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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 13:58:14 +0100 From: Oliver ObstSubject: Article in Database on Images I want to draw your attention to the following article in the august volume of DATABASE: J.Cox; M.Taleb: "Images on the Internet: Enhanced User Access" p.18-26
From: Howard Besser 514939-7000 or 510642-2231Subject: Re: request for recent article cites Here's a list of my imaging-related articles (at least those of a serious nature). This includes an article on moving images as well. The Encyclopedia of LIS article is really just a version of the STUDIES IN MULTIMEDIA chapter. The rest are fairly unique. -Howard Besser ----------------------------- Fast Forward: The Future of Moving Image Collections, in Gary Handman (ed.), Video Collection Management and Development: A Multi-type Library Perspective, Westport, CT: Greenwood, (in press) Image Databases, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences 53:16, New York: Marcel Dekker, 1994, pages 1-15 Adding an Image Database to an Existing Library and Computer Environment: Design and Technical Considerations, in Susan Stone and Michael Buckland (eds.), Studies in Multimedia (Proceedings of the 1991 Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science), Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc, 1992, pages 31-45 Advanced Applications of Imaging: Fine Arts, Journal of the American Society of Information Science, September 1991, pages 589-596 User Interfaces for Museums, Visual Resources 7, 1991, pages 293-309 Access to Diverse Collections in University Settings: The Berkeley Dilemma, in Toni Petersen and Pat Moholt (eds.), Beyond the Book: Extending MARC for Subject Access, Boston: G. K. Hall, 1990, pages 203-224 (with Maryly Snow) Visual Access to Visual Images: The UC Berkeley Image Database Project, Library Trends 38 (4), Spring, 1990, pages 787-798 Adding Analysis Tools to Image Databases: Facilitating Research in Geography & Art History, Proceedings of RIAO 88, March 1988, volume 2, pages 972-990 Digital Images for Museums, Museum Studies Journal 3 (1), Fall/Winter, 1987, pages 74-81 The Changing Museum, in Ching-chih Chen (ed), Information: The Transformation of Society (Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science), Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc, 1987, pages 14-19 Computers for Art Analysis, in R. A. Braden, et al. (ed), Visible & Viable: The Role of Images in Instruction & Communication (Readings from the 18th Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association), Blacksburg, VA: IVLA, 1987
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 14:00:55 -0700 From: Stuart GlogoffStone, Gerald. "ArchiVISTA: New technology for an old problem," in Studies in multimedia. Proceedings of the 1991 Mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science (Medford, N.J.: Learned Information, 1992):153-159. Stone, Gerald and Philip Sylvain. "ArchiVISTA: A new horizon in providing access to visual records of the National Archives of Canada," in Archivaria, no. 33 (winter 1991/92):253-266. Reprinted from Library trends, v. 38, no. 4 (spring 1990):737-750.
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:37:20 -0700 From: Stuart GlogoffSender: IMAGELIB Subject: About IMAGELIB IMAGELIB is an unmoderated bulletin board for the discussion of image databases in libraries. Its purpose is to raise questions, solicit input, and share ideas. It is not intended to duplicate other lists nor to engage in technical discussions, such as World Wide Web server development and administration. For this listserv, topics for discussions range from: 1. Accessing, retrieving, and displaying images from the Internet: preferences for particular interfaces, organizing directories on local servers, and preferences for particular clients. 2. Creating local image databases: scanning photographic and slide collections of scholarly value or regional significance; full-text. 3. Exploring issues such as copyright, permissions, and fair use. 4. Working with users to incorporate image databases in their courses and research. Sharing success stories and asking for advice. Another function of IMAGELIB is to serve as a clearinghouse to announce image databases. Information is entered in the Clearinghouse directory on the UA Library's Gopher server--telnet to dizzy.library.arizona.edu and login as gopher. In addition to existing image databases, we would like to receive information on projects that are in-development. This will be useful because many projects take months or years to complete. Knowing who is doing what could save others a great deal of time and promote sharing new ideas. To Subscribe to IMAGELIB, send the following message to listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu (that's a ONE at the end of arizvm, not an L) SUB imagelib Your Full Name example: sub imagelib Mary Johnson To signoff, send email to listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu with the message: SIGNOFF imagelib IMAGELIB is also available as a Usenet Newsgroup. Subscribe to bit.listserv.imagelib as you normally would for other newsgroups.
