VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) Collections

University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, United Kingdom
Brookes, Ronald E. Fiesta, ca. 1961. Range of melamine tableware, varied dimensions. Design Council Slide Collection. Farnham, VADS.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

VADS is an “online resource for visual arts“. Over 12 years, VADS built a portfolio of visual art collections, which comprise of “over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK“. These collections were contributed by various institutions in the UK. Through the site, users can search or browse by collections and themes. VADS also provides a series of resources that were built around the image collections by “specialist authors and lecturers“.

Collection Type icon-questionBroad terms that define the type of digital collection

Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Contents on VADS “may be duplicated by you for your research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form“. Permission is required for other uses. Citation is required with no format is mentioned in their terms. Image can be cited by including  creator name, title of image, year of creation (if unknown, indicate n.d.), collection, source and url of image.

e.g. Brookes, Ronald E. Fiesta, ca. 1961. Range of melamine tableware, varied dimensions. Design Council Slide Collection. Farnham, VADS. http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=61882.

For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.

Please check their Terms of Use and the Info pages of different collections for full details before using images.