Visual Resources Center

VRC Resources

CoTA DