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Image Research Guide: Home

A guide for finding and using images and where to get help.

Visual Resources Librarian

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Nancy Smith
Contact:
Raether Library,
Level 1, Rm.109
860-297-4061

Digital Collections & Services staff are available to help!

Do you have a writing assignment requiring images?  a thesis project?  a group presentation?  We can help with image research, navigating digital collections & databases, creating digital images, software tools, metadata and citing, or accessing course image groups in ARTstor.  We are glad to assist and can be reached via any of the contact methods shown on this page. Please do not hesitate to ask for help.

Our Mission: 

  • Support image and digitization needs of faculty & students for teaching an scholarship.
  • Digitize, catalog and publish library print & image collections for online access.

Services to Faculty & Students:

  • Provide image research assistance - help to locate & retrieve appropriate images for teaching, presentation, course projects & theses. May also assist with images for publication.
  • Teach how to navigate digital collections & databases including Trinity's institutional repository, ARTstor, Wikimedia Commons, Digital Public Library of America.
  • Create digital images in support of demonstrated academic or scholarly need if images are not already available digitally, or if those found online are not appropriate format, size or rights status.
  • Advise on software tools for presentation & sharing.
  • Advise on metadata creation & citation.
  • Consult on digitization of image or print collections. Factors to be considered include: scholarly & preservation value, uniqueness & condition of materials, descriptive metadata, availability of appropriate staff & equipment.

Our Staff Contact Info

We can be reached in person, by email and phone, or by making an appointment using the library's online appointment scheduler. 

Nancy Smith, Visual Resources Librarian, Office 109, Ext. 4061, nancy.smith@trincoll.edu 

Amanda Matava, Digital Media Librarian, Office 184, Ext. 4084, amanda.matava@trincoll.edu

Digital Imaging Studio & Student Staff, Room 183, Ext. 2194.

Digital Media Librarian

Amanda Matava

amanda.matava@trincoll.edu

 

Contact:

Raether Library,

Level 1, Rm.184

Level 1, Rm.183 Digital Imaging Studio (by appointment) 

860-297-4084