Trove.net™ and Other Ways to Get Images Out
of the
Database and Into the Classroom
Ricky Erway
Digital Resources Manager
Research Libraries Group (RLG)
How can digital images from licensed resources best find their way into the classroom? The RLG Advisory Group on Instructional Technology investigated this issue by reviewing current practice in the community and interviewing faculty who teach with digital images. The findings of the Advisory Group should be applicable to any image database supporting teaching and learning. RLG will be drawing upon these recommendations as we continue to develop our Cultural Materials service. The findings of the working group shaped our plans for image and metadata export and our plans for increased interoperability. They also reinforced our decision to expose the treasures in Cultural Materials through our free and widely indexed Trove.net™ site. Trove.net™ makes Cultural Materials content discoverable via Google and other internet search engines -- often the first stop for faculty who are searching for classroom content.
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=406
http://trove.net/
Handout (MS Word)
