocabulary warehouse: The warehouse will house existing controlled vocabularies (such as the Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), and others) and provide tools which will enable users to submit new creator names and work records into a single open-access pool where anyone can access, download, and use these records.
- Digital asset storage system: A system will store and back up high-resolution images, QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR), audio, and video.
- Release to the web: Institutions will be able to control and restrict how broadly their collections are made available online and can easily deliver those digital assets and data to various outlets. Images may be made available to the ARTstor Digital Library and to open-access websites, or may be restricted to a particular institution or group of institutions.
Shared Shelf will be available by license to ARTstor Digital Library subscribers. The Shared Shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) will provide remote hosting of software and digital assets on ARTstor servers without requiring local installation and maintenance. Shared Shelf will also provide workflow support by helping to define roles and privileges to allow geographically distributed teams of content creators to manage the creation, cataloging, storage, and sharing of digital assets.
Contact information
For more information, email sharedshelf@artstor.org or call ARTstor Library Relations at 1 (212) 500-2441 or (866) 248-2691 (toll-free, USA only).
Shared Shelf Partner Institutions
| Clem Guthro | Colby College | CNI Presentation |
| Dean Krafft | Cornell University | CNI Presentation |
| Tracey Robinson | Harvard University | CNI Presentation |
| Mike Roy | Middlebury College | |
| Roddy Austin | New York University | |
| Pauline Saliga | Society of Architectural Historians | CNI Presentation |
| Beth Sandore | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | CNI Presentation |
| Yolanda Cooper | University of Miami | |
| Meg Bellinger | Yale University |
- Download ARTstor's CNI Presentation.
ARTstor Hosting Advisory Group
| JJ Bauer | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| Susan Dreher | Swarthmore College |
| Heidi Eyestone | Carleton College |
| Nicole Finzer | Northwestern University |
| Marcia Focht | Binghamton University |
| Trudy Jacoby | Princeton University |
| Allan Kohl | Minneapolis College of Art & Design |
| Roxanne Lafleur | University of Ottawa |
| Elisa Lanzi | Smith College |
| Jenni Rodda | New York University |
| Elizabeth Schaub | University of Texas at Austin |
| David Seiler | Skidmore College |
| Adrian Turner | California Digital Library |