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AMICO Achievements

The Year in Review July 2000 - June 2001 (In reverse-chronological order)

June 2001

  • Research Libraries Group (RLG) and AMICO sign a three-year contract, for RLG to continue as non-exclusive AMICO Library distributor. Luna's Insight interface to be incorporated into RLG's distribution to allow zooming, drag and drop, and other user-requested functions.
  • Artists Rights Society (ARS) and AMICO agree to worldwide rights clearance for works in The AMICO Library. This allows AMICO to open subscription to The AMICO Library to schools worldwide.
May 2001
  • Model Assignments using The AMICO Library are available on the AMICO public site.
  • SCRAN and AMICO plan to collaborate with SCRAN distributing The AMICO Library to elementary and secondary education in the U.K.
April 2001
  • Approximately 135,000 college and university students in the United Kingdom now have access to The AMICO Library.
March 2001
  • Conference attendance and presentations at College Art Association, Visual Resources Association, National Arts Education Association, and Art Libraries Society of North America.
  • Alpha demonstration of i4i e-learning tool to State K-12 Arts Curriculum representatives at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
February 2001
  • AMICO and i4i plan to develop an e-learning tool that will assist K-12 teachers in using The AMICO Library in their teaching.
January 2001
  • Presentation to the U.K.'s National Museum Directors Conference IPAC committee meeting.
  • New AMICO/AMICO Library Brochure is available.
December 2000
  • The AMICO Library is the Featured Collection in the December issue of D-Lib Magazine, an online publication on issues relating to digital libraries, http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december00/12contents.html
  • AMICO UK Trial underway.
  • First subscriptions to The AMICO Library via the JISC are received.
November 2000
  • AMICO is named as an Affiliate Society of the College Art Association.
October 2000
  • Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the UK Higher Education Authority agrees to license The AMICO Library for approximately 190 UK Universities and over 1.2 million undergraduate students in the U.K.
September 2000
  • The Florida State Library Consortium subscribes to The AMICO Library, providing access to all 10 state universities in Florida.
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD become AMICO's newest Members.
August 2000
  • AMICO announces a K-12 School Testbed Project to investigate of The AMICO Library at the elementary and secondary school levels.
July 2000
  • The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA joins AMICO.
  • Antenna Audio, a leading provider of museum audio tours, agrees to provide AMICO with audio clips to augment Member works in The AMICO Library, enhancing the depth of information available.

 


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