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July 02, 2007

OCLC Offers New Database

OCLC is offering a new database, CAMIO, the Catalog of Art Museum Images Online. CAMIO is a premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums.

Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use. CAMIO features:

  • High-resolution art images — Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes.
  • An educational tool — Students, faculty, researchers, museum professionals and library visitors will find CAMIO to be a valuable tool. CAMIO provides images for art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, class projects and research resources. It is a single point of entry to many collections, providing unlimited and powerful, Web-based searching.
  • About 90,000 works of art — The scope of the CAMIO collection ranges from 3000 BC to the present. The content includes about 90,000 works of art—photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture—plus audio, video and mixed media. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths.

For more information see BCR Web site at www.bcr.org/reference/OCLC/camio.html.


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