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Visual Resources Association
28th Annual Conference
March 16-21, 2010
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Vendors' Directory Vendor Information (.pdf)
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Directory of Vendors
The Archivision Digital Research Library is a unique and fast-growing collection of high-quality images photographed by Scott Gilchrist, a professional photographer, architect, and former VR curator. Our library may be licensed (one time in perpetuity) and built via annual modules, representing new and on-going worldwide documentation of both contemporary and historic architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, archaeology, design and art. Our content is professionally cataloged and is VRA Core 4 and CCO compliant. We have built support tools for loading our data into all the major software and delivery systems and offer mapping support with each library module license. Archivision, Inc.
With a facility and crew dedicated to producing high-quality preservation images
of library special collections for 25 years, OCLC’s Preservation
Service Center is now part of Backstage Library Works. Our service
offerings include digitization, image metadata, microfilming, microfilm
duplication, and climate controlled film storage. Are your institution’s
treasures too fragile or unique to ship? We’ll come pick them up
ourselves, or we can bring the equipment and expertise on-site
to manage your project.
Bridgeman Education is the online educational resource of The Bridgeman Art Library,
giving you access to the visual culture of every civilization from
Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica and every period from Prehistory to
the present. With over 300,000 images copyright cleared for educational
use, Bridgeman Education is an invaluable cross-curricular resource
for both students and educators. The resource includes special
features such as: easy image downloading for use in presentations
or inclusion in coursework, and slideshows that can be saved online
which allows for easy access from school and home alike.
Davis Art Images works with museums, artists, and photographers to license high-quality, fine art images to educators. Developed solely to support education, our archive covers a variety of time periods, cultures, and art forms. Areas of specialization include modern and contemporary, American, and non-western art. Each image is licensed in perpetuity with no recurring fees or subscriptions. Once an image is licensed, it can be incorporated into an existing image collection. Davis Art Images
Front Porch Digital is the global leader in content storage management (CSM)
solutions and, with the 2008 acquisition of SAMMA Systems, it is
now the global leader in the migration and preservation of videotape
to digital files as well. Having merged operations with SAMMA,
Front Porch provides an end-to-end solution for cost-effectively
digitizing, accessing, and preserving media past, present, and
future. Front Porch Digital now can accelerate migration of vulnerable
videotape on an unprecedented, global scale to optimize and secure
digital storage.
Gallery Systems provides collections and media management software and services for visual resource libraries and museums of any size or type. Our powerful, easy-to-use solutions organize and manage information and publish content from the database to the Web. Our EmbARK application operates on both Macintosh and Windows workstations and provides integrated digital asset management tools (such as drag-and-drop image linking). Data export options make it easy to share content with other resources. Robb Detlefs
Luna Imaging, Inc www.lunaimaging.com
The Saskia Archive is well known for its extensive, in-depth coverage of Greek and Roman Art, Romanesque and Gothic Architecture, Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, Dutch and Flemish, French 18th and 19th century, all monuments inside St. Peter's, as well as Chinese and Indian Art. Above all, our images provide a solid basis for building courses over time. Saskia's core art history images have a 44-year reputation for high quality, comprehensive data and are selected specifically for teaching art history. Saskia's images are licensed exclusively by Scholars Resource for a one-time fee and can be incorporated in any database viewing software. For more information, please see www.scholarsresource.com.
Scholars Resource is your one-stop source for more than 210,000 high-quality, high-resolution digital images of architecture, painting and sculpture for teaching art history and related disciplines. Our website allows for searching across multiple collections from prominent image vendors; all images are delivered in consistent image resolution as well as the file and data formats that are customized to fit your database schema. Licensing our digital content in perpetuity builds digital image collections that have been carefully selected to fit the needs of core art history courses and seminars. Todd
Keener
SoftChalk software provides the ultimate solution for creating interactive, engaging and professional looking branded online lesson content for the e-learning and smart classroom. Content can include: text, tables, images, links, embedded video, widgets, quiz questions, interactive animations, and more. Through its Digital Repository Program, SoftChalk partners with a variety of organizations to make their high-quality digital images and other content readily available to educators. These partner repositories provide users with access to media collections available under a variety of licenses including: open (creative commons), premium (fee-based license) and private (restricted access). The partner institutions include commercial entities, educational institutions, libraries, and museums. SoftChalk not only makes authoring content with embedded media easy, content can be published to a website or learning management systems. Jeff Kahn
TWO CAT DIGITAL is one of the most experienced digital imaging companies in the world, having digitized millions of items for libraries, museums and archives. We scan photographic prints and film, as well as special collection materials like rare books, pamphlets, posters and other artwork. We also offer expert consulting services to help our clients maximize the effectiveness of their own digitization programs. Our founder and senior consultant, Howard Brainen, will be at the conference to answer any questions you may have. TWO CAT DIGITAL
Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation is devoted to the
study of images and their uses. While images of architecture and
works of art constitute its main focus, it also includes other
subjects and contexts in a wide range of formats. Its scope delves
into the past and looks toward the future, revealing how images
have influenced the perception of art and how the interpretation
of images conditions and enhances academic disciplines such as
archaeology, history, and particularly art and architectural history.
Visual Resources explores how visual language is structured and
visual meaning communicated and also illustrates how picture collections
are acquired, organized, indexed, and preserved. VR examines early
attempts to document the visual, reports on the state of visual
resources, assesses the effect of electronic technology on current
and future uses, and provides a platform for reporting innovative
ways to organize and access visual information – while aiming to
increase the recognition and appreciation of visual documentation.
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