Using the Visual Resources Center: FACULTY GUIDE

Welcome to the Visual Resources Center. The VR Center has approximately 90,000 slides in the field of Art History and Studio Concentrations. By adhering to the following procedures everyone will be able to use the VR Center to its fullest potential.

SLIDE ARRANGEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION

The Center is set up with three banks of slide files, beginning with the bank next to the door on the wall and continuing through the middle of the room. The slides are arranged chronologically, beginning with Paleolithic images and ending with the 20th century. The drawers are color-coded by medium (architecture, sculpture, painting, prints, drawings, and photography) for easy identification. Non-western art, other arts, graphic and interior design, and art education slides are in the middle bank facing the windows. It is not until after the Gothic period that the drawers are divided into medium, so if you are searching for a slide that is earlier than the 11th century, it will be in the drawers with the yellow labels and listed under period.

Within each medium the slides are listed alphabetically by Artist's last name, then alphabetically by Title of Work. It is necessary that you know the last name of the artist you are looking for and which medium he/she was working in as well as the century they worked. Full views of the work are filed first, followed by any detail views. In the Architecture drawers, plans and diagrams are placed first, then aerial views, followed by detailed views of the architectural work from the exterior to the interior. Slide label information includes: broad medium, century, artist's nationality, artist's name (last name first), title of work, creation date, specific medium, dimensions, and location.

SLIDE LOAN: OTHER DEPARTMENTS

  1. You will be using a light green color card marked "Part-Time/Other Faculty" to check out slides from the drawers. These color cards are found in the back of the room on the counter. Place that color card in the slide drawer in the exact slot where you pull out the slide.
  2. Before loading the slides into the carousel tray, take them to the back of the slide room, and on the counter top you will see a small copier machine. Raise up the copier lid, and you will see an open space on the glass, outlined by purple ribbon. Place the slides FACE DOWN on the glass and lower the lid. Press the start button and make one copy of the slide labels. The copier is loaded with Slide Checkout Forms. Your copy will come out on the right-hand side of the copier. Turn the paper over, and fill out the personal information on the back, and sign the form. Take the form to where the color card tray is located and leave the form in the plastic bin next to the tray. That’s it!
  3. Arrange the slides in the tray in the desired order remembering that the red dot should always be in the upper right hand corner facing your next slide. This means that the slide will be upside down until viewed through the slide projector. To assure that the slides are arranged in the right direction, view your completed slide presentation on the Caramate projection viewers located on the round table.
  4. Return the slides promptly after class, placing them in front of the box where the "Part-time/Other Faculty" color cards are kept. The student refiler will refile the slides, and will know to look for the slide checkout form in the refile bin.
  5. All borrowers are subject to a $5 per slide fee for any lost slides. Faculty from outside the School of Art, Design and Art History can access the collection during regular hours and are limited to a 48-hour loan period.

CAROUSEL TRAYS

Sign out all carousel trays on the yellow sheet by the white board. Trays are located in the storage bins under the slide cabinets. Return trays as soon as you are finished and write the date returned on the sheet.

IMAGE OWNERSHIP AND COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

Once an image has been added to the fine arts slide collection, by either copy photography, digital scanning, or purchase, it becomes the property of the State of Virginia and subject to the Visual Resources Center policies and U.S. copyright laws. Slides from the JMU School of Art, Design and Art History collection cannot be reproduced in any form, or changed to another imaging format, except in compliance with the current copyright laws and fair use guidelines. It is implicit in the lending of slides that the borrower agrees not to authorize duplication or reproduction without permission from the VR Curator and assumes all responsibility for that restriction.

BORROWING VIDEOTAPES AND CD-ROMS

All videotapes and CD-ROMS must be signed out on the white dry-erase board at the front of the room. Please include your name, the date, and the title of the videotape and/or CD-ROM that you are checking out. They may be borrowed for a 24-hour loan period.

COPYRIGHT: FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING EXEMPTION

These exemption requirements will be adhered to in regard to video tape usage: 1) the showing of the video tape must be given by a teacher or a student; and 2) at a nonprofit educational institution; and 3) the teacher and the students must be face-to-face, which precludes the use of transmissions within one building; and 4) the showing of the video tape must be part of the regular instruction process and cannot be for recreational or non-curricular purposes; and 5) the video tape must be a lawfully made copy. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

SECURITY

Whenever you leave the Visual Resources Center and no one else is in the room, please lock the door by turning the button on the back of the handle! Thank you.

Christina B. Updike
Visual Resources Specialist
School of Art, Design and Art History
800 South Main Street, MSC 7101
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-6588, FAX 540-568-6598
 updikecb@jmu.edu

Duke Hall, Room 204
Hours of Operation:8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Closed for lunch 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
By appointment after hours

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