SCA Images Online
SCA Images Online is a collection of digital images, accessible via the web, for learning, teaching and research.
The digital collection includes over 3000 images from the collections of Theoretical Enquiry, Glass, Ceramics, Jewellery & Object, Painting and Print, as well as works of SCA staff and graduate students, exhibitions and events, with more images coming online each week.
The SCA Images Online database – called MDID - is accessible to all SCA students and staff. Staff can use the database to create web-based slideshows of lectures and private research collections. Students can search for images, review slideshows and download print views of lectures.
Students and staff also have access to the Power Institute Art History & Film Studies (AHFS) Department digital collection shared with SCA. This includes over 15,000 art historical images.
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| User guide - Students (PDF 1.5 MB) | |
| User guide - Staff (PDF 2MB) |
About the Images Online Project
Project aims
The aim of the SCA Images Online Project is to create a database of digital images for learning, teaching and research at SCA that is:
- accessible via the Web
- contains content that is relevant to SCA
- includes images from the SCA slide collections
- includes images of the research work of SCA graduates and staff.
Project background
Sydney College of the Arts is home to over 200,000 slides, held in various collections through the college. The slide collections are unique in their focus on contemporary International and Australian art and include original images of staff and student work, exhibitions and events.
In 2006, SCA was granted funds for a small digitization project to begin the task of preserving these valuable assets. With the success of a large TIES grant in 2007, the project developed into a collaborative partnership with the Power Visual Resources Library and the University Library. As a result of this project, SCA now has a new online database, giving students and staff unprecedented access to images from the collections. A second successful TIES grant in 2008 has guaranteed a further two years of funding for this important project.
Project partners
The Power Visual Resources Library, in the Department of Art History & Film Studies, is a collaborative partner in the SCA Images Online project. Students and staff from SCA and AHFS share over 12,000 images in the combined digital collections as a result of this project.
The University Library, through Sydney eScholarship, is a collaborative partner in the SCA Images Online project. Together we are developing the SCA Archive, a unique collection of research works by SCA graduates and staff.
Contact
Jacqui Spedding
Project Manager
SCA Images Online
Sydney College of the Arts,
University of Sydney.
Phone: +61 2 9351 1029
Email: sca.images@usyd.edu.au