Using ARTstor
We have created many materials to support your use of ARTstor, whether
you are a primary contact looking for a quick guide for faculty, a
faculty member looking for a student handout to aid with course folder
registration, or a student wishing to attend an online training
session. All of these materials - and many more - can be found in the
Using ARTstor section of our website, which starts here [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/techspecs.jsp].
Some of the highlights of our support materials include:
- Best Practices
In five versions written specifically for five different types of user
audiences, our Best Practices documents clearly outline the
recommended steps to take when implementing or using ARTstor. For more
information, see below.
- Training Presentations [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/training_presentations.jsp]
For users that will be conducting their own ARTstor training, the
PowerPoint presentations that we have developed for our training
sessions are all made available for your adaptation and use. There are
four sessions that cover a range of user levels and functionality.
- Instructional Handouts [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/instructional_handouts.jsp]
We have several types of quick guides available online: a one-page
guide for all users, a guide for faculty and one for students. There
is also a handout that instructors can give to students with
instructions and access codes for registration to course folders.
- Announcement Templates [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/internal_announcements.jsp]
We have drafted several templates that can be used for internal
communications. There is a press release to announce the initial
availability of ARTstor, an email template which includes some brief
information about getting started with ARTstor and a customizable web
page that can be added to your website.
- Online Training Sessions [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/endusertraining.jsp]
There are several pages in our site that walk users through the
process of registering for, preparing to attend and joining an online
training session. All instructions are accompanied with screen shots
to make the process as clear as possible.
We welcome your comments on all of the support materials we've
provided. Please submit your feedback to userservices@artstor.org.
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Best Practices
Having recently passed the one year anniversary of ARTstor's
availability, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on ARTstor's
reception at our participating institutions. Over the past year, the
User Services team has visited several campuses for on-site trainings,
while also conducting remote sessions via WebEx. We've also reached
out to our local contacts with follow-up discussions and carefully
perused their library web sites. All of these activities have provided
us with a great deal of feedback about how ARTstor is being used and
promoted on various campuses across the country. We wanted to share
this information more broadly with all of ARTstor's participants, so
that it could become a community-wide resource of Best Practices.
We have posted several Best Practices documents in the "Using ARTstor" [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/techspecs.jsp]
section of our public web site, each targeted to a different type of
user. Click on the headings in the left-hand side of the page to
access Resources for End Users, Primary Contacts, etc. Then, select
the Best Practices" topic listed on the right-hand side of the page
to view the corresponding PDF document.
For each of these user groups, we have listed specific objectives and
provided suggestions for how to achieve those goals. Wherever
possible, we have endeavored to list at least one example out the many
creative solutions that we have found while canvassing the ARTstor
participants community. If you are trying to promote and encourage
ARTstor usage at your institution, these examples may spark ideas for
what can be implemented on your own campus. We intend these Best
Practices to be living documents, so if you have any suggestions or
examples of your own that you would like to share, please send them to
us at userservices@artstor.org.
- Best Practices for End Users [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/BestPracticesEU.pdf]
Suggestions for end users on how to exploit the full functionality of
ARTstor, concentrating on the use of digital images for study,
research, and presentation.
- Best Practices for Primary Contacts [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/BestPracticesPC.pdf]
Guidelines for librarians on how to navigate the process of licensing
and acquiring ARTstor. There are also suggestions for how to promote
ARTstor and encourage its use within various constituencies, whether
faculty or students.
- Best Practices for Faculty [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/BestPracticesF.pdf]
Examples of how faculty members at various institutions have
incorporated ARTstor into their courses and classroom presentations,
focusing on the use of Image Groups, Course Folders, and the Offline
Image Viewer.
- Best Practices for Instructional Technologists [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/BestPracticesIT.pdf]
Ideas for how Instructional Technology Professionals can assist
librarians and faculty members with the integration of ARTstor and
other technology within the campus curriculum.
- Best Practices for Trainers [http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/BestPracticesT.pdf]
Methods of organizing ARTstor training sessions on campus, as well as
reaching out to different communities of users, whether students,
faculty, and library staff.