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 08:14:06 -0500 From: (Byron Glick)Subject: New Listserv on Image databases... The University of Arizona Library and the UA's computing center are hosting a listserv called IMAGELIB. IMAGELIB is an unmoderated bulletin board for the discussion of image databases in libraries. Its purpose is to raise questions, solicit input, and share ideas. It is not intended to duplicate other lists nor to engage in technical discussions, such as World Wide Web server development and administration. For this listserv, topics for discussions range from: 1. Accessing, retrieving, and displaying images from the Internet: preferences for particular interfaces, organizing directories on local servers, and preferences for particular clients. 2. Creating local image databases: scanning photographic and slide collections of scholarly value or regional significance; full-text. 3. Exploring issues such as copyright, permissions, and fair use. 4. Working with users to incorporate image databases in their courses and research. Sharing success stories and asking for advice. Another function of the list is to serve as a clearinghouse to announce image databases. Information will be entered on a special directory on the UA Library's Gopher server. We will post messages to IMAGELIB in the coming weeks inviting submissions. At this time, we are identifying categories so each entry will be as clear and useful to others as possible. In addition to existing image databases, we would like to receive information for the clearinghouse on projects that are in-development. This will be useful because many projects take months or years to complete. Knowing who is doing what could save others a great deal of time and promote sharing new ideas. To Subscribe to IMAGELIB, send the following message to listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu SUB imagelib Your Full Name example: sub imagelib Mary Johnson To signoff send email to listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu with the message: SIGNOFF imagelib Here's some more good news: IMAGELIB is also available as a Usenet Newsgroup. Subscribe to bit.listserv.imagelib as you normally would for other newsgroups.
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 09:04:45 -0400 From: Pamela MasonSubject: Invitation to Evaluate Image Database The following letter was mailed to potential evaluators from the land grant and cooperative extension service community. In an effort to reach others who might find the content of the database of interest, I am posting this invitation to the two lists. Apologies to those who subscribe to both and will receive two invitations. Cheers, Pamela *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* | Pamela Mason, Project Manager | National Agricultural Library | | pmason@nalusda.gov | Information Systems Division | | Phone: (301) 504-6813 | 10301 Baltimore Blvd. | | Phone: (301) 504-7473 | Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 | *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* The National Agricultural Library (NAL), in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Sciences and Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, has produced a horticultural database of nearly 2000 full-color images and their descriptions. Two different collections are represented: the first 26 volumes of Curtis' Botanical Magazine (1787-1813) and a slide collection of common landscaping plant pests and diseases from MSU. The Curtis collection includes not only the hand-colored botanical prints, but images of the text descriptions for each plant, plus the corrected index to the volumes. The plant pests and diseases collection includes the most commonly-seen problems as well as selected images of beneficial insects to enable their identification. We invite you to participate in the evaluation of these two collections in both the online and CD-ROM versions during the 6-month period from November, 1994 through April,1995. The image database will reside on a World Wide Web server at the University of Pittsburgh that will be accessed through a MOSAIC client residing on the participants'computers (which can be PCs, Macintoshes, X-terminals or workstations). MOSAIC clients are available for all these platforms. The image files are being stored in TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), but can be requested in GIF (8-bit color) as well as JPEG (24-bit color). Indeed, evaluating what color levels are preferred is one of the objectives. A NAL-produced CD-ROM with TIFF-only images, running under Windows 3.1 will also be part of the evaluation. Beyond agreeing to respond to the evaluation questionnaire, participants should have the following at a minimum (Note: users with PCs need only have the one platform to evaluate both the online and the CD-ROM version; users with Macintoshes or X- terminals or workstations would also need to have a PC to evaluate the CD-ROM version): 1) A connection to the Internet (via server or modem) 2) 386-level PC (or higher) with VGA or Super VGA color monitor (preferably Super VGA with 512K Video RAM; 640 x 480 pixels resolution, 256 colors). (For both the online version plus the CD-ROM version evaluation.) or Macintosh with 8 bit color monitor (for online version only) or X-terminal device or workstation, with color monitor capable of 640 x 480 pixels resolution, 256 colors (for online version only) 3) MOSAIC client appropriate to the platform (PC, Macintosh, X) 4) Microsoft Windows 3.1 (for CD-ROM version evaluation) 5) CD-ROM drive (for CD-ROM version evaluation) 6) Imaging software (at a minimum, JPEG View (MOSAIC viewer) or Windows Paintbrush, which is supplied as part of Windows 3.1, but preferably other imaging software capable of handling other image formats) We would especially like to invite the participation of organizations which have computer support for 24-bit color or "true color", which requires 1 MB Video RAM and separate video card. This level of quality is important to our evaluation of the uses made of the images by endusers requiring very high resolution and color quality. Users who may find these two collections of interest range from art, horticultural and botanical libraries to homeowners, teachers, master gardeners, horticultural specialists, and Cooperative Extension Service agents. We are especially interested in having the materials evaluated by a wide variety of participants who may wish to incorporate the images into their work, to reproduce them for other purposes, or simply use the images and the accompanying descriptions as teaching tools or for pest identification. Our intent is to evaluate the image resolutions and color levels which are satisfactory for each purpose. In addition, we wish receive feedback on the indexing of images using text descriptors, e.g., were the terms relevant to the various user communities, and if not, what could be done to improve access? Please respond by October 31, 1994 to this invitation so we may include you or your organization among the evaluators of this exciting digital library. The form which follows should be used for the response. Please return it as electronic mail.
