The Slide Collection of over 200,000 35mm slides are available for study and teaching to UC faculty and students. The DAAP "How to Find a Slide Guide," available in the slide room and in PDF, provides detailed information on the content and organization of the collection.
Slides are organized into two categories:
Prehistory through the Gothic Period
Renaissance to the Present
Prehistory through the Gothic Period slides are organized in chronological order. Then, alphabetical by country and specific site following a media hierarchy system which is: Architecture/Planning, Sculpture, Painting, Graphic Arts, Decorative or Minor Arts, Manuscripts, Photography, Performance Art.
Renaissance to the Present slides are organized by country in alphabetical order. Within each country, a dictionary arrangement by creator or city, then following the media hierarchy as above.
A borrower replaces a chosen slide with a specific color-chip designating his status at the University, i.e. undergraduate, graduate, etc., then, fill out the Slide Checkout form.
Undergraduates
Borrow maximum of 30 slides for 1 day
May place slides on hold for 10 days prior
to presentation
Graduates
Borrow maximum of 50 slides for 7 days
May place slides on hold for 10 days prior
to presentation
Faculty
DAAP faculty may borrow up to 200 slides a
quarter. UC faculty may borrow 80 slides for 7 days.
Others
UC staff members, faculty with GCLC cards from
other local universities and local museums curators and their educational
staff may borrow 30 slides for 1 day.
The DAAP Slide Collection provides visual support for teaching and research
by students and faculty of the University of Cincinnati.
The Slide Collection is for campus use only and does not circulate to OhioLINK.
The DAAP Slide Collection does not provide visual teaching support for institutions
outside of UC.
The Slide Collection is available to arts organizations on a limited basis.
Non-UC patrons wishing to borrow slides from the Slide Collection need
to see the Visual Resources Librarian.
Slides are not available for duplication by users outside of the University
of Cincinnati. Any duplication of slides is for educational purposes
only.
We have a room in the west end of the library, near the current periodicals, where photographic reproductions can be made.
Necessary equipment includes:
35mm camera with a macro lens
64 or 160 speed tungsten film (ektachrome film
can be developed in 2 hours)
black poster paper for masking around image
The copy stand may be booked at the main desk in the DAAP Library. Specific instructions are posted in the room.
Requests for new slides are welcomed from faculty and graduate students in seminar classes. A Slide request form (pdf) must be completed. All slides photographed by the VRC become the property of the DAAP library. Allow 2-3 week lead-time to process slides. Please check that the requested slide is not already part of the collection. In addition, we will not reproduce images from newspapers or popular magazines. The Visual Resources Librarian must approve all requests.
All materials in the slide collection are subject to copyright restrictions.
Copyright legislation restricts the use of copyrighted materials in non-teaching
function. Reproduction of the collection's slides, in any format, including
digital conversion is, unless for strictly educational purposes, prohibited
without prior written permission from relevant publisher, vendor or photographer.