Friends: Although this is a forum for ALL of library and information science, I guess most members are academic librarians interested in STEM and teachers of LIS; public librarians constitute a very small percent of the members. But thankfully special libraries do provide access to what we expect from public libraries. I have enjoyed the benefits of such catholicity of interest of special libraries for a long time. I wish to draw your attention to some great art made openly available. < http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/the-tate-digitizes-70000-works-of-art.htm...
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This site also points to other OA art collections: The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix <http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/british-library-puts-1000000-images-into-public-domain.html> The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 400,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use <http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/the-met-puts-400000-high-res-images-online.html> The National Gallery Makes 25,000 Images of Artwork Freely Available Online <http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/the_national_gallery_makes_25000_images_of_artwork_freely_available_online_.html> LA County Museum Makes 20,000 Artistic Images Available for Free Download <http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/la_county_museum_makes_20000_artistic_images_available_for_free.html> Then, of course, we have DPLA, Europeana, and Internet Archive. There are many only we can digitize all of their collections and make them openly available to the world ... .... Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.