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 10:41:26 -0500 From: "andrew davidhazy @ RIT"Subject: Electronic Photo and other Short Courses To: Multiple recipients of list NPPA-L If you are interested in seminars and workshops on subjects such as Digital Imaging Principles, Photoshop, Quark XPress and Photostyler Workshops, Electronic Photography, Printing for Non Printers and related topics you can obtain a complete file of upcoming dates and costs of such seminars offered by the Technical and Education Center of the Graphic Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. To receive this file by automatic reply send e-mail with SEMINARS$txt in the SUBJECT: line of a message addressed to: RITPHOTO@rit.edu You can also obtain loads of data on undergrad and grad photography programs, a database of schools that offer photo instruction worldwide, FAQ photo files and an e-mail address and phonebook for RIT photo faculty by saying INFO$txt in the Subject: line instead of seminars$txt.
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 15:15:50 GMT From: "J.W. White"Sender: IMAGELIB Subject: Image Database project _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _/ _/% \%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL _/ _/%\\ \\\%% % \%% \\\\ \%% \\\\ \% Department of Computer Science _/ _/%%% \%%%% \\ \\ \%% \%%% \%% \%%% \% ================================== _/ _/%%% \%%%% \%\\% \%% \%%% \%% \\% IMAGE DATABASE PROJECT _/ _/%%% \%%%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% \\\\ \% ================================== _/ _/%%% \%%%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% \%%% \% TEAM: Dr Bernard Diaz (Director) _/ _/% \%% \%%%% \%% \\%% \\% John Killoran _/ _/%\\\\\\%%\\%%%%\\%%\\\\\\%%%\\\\\\%% Jeremy White _/ _/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ The Liverpool University Image Database Group is constructing a report (which will be available as a Gopher resouce) titled: "Image Database Systems for Unix Environments". Although primarily interested in hardware and software (we hope to cover both working and research systems), we wish to contact potential and current users to enhance our understanding of the image database requirement. Although our brief is to cover the Unix environment - we hope to look at anything that might be out there. Our aim is to generate a "wish list" which might serve as a pointer for research, as well as a "which guide" to what is currently available. Consequently, we are not too concerned about what might be an "image database" - we are interested in what the community thinks is one and the facilities it does or should provide. Given these aims; we seek users, developers of databases, and systems and research people who are prepared to share with us their expertise. In return we will ensure they get an early copy of the report. If you can help us, please respond to these questions. 1. do you wish to be registered to receive a copy of the report; if yes please provide your full Name and Postal Address. 2. how do you define an image database ? Do you consider yourself an image database end-user or potential end-user, a database developer, or an image database systems person ? 3. what is your experience of image databases ? are you a regular user ? how would you rate your a) practical knowledge, b) knowledge of theoretical issues ? 4. what image database systems do you know of ? what hard/software requirements do they have ? What are your opinions of them ? 5. who do you reckon are the experts in the field of Image Database ? 6. assuming no constraints - what would your ideal system provide by way of facilities ? How would you expect to use it ? 7. what features would you expect to see in a minimal image database system ? If you merely "reply" to this posting it should get to us. If you can include details of the newsgroup on which you found the posting we would consider that a bonus. Alternatively, if you email us (imdb@csc.liv.ac.uk) please include the word "posting" in the subject field of the header. In anticipation - Many thanks for your help. ========================================================================= If absolutely pressed OUR definition of "image database" would include: image, digital photograph, and picture archives, video clip databases, cad/cae/cal databases, fine art image libraries, art photographs, medical image libraries including thermal imaging pix etc, geographical information systems (gis) in their widest sense - including remote sensor imagery, visualisation databases, digital imagery of manuscripts, animation libraries, etc.
