Scholes Library's Visual Resources Collection, located on the 2nd floor, currently has 160,000 slides. About 40,000 of these document the history of ceramic art and technology. Since 1987 all newly accessioned slides have been cataloged into a database which now contains 50,000 records. In addition, over 9000 low-resolution digital images are linked to their catalog records for viewing and study, including side-by-side comparison. The online catalog can be searched through a custom-designed Web interface, although the images can only be viewed by on-campus users. The Visual Resources collection is supplemented by the library's subscription to ARTstor . ARTstor is a digital library of nearly 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present and manage images for class presentations.

The slide collection is open only on weekdays, when staff are present. Hours are posted in the hallway outside the room each semester. Projection equipment is housed in the library classroom (221) and seminar room (215), and Carousel trays may be charged out from the slide room. Please note that the library does not have projectors or other equipment to lend for use outside of the building.

Circulation policy: The collection is intended primarily for use by faculty and graduate students who need slides for presentations. New grads and faculty will receive an orientation to the facility and may then use the collection for their research and borrowing whenever the collection is open. Because we do not have duplicates of most slides, we request that you return your slides within 24 hours so that they will be available to others. Undergraduate students may borrow slides for class reports or group presentations.

Copyright restrictions: Slides in the Scholes collection are available for educational use only, and duplication is prohibited. The Visual Resources Curator can provide information on sources for buying commercially produced slides. Faculty and graduate students may request slides to be added to the collection. Please check the collection first to make sure the images you need are not already available. For more information on the Visual Resources Collection contact John Hosford, Visual Resources Curator,  607-871-2944 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it