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Please excuse any cross postings: The Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division is pleased to = announce that a variety of colorful offerings are now available in the = Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/ca= talog.html =20 These include: "Prokudin-Gorskii Collection Color Composite Digital Images" - Between ca. = 1905 and 1915 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii took photographs of the = Russian Empire using an early color process. He photographed through color = filters onto triple-frame glass negatives, producing images that could be = printed or projected in color. In response to researcher interest, the = Library of Congress contracted with Blaise Ag=FCera y Arcas to make = digital color composites of all the negatives through an automated = process. A description of the process is available at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokcompos.html.=20 To view the resulting images in PPOC, go to the Prints and Photographs = Online Catalog http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html, select the blue = button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and then scroll down the alphabetical= list of collections to "Prokudin-Gorskii Collection." After selecting = the collection, you can search the catalog records or select the "Preview: = Negatives in Color" link to view the color composites. More information about the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection is available at:=20 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokabt.html "Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Transparencie= s, 1939-1944: New High Resolution Scans "-These already popular early = Kodachrome transparencies include scenes in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the = Virgin Islands, showing work, home and community life, and preparations = for war. The new scans were also used to produce the illustrations for = Bound for Glory, a new book by Paul Hendrikson about the color FSA/OWI = photographs, co-published by the Library of Congress and Harry N. Abrams. = For further information, see "About the FSA/OWI Color Transparencies" = http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fsacabt.html "Cartoon Prints, British" - About 500 of the Library's 10,000 British = political and satirical prints dating ca. 1621-ca. 1853 have been = digitized and cataloged online. With colorful and often biting humor, the = cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions = with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, = and theater. The online records can now be searched together in the = "Cartoon Prints, British" collection, which also features new contextual = information and a bibliography. =20 For more information, see http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cpbrhtml/cpbrabt.html The Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) = contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-secti= on of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and other = units of the Library of Congress. =20 * The catalog provides access through group or item records to about 65 = percent of the Division's holdings. * About 90 percent of the records are accompanied by one or more digital = images. In some collections, only thumbnail images display to those = searching outside the Library of Congress because of potential rights = considerations. = =20 For information on other new collections and recent and upcoming activities= in the Prints and Photographs Division, see the division's "What's New" = page: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/whatsnew.html For questions about the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog [PPOC] or = the holdings and services of the Prints and Photographs Division, consult = its Ask a Librarian service: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-print.html Laura Gottesman Digital Reference Specialist The Library of Congress -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------