Content Related to LUCI

Ancient Greek and Roman

• Anglo-American Project in Pompeii
  Many of the images in the LUCI database were photographed in the summer of 1996 when the UCI visual resources curator worked on the AAPP excavations and photographed sites in the Bay of Naples and Rome areas. The "Pompeii on the Web" link has valuable resources related to the ancient city.

• Archaeology on the Net
  Valuable links to textual and Internet resources related to the various areas of archaeological research: academic, museum, and scientific.

• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
  Internet resources for classicists and Mediterranean archaeologists supported by the University of Michigan. Search the database for your specific interest or scroll down to find the table of contents, which includes everything from atlases to museums to texts. Within each category comprehensive lists of links are provided.

• Perseus Project
  Perseus is a valuable digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond. It is a collaborative venture based at Tufts University consisting of a large, heterogeneous collection of classical materials, both textual and visual. Massive set of texts, images, plans, and maps comprise the library. In addition to expanding coverage, they build and supplement their searching and indexing tools to enhance student learning and faculty research.

• Pompeii Forum Project
  The Pompeii Forum Project is an interdisciplinary collaborative research venture sponsored by the University of Virginia. The goals are to provide the first systematic documentation of the architecture and decoration of the forum, to interpret evidence as it pertains to Pompeii's urban history, and to make wider contributions to both the history of urbanism and contemporary problems of urban design. The web site includes archival photographs, notes for teachers and students, survey/work reports, and links to associated materials.

• Roman Art and Archaeology
  The ROMARCH pages are the original crossroads for web resources on the art and archaeology of early Italy and the Roman world, from the earliest settlements to Late Antiquity. It is presently hosted by DePauw University. Providing a discussion group, archives, and news of recent discoveries of Roman art and archaeology, the web site has a searchable geographic index with comprehensive links to valuable Internet resources.

Environmental Design Links
Environmental Design (generally, architecture, city planning, landscape architecture) libraries have gathered a wealth of online information together into portals and gateways. Frequently used online sources are Grove's Dictionary of Art and the Avery Index to Periodical Literature. Other helpful resources are listed below.

• UC Berkeley's Environmental Design Library Research Guides

• UC Berkeley's Architecture Internet Resources Gateway

• UC Los Angeles Online Resources in Architecture & Urban Design

• UC San Diego's Art & Architecture Library's portal

• Architecture and Building, University of Nevada Las Vegas's Gateway

• Cyburbia: The Urban Planning Portal

Contemporary Art

• Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
  MCLA is the public service organization that helps preserve and document the murals of the Greater Los Angeles area. Their website provides mural indexes by neighborhood, bus tour information, links to muralists' webpages and much more.

• The LA Conservancy
  An organization devoted to preserving and revitalizing Greater Los Angeles' architectural heritage. They offer tours, volunteer opportunities, and special events, as well as organize preservation campaigns.

Fair Use Web Sites

• Digital Images and Fair Use Websites
  This article by Marly Snow defines and elaborates upon the concept of a fair use web site.

• Art Images for College Teaching
  AICT is a free-use image resource for the educational community.

• A Digital Archive of American Architecture
  This site, compiled by Jeffrey Howe at Boston College, contains over 1,500 digital images of over 280 buildings and monuments.

• California Image Exchange Library Online
  CIELO is a core collection of digital images and text designed to support the art and architectural history survey courses taught in the Cali fornia State University system, and currently covers ancient to medieval content.

• The Digital Imaging Project
  A collection of more than 8,000 images digitized by Mary Ann Sullivan at Bluffton College.

• World Art Web Kiosk
  The WorldArt Database is part of the California State University IMAGE project which is designed to make images widely available for non-profit educational use - it currently contains over 24,000 images of art from throughout the world.

• Cities/Buildings Archive
  A collection of over 5,000 digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web; set up by Meredith L. Clausen, University of Washington.

• Landscape Architecture Image Resource (LAIR)
  This site contains shared content from several universities.

• Society of Architectural Historians
  An image exchange project with thematically/chronologically arranged teaching images.

Professional Organizations

• The Visual Resources Association
  A multi-disciplinary community of image management professionals working in educational and cultural heritage environments. The Association is committed to providing leadership in t he field, developing and advocating standards, and providing educational tools and opportunities for its members.

• Art Libraries Society of North America
  ARLIS/NA is an organization promoting the interests of nearly 1,500 members, who include architecture and art librarians, visual resources professionals, artists, curato rs, educators, publishers, and others interested in visual arts information. Through its many works and activities - conferences, publications, awards, ARLIS-L the electronic discussion list, and web site - ARLIS/NA plays a leadership role for the 21st ce ntury by providing resources and services for the worldwide arts information community.

• The College Art Association
  The CAA promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of a rt.

• The Museum Computer Network
  MCN is a nonprofit organization of professionals dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums through the use of computer technologies. They serve individuals and institutions wishing to improve their means of developing, managing, and conveying museum information through the use of automation, and support cooperative efforts that enable museums to be more effective at creating and disseminating cultural and scientific knowled ge as represented by their collections and related documentation.

• Archaeological Institute of America
  In addition to information about their activities (membership, local societies, annual meetings, lecture program, tours, etc.), there are good links to Internet resources and educational information.

• Society for American Archeology
  The SAA is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas.

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