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 09:41:00 -0500 From: Kurt FossSubject: FYI/Graphics File Formats book 68.09 O'Reilly Graphics File Formats book From: sara@ora.com (Sara Winge) We have just published this guide to nearly 100 graphics file formats: from major, standardized formats, like GIF, TIFF, TGA, and BMP to newer or specialized formats, like SGI YAODL, Rayshade, and Facesaver. If you are a graphics programmer who needs to know the details of a format (whether it's big- or little-endian, how many colors can be stored, and precisely what data appears in each bit or pixel) or anyone else who needs to deal with the low-level technical details of graphics files, this book is for you. It is for programmers on any platform-- MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, the Macintosh, and others. (90 lines) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats By James D. Murray and William vanRyper 928 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-058-9, $59.95 (US) In addition to describing the details of the file formats, the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats contains a detailed discussion of graphics concepts and programming, covering such topics as types of graphics data (vector, bitmap, metafile, scene description, animation, multimedia), truecolor, palettes, and color--its perception, conversion, and quantization. It describes in detail different methods of compressing graphics data (e.g., run-length encoding, LZW, CCITT, JPEG) and ways of converting from one type of file format to another. It also includes information on new graphics initiatives, including JPEG (an emerging image data compression standard of particular interest in multimedia technology) and MPEG (a set of digital and audio compression standards for sound and motion picture data). The book comes with a CD-ROM on which we've included a collection of resources that are hard for individuals to find (in many cases, they have never before been available outside the organizations that developed them). We've assembled original file format specification documents from such vendors as Adobe, Aldus, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Silicon Graphics, along with test images and code examples for many of the formats. Also on the CD-ROM is a set of publicly available software--for MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, and Macintosh platforms--that will let you convert, view, and manipulate graphics files and images. --------------------------------------------------------------- This and other O'Reilly products are available in the Americas and Japan through bookstores, or directly from the publisher (credit card orders 800-889-8969; email order@ora.com). For information: telephone 707-829-0515 (800-998-9938 in US & Canada); FAX 707-829-0104; email nuts@ora.com; or write O'Reilly & Associates, 103A Morris St., Sebastopol, CA, 95472, USA. GSA # GS-02F-6095A. Access our online gopher catalog via "telnet gopher.ora.com" (log in as "gopher" -- no password needed). Our international distributors: * EUROPE (except German-speaking countries), MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA International Thomson Publishing, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA, UK. Telephone 44-71-497-1422; FAX 44-71-497-1426 * GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES. International Thomson Publishing, Konigswinterer Strasse 418, 53227 Bonn, Germany. Telephone 49-228-445171; FAX 49-228-441342; or email 100272.2422@compuserve.com * ASIA. International Thomson Publishing, 221 Henderson Rd., #05-10 Henderson Building, Singapore 0315. Telephone 65-272-6496; FAX 65-272-6498 * AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. WoodsLane, Unit 8, 101 Darley Street, Mona Vale, NSW 2103, Australia. Telephone 61-2-979-5944; FAX 61-2-997-3348; or email woods@tmx.mhs.oz.au -- Sara Winge email: sara@ora.com O'Reilly & Associates 103A Morris St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 707/829-0515 Fax 707/829-0104
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 94 14:37:32 -0600 From: "Richard R. Lane"Subject: clipart sources Thanks to all who responded to my message seeking sources of clipart. A number of you asked that I share what I learned. Here it is.... From: btrue@facstaff.wisc.edu (Betsy True) We have a few rats & mice, and some base art of nurses/technicians that could be modified by us to be lab personnell. We can draw equipment here for you, also, if you need something specific. If you're interested, give us a call at 263-6028. From: "Edward Smith" Try the UW-Stevens Point Gopher. Path: The Internet and Points Beyond/ Internet Gold-Mines/ Images There is a very large collection at Florida State, somewhere in those directories. From: (Jeff Finlay) The Texas A&M Cooperative Extension Service has a clipart collection on gopher. To access it, point your Gopher client to: leviathan.tamu.edu On the resulting menu, select "Clip Art Collection." From there, you can search by keyword. It's a fairly good collection, maybe a third of it is of commercial quality by today's standards. From: KOCHHAR@neurophys.wisc.edu You might try anonymous ftp to gatekeeper.dec.com At one time they had a large collection of clipart, though I don't remember what subdirectory, or even whether they still do. From: Ramakrishna Desiraju One good source for clipart in general is provided on PowerPoint for Macintosh. If you need some help locating this, please email me. Another good source of clipart is IBM's storyboard and Microsoft's Toolbook, but my knowledge of these two is probably antiquated. I remember seeing some pictures of animals in the database.
