New Graphics Database/Discussion

[Martin I Lewison]

The following came to me via SEMCOM-L, the Visual and Verbal Semiotics
listserv. It looks like readers of this ng might be interested.

From: GOODMAN RICHARD <goo...@COOPER.EDU>
Subject: New listserv for graphic design

This is to introduce NGDA-L, a new listserv to discuss the National
Graphic Design Image Database at The Cooper Union. What follows is a
brief description of the database along with instructions on how to join.

The National Graphic Design Image Database at Cooper Union was developed
at The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, a division of
the Cooper Union School of Art is designed to electronically preserve and
disseminate material related to the history and theory of graphic design.
The software, entitled CUIMAGE, enables students, designers and artists
to access and input images and analysis from web sites worldwide. NGDA-L
is intended to promote discussion on visual analysis issues related to
the NGDA Image Database. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA), the project aims to build a virtual visual encyclopedia through an
electronic community of educators. Additional information on the project
is available at www.cooper.edu/art/lubalin/.

To subscribe, send a message to Majo...@cooper.edu with the following
message in the body of your message:

subscribe ngda-l your name

Public Access:

Public access to the National Graphic Design Image Database at Cooper
Union is available at http://ngda.cooper.edu. The public access version
displays data for all the records, but access to images is currently
restricted to select items and those created before 1920.

Test Sites: Comprehensive Access

Educators interested in accessing the unrestricted version of the
Database, should send e-mail to Lawrence Mirsky, director of the The
Herb Lubalin Study Center and the NGDA Image Database, at
mir...@cooper.edu or Richard Goodman, Visual Analyst/Cataloger, at
goo...@cooper.edu. Please enter "NGDA Access Request" in the subject
heading. In your request for access please include your name, title,
institution, IP address, e-mail address, physical location of the
computer (to verify on-campus use) and a statement explaining the purpose
for accessing the Database. The IP address is the unique identifying
number for a computer's internet connection. Please ask your network
administrator for assistance.

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Software Details:

CUImage Web System Highlights

1. Supports Multiple, Concurrent Users for
Queries and Cataloguing from Web Sites
Worldwide

2. Supports Comprehensive Import and Export
Capabilities

3. Offers Flexible Hierarchies for Relating Images

4. Runs Client Software on all Major Platforms

5. Integrates Film,Video and Multimedia Formats

The system currently supports images (GIF and
JPEG format), motion pictures and sound
(QuickTime format and Macromedia Director) and
text. New media formats may be added through the
component template system.

6. Incorporates Visual Identity Programs

The user interface of the system is based upon user
defined sets of HTML template files. The system can
use any graphics created for the web and provides
full support for all features of HTML allowing users
the flexibility to establish their visual identity.

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An arbitrary number of user defined interfaces may
be created and can coexist with one another through
a single computer serving the Database. Interfaces
can be constructed for specific uses and access points
in a collection.

7. Customizes Cataloging for Cross-Disciplinary
Applications

The data structures used are generic enough to be
useful for use in engineering, technical and
comercial visual database applications. Standard
vocabularies for other disciplines can be imported
into the system and coexist with the AAT (or any
other hierarchy).

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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
da...@ninch.org
202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax

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Martin Lewison, Ph.D. Candidate, KGSB, Univ. of Pittsburgh
lewi...@pitt.edu WWW: http://www.pitt.edu/~lewison
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[Michael Higgins]

I am looking for alumni from NYC's High School of Art & Design, formerly
known as Industrial Arts.

The future of this school is cloudy and we are looking for support and
assistance to revitalize it.

An Alumni Association exists but seems little more than a name and a few
dues paying members. If you are an alumnus, please contact me.

Mike Higgins
President
Parents Association
High School of Art & Design

--
The old man was walking on the beach, where many starfish had washed
ashore.
He saw a little boy on the shoreline, throwing them back into the ocean.
The boy said 'They'll die if I don't get them back into the water.'
The man said 'Son, there are hundreds of starfish ashore. It's not going
to
make a difference.' The boy picked up a starfish and threw it into the
water.
He turned to the man and said, 'It made a difference to that starfish.'