Communication at Last

摘要

Concerns from academic visual resources' librarians about ART stor (LJ9/15/04,p.24ff.) keep coming. Comments note that "the lack of a controlled vocabulary significantly diminishes the usability of ARTstor... It is bound to confuse and frustrate users and runs counter to best practices advocated by ac- ademic librarians for the searching of databases." Others mention the product's lack of interoperability and that "there are many existing models of viable functionality combined with excellent quality that are not plagued by...limitations on how images can be used in a protected academic environment." Some say that ARTstor decided what art historians and students need based on very traditional models. Others are concerned about the perceived inequity of pricing models (e.g., the treatment of multicampus systems) and the product's high cost. Expect another look at the file to see how responsive ARTstor has been to feedback.