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 09:41:00 -0500 From: sara@ora.com (Sara Winge) Subject: FYI/Graphics File Formats book We have just published this guide to nearly 100 graphics file formats: from major, standardized formats, like GIF, TIFF, TGA, and BMP to newer or specialized formats, like SGI YAODL, Rayshade, and Facesaver. If you are a graphics programmer who needs to know the details of a format (whether it's big- or little-endian, how many colors can be stored, and precisely what data appears in each bit or pixel) or anyone else who needs to deal with the low-level technical details of graphics files, this book is for you. It is for programmers on any platform-- MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, the Macintosh, and others. Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats By James D. Murray and William vanRyper 928 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-058-9, $59.95 (US) In addition to describing the details of the file formats, the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats contains a detailed discussion of graphics concepts and programming, covering such topics as types of graphics data (vector, bitmap, metafile, scene description, animation, multimedia), truecolor, palettes, and color--its perception, conversion, and quantization. It describes in detail different methods of compressing graphics data (e.g., run-length encoding, LZW, CCITT, JPEG) and ways of converting from one type of file format to another. It also includes information on new graphics initiatives, including JPEG (an emerging image data compression standard of particular interest in multimedia technology) and MPEG (a set of digital and audio compression standards for sound and motion picture data). The book comes with a CD-ROM on which we've included a collection of resources that are hard for individuals to find (in many cases, they have never before been available outside the organizations that developed them). We've assembled original file format specification documents from such vendors as Adobe, Aldus, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Silicon Graphics, along with test images and code examples for many of the formats. Also on the CD-ROM is a set of publicly available software--for MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, and Macintosh platforms--that will let you convert, view, and manipulate graphics files and images.
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:15:21 -0500 From: Kurt FossSubject: FWD: All-In-One Document Image Mgt Mindworks' All-In-One Document Image Mgt System SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 1994 OCT 6 (NB) -- Document image management specialist, MindWorks Corp., has introduced The Knowledge Builder, which the company says is a "complete document image storage and retrieval system." According to the company, the system allows users to manage critical information by scanning documents at high speed and storing them on disk. Mindworks President, El-Shimi, told Newsbytes that, unlike other such products available, The Knowledge Builder offers a "total software and hardware system" for the desktop by including Recollect Software, a full text retrieval software package with Fuzzy Search, a desktop scanner, and MindBank 270, which operates like a hard disk drive with unlimited capacity. "Many offices can benefit from a document imaging solution but find most systems to be too complicated for their needs. The Knowledge Builder was designed with the desktop user in mind, said El Shimi, adding that document imaging is considerably faster and takes up a lot less space. The bundled Recollect's OCR (optical character recognition) software automatically identifies all the "meaningful" words, and uses them to create a separate index for each document. To retrieve documents, the user types the word and every document with that word appears on screen with a "bulls-eye" on the pages where those words surface. "Most importantly," adds El Shimi, "you don't have to keep a look out for OCR mistakes on low-quality documents or mis-spellings because of Recollect's Fuzzy Search." For instance, if the system recognizes a word such as medical to be modical, you can still add modical and retrieve the document." The MindBank 270 allows each removable 270 megabyte (MB) magnetic cartridge to handle up to 4,500 pages. The first cartridge is included with the mechanism, as well as all the interface hardware and driver software needed. The MindWorks Scanner, which is built by Ricoh, is a high-quality grayscale flat-bed with a 30 page automatic document feeder. The Knowledge Builder Includes: the Recollect document image management software; a Ricoh grayscale desktop scanner with an automatic document feeder; the MindBank 270 removable magnetic cartridge storage device with one 270MB cartridge; and a SCSI (small computer system interface) interface kit. It carries a manufacturer's suggested list price of $2,995. MindWorks claims that all equipment has been optimized for compatibility and, therefore, no additional drivers or cables are needed for simple plug-and-play. The company directly handles technical support and sales. The software is available separately for users that already have a scanner and storage device. (Nick Anis/19941006/Press Contact: Erica Swerdlow, EBS Public Relations Inc., 708-520-3300, Adel El-Shimi, MindWorks, tel 800-396-MIND, fax 408-730-2143)
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