Otis College of Art and Design
http://www.otis.edu/library/artists-books
- Platform: CONTENTdm
- Easy to access through Google search
- Browsing and advance search capabilities
- Additional benefit of Guided Search offering dropdown menus listing authors, presses, bindings, techniques, subjects, and book types
- Extensive metadata
- Clicking on thumbnail images links to multiple images of same book plus metadata
- Can search for similar bindings, materials, and other characteristics through links BUT linking options can be overwhelming
- Website links to videos hosted on YouTube
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.sscommons.org/openlibrary/welcome.html
- Platform: Shared Shelf Commons through ARTstor
- Open access
- ARTstor search capabilities and image viewing (zoom, print, export, etc.)
- Each image of a book requires a separate record
- No video or audio
- VRA Core built into system
- Created extensive thesaurus
- Metadata does not provide linking which could help with browsing
- Paid subscription (Mason already subscribes)
- Searching: Not easy to locate through Google but listed as separate collection in Shared Shelf