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ninch-announce: New listserv for graphic design

New listserv for graphic design

David Green (david@ninch.org)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:51:25 -0400 

Message-Id: <v0213050bb072799260cf@[192.100.21.23]>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:51:25 -0400
To: ninch-announce@cni.org, goodma@COOPER.EDU
From: david@ninch.org (David Green)
Subject: New listserv for graphic design

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
October 21, 1997


            NATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN IMAGE DATABASE AND LIST
                         <http://ngda.cooper.edu>

Following are details on an ambitious and attractive national database to
preserve and encourage access to material related to the history and theory
of graphic design together with a list to discuss the database and its
development.

David Green

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Date:         Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:31:41 -0400
Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
From: GOODMAN RICHARD <goodma@COOPER.EDU>
Subject:      New listserv for graphic design


This is to introduce NGDA-L, a new listserv to discuss the National
Graphic Design Image Database at The Cooper Union.  What follows is a
brief description of the database along with instructions on how to join.

The National Graphic Design Image Database at Cooper Union was developed
at The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, a division of
the Cooper Union School of Art is designed to electronically preserve and
disseminate material related to the history and theory of graphic design.
The software, entitled CUIMAGE, enables students, designers and artists
to access and input images and analysis from web sites worldwide. NGDA-L
is intended to promote discussion on visual analysis issues related to
the NGDA Image Database. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA), the project aims to build a virtual visual encyclopedia through an
electronic community of educators. Additional information on the project
is available at www.cooper.edu/art/lubalin/.

To subscribe, send a message to Majordomo@cooper.edu with the following
message in the body of your message:

                        subscribe ngda-l your name

Public Access:

Public access to the National Graphic Design Image Database at Cooper
Union is available at http://ngda.cooper.edu. The public access version
displays data for all the records, but access to images is currently
restricted to select items and those created before 1920.

Test Sites: Comprehensive Access

Educators interested in accessing the unrestricted version of the
Database, should send e-mail to  Lawrence Mirsky, director of the The
Herb Lubalin Study Center and the NGDA Image Database, at
mirsky@cooper.edu or Richard Goodman, Visual Analyst/Cataloger, at
goodma@cooper.edu. Please enter "NGDA Access Request" in the subject
heading. In your request for access please include your name, title,
institution, IP address, e-mail address, physical location of the
computer (to verify on-campus use) and a statement explaining the purpose
for accessing the Database. The IP address is the unique identifying
number for a computer's internet connection. Please ask your network
administrator for assistance.


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Software Details:

CUImage Web System Highlights

                  1. Supports Multiple, Concurrent Users for
                  Queries and Cataloguing from Web Sites
                  Worldwide

                  2. Supports Comprehensive Import and Export
                  Capabilities

                  3. Offers Flexible Hierarchies for Relating Images

                  4. Runs Client Software on all Major Platforms

                  5. Integrates Film,Video and Multimedia Formats

                  The system currently supports images (GIF and
                  JPEG format), motion pictures and sound
                  (QuickTime format and Macromedia Director) and
                  text. New media formats may be added through the
                  component template system.


                  6. Incorporates Visual Identity Programs

                  The user interface of the system is based upon user
                  defined sets of HTML template files. The system can
                  use any graphics created for the web and provides
                  full support for all features of HTML allowing users
                  the flexibility to establish their visual identity.


                  An arbitrary number of user defined interfaces may
                  be created and can coexist with one another through
                  a single computer serving the Database. Interfaces
                  can be constructed for specific uses and access points
                  in a collection.


                  7. Customizes Cataloging for Cross-Disciplinary
                  Applications

                  The data structures used are generic enough to be
                  useful for use in engineering, technical and
                  comercial visual database applications. Standard
                  vocabularies for other disciplines can be imported
                  into the system and coexist with the AAT (or any
                  other hierarchy).

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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@ninch.org
202/296-5346                                  202/872-0886 fax

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