ARTstor Down for Systems Upgrade

ARTstor will be performing an upgrade to its systems.  ARTstor will be unavailable beginning Saturday, January 26th at 11:00 p.m., EST through Sunday, January 27th at 1:00 p.m., EST. 

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please Ask a Librarian or contact the Information Services Reference Desk at 706-507-8671.

ARTstor Mobile is Now Available on Android

You may now access the more than 1.4 million images from the ARTstor Digital Library on your Android-powered devices.

Simply visit www.ARTstor.org from your device, click the "Enter here" button, and install the free app.

ARTstor Mobile for Android provides read-only features such as searching, browsing, zooming, and viewing saved image groups. The Flashcard View allows you to test your knowledge by viewing the image without textual information, and then flipping the image to reveal the image record.

ARTstor Mobile is also available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch through the Safari browser. There's no need to download special software, just visit www.ARTstor.org from your mobile device.

If you have questions or need assistance using ARTstor, please visit the ARTstor Help Wiki:
http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Happy Mobile Discovery!

Just released in ARTstor: Images from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

ARTstor and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation have released more than 750 images of major artworks from the permanent collection in the Digital Library. The images document the Guggenheim Museum’s superb holdings in modern and contemporary art by such significant artists as Louise Bourgeois, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Paul Klee, Robert Mapplethorpe, Claes Oldenburg, Cindy Sherman, and Vincent van Gogh, among many others.

This is the first release of a projected 7,000 images of art, exhibition installation views, and architecture from the Foundation. Future releases will include 5,000 installation views spanning from 1990s to the present from the Guggenheim Museum in New York, more than 1,000 installations views from the museums in Bilbao and Venice, and 200 historical and contemporary photographs documenting the architecture of these three museum buildings.

“The Guggenheim is pleased to join ARTstor in sharing the breadth and diversity of the Guggenheim Foundation’s collection and archives with the educational community,” stated Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. “Education has been a central mandate of the Guggenheim since its founding in 1937. Through this collaboration, the museum further expands its reach by providing digital access to works in our collection, documentation of major exhibitions, and architectural photography of the Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry buildings.”

Christine Kuan, ARTstor’s Chief Curatorial Officer and Vice President for External Affairs, states: “These important images from the Guggenheim’s superb collections will be widely taught and studied via ARTstor Digital Library’s network of educational and scholarly users—impacting current and future generations of students, scholars, curators, and researchers around the world for many years to come.”

Visit ARTstor to experience the Guggenheim Collection.

Valentine’s Day, February 14th

Valentine’s Day is not only a special day for sweethearts but is also a special day to share love with friends and family members. The CSU Libraries has everything you need to show your loved ones how much you care this Valentine's Day.


For those who enjoy delicious morning fare, there’s Einstein Bros. Bagels inside the Main Campus Library. There’s always fresh brewed coffee, fruit, muffins, and of course, bagels.

For those who enjoy moving poetry, there’s Poetry for Students available through GALILEO.


For those who want to share the wonder of flowers, there’s ARTstor available through GALILEO.


Don't forget the beautiful music available through Naxos Music Library!


The CSU Libraries: You’re one stop shop for everything lovely.

Database of the Month: ARTstor

Are you an art lover? Certainly ARTstor has something you will enjoy.

The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Its community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.

The Digital Library serves educators, scholars, curators, librarians, and students at more than 1,350+ universities, community colleges, museums, libraries, and K-12 schools in 46 countries worldwide. Collections are used for teaching and study in a wide range of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.

You can access ARTstor via GALILEO or directly at: www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=artj-col1

For more information about ARTstor, please Ask a Librarian or call 706-562-1492.


Happy Discovery! Happy Holidays!

Search ARTstor Today

CSU Libraries are very happy to report that access to ARTstor has been restored to all CSU students, faculty and staff! We sincerely apologize for the access problems that you have experienced and we thank you for your patience as we worked with ARTstor and UITS to resolve the problems.

The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. The ARTstor community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. For more information about the ARTstor Digital Library, please see the ARTstor Features Brochure.

You can access ARTstor via GALILEO or directly at: www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=artj-col1

For more information about ARTstor, please Ask a Librarian or call 706-562-1492.

Happy Searching!

Improve your ARTstor skills!

Need some brushing up on using ARTstor?

New instructional videos have been added to ARTstor's YouTube channel, and they are all now close-captioned in the language of your choice!



Current titles available are: "Registering," "Faceted Search," "Export to PowerPoint," "Folders and image groups," and "How to unlock a password-protected folder."

More topics will be added in the coming weeks.

You can find these videos at YouTube.com/artstor and on ARTstor's Help Wiki.

The ARTstor Digital Library provides more than one million images with tools for teaching and research. Its collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates from all over the world. The collections encompass a wide variety of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.

Happy Searching!

ARTstor Introduces New Video Tutorials!

Looking for a summer full of art and culture? CSU Libraries can help!

The ARTstor Digital Library provides more than one million images with tools for teaching and research. Its collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates from all over the world (read the full list here: http://www.artstor.org/collections). The collections encompass a wide variety of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.

Breaking News!

ARTstor just announced its summer series of instructional videos that explores newly released features and also reviews older topics.

Videos that are currently available include"Export to PowerPoint," "Folders and image groups," and "How to unlock a password protected folder."

Future videos to look forward to are: "Faceted Search" and step-by-step PDF guides.

You can find these new videos on YouTube and on ARTstor's Help Wiki.

Happy searching!