ARTstor News

Enhancements to the Digital Library

We are pleased to announce that later this month we will be releasing several
enhancements to the ARTstor Digital Library. Metadata improvements will make it possible
to discover ARTstor content in new ways and to create more refined and efficient
searches. Additional enhancements will provide easier ways to navigate and organize
search results. Some highlights are explained below.

  * Cross-collection browsing. Users will be able to browse across all
    collections in the Digital Library by geography and
    classification. These new options will be available from the
    Welcome Page and offer new ways of discovering ARTstor content.
  * Advanced search. The new advanced search will allow users to
    create more specific queries that result in more accurate search
    results. The advanced search will allow users to refine a search
    by date or a date range, and to choose to search within specific
    collections, specific geographic areas, and within object
    classifications.
  * Sorting by date. Users will have the new option to sort search
    results by date, in addition to existing sorts by creator or title
    of the works.

We will also introduce changes to an expanded Personal Collections.

  * Audio file upload. Instructor-level users will have the ability to
    upload audio files (MP3) to their Personal Collections.

We will send an additional announcement detailing the changes when these enhancements are
released.

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 New Version of the Offline Image Viewer

A new release of the ARTstor Offline Image Viewer (version 2.6) will be released shortly
after the enhancements to the Digital Library. The newest version of the OIV will contain
additional features and enhanced functionality that are not available in previous
versions of the software. Many of the new features are a direct result of user feedback
and recommendations.

In addition to the functionality of previous versions, the new release of the Offline
Image Viewer will include the following new features:

  * Users will be able to import PowerPoint presentations directly
    into the OIV, effectively translating PowerPoint presentations
    into OIV presentations.
  * Before importing an Image Group from ARTstor into the OIV, users
    will see a preview of each image contained in that group.
  * The OIV will offer more templates from which to choose when
    creating slide presentations.
  * New functionality for undo/redo will be added.
  * The OIV 2.6 will be compatible with all new Mac computers with the
    Intel Core Duo processor.
  * Instructor-level users will be able to upload both local images
    and OIV presentations from the OIV to their Personal Collections
    in ARTstor.

We will send an announcement as soon as the OIV 2.6 is available for download.

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 ARTstor Releasing OIV Basic

In mid-August, ARTstor will release a freeware version of the OIV software, OIV Basic.
Users at non-participating institutions that wish to use the OIV for creating and
presenting image-based presentations using local content will be able to download and use
OIV Basic. OIV Basic will have all the functionality of the full OIV including importing
local images, zooming into images during presentation modes, creating slides from images,
and printing, but will not allow users to download high-resolution ARTstor images. OIV
Basic will be available for download from ARTstor's public website. We will send an
announcement when it is available for download.