Visual Resources Collection  

The Visual Resources Collection is comprised of over 80,000 slides and over 5,000 digital images.

These images reflect the teaching and research interests of Purchase College faculty and students in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences. Slides and images are freely available to all Purchase faculty, students, and staff and are intended for educational and scholarly use only.

There are two ways you can access the VRC's image collection:

1. Visit the VRC's slide library located in Room 1006C (1st floor of library).

2. Use EmbARK, the VRC's digital collection, to view and use digitized images. 

(See EmbARK help documentation for more information.)

Our primary mission is to provide and facilitate access to images, imaging, and related information resources for teaching and research in all departments at Purchase College.  This includes:

• 35mm scanning (slides)
• Flatbed scanning (books and other print materials)
• Instructional support for image resources such as EmbARK and ARTstor
• Collection archiving

Please see the "Order & Donate Images" tab for more information on how to obtain digital images for teaching and research. 

Photo by Sarah Hill

Only Purchase College faculty and graduate students with teaching responsibilities are allowed to check slides out of the VRC.  All others who would like access to the slides should contact the VRC so that we can scan them and make them available online.  

Purchase College faculty and graduate students with teaching responsibilities can check slides out for 2 weeks. For longer periods, permission of the Visual Resources Associate is required.

All slides are subject to recall at any time.

For assistance with visual resources, or to make an appointment to use the collection, contact Kim Detterbeck, Art Librarian

Email: kimberly.detterbeck@purchase.edu

Phone: 614-251-6406