[Editors] MIT Image library suggestions request

[Monica Lee]

To: Information Group, Editor's List

Dear colleagues,

As you may know, the Publishing Services Bureau maintains a library  
of images that are available to the MIT community for use in print  
and web publications. We are currently undertaking an expansion of  
the library, which is available at http://web.mit.edu/psb/photographs/ 
index.html

In order to create a photo collection that is most useful to the MIT  
community, we're asking for your input in compiling a list of desired  
images. Please take a moment and email us your suggestions. Be as  
specific or general as you wish; i.e., you might want a shot of a  
particular building, or perhaps photos of student / faculty engagement.

Please provide your suggestions to Cheryl Slowik at cslowik at mit.edu  
by Friday, November 2. Once we gather your input, we will hire a  
photographer and plan photos shoots during the year to update the  
image library.

In addition to your open suggestions, please respond to a few  
specific questions to help us plan for the growth of the collection:
1. What types of photos do you most often use in your publications?  
(content and tone)
2. What images would like to have available, but currently cannot find?
3. Do you have images that could be submitted for use in a campus- 
wide image library?
4. Do you know of other image collections we should consider for  
inclusion in the image library? (We will contact the specific  
departments to ask about including some of their photos in our public  
resource, taking usage rights agreements into consideration.)
5. Would you use MIT sports images if we added them to the library?
6. Do you currently use stock photos? If so, how much do you pay per  
image and what sources do you use?
7. Please recommend photographers we should consider working with for  
new photo shoots.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Best regards,

Monica


Monica Lee
Director, MIT Publishing Services Bureau
Direct  617.258.9366
http://web.mit.edu/psb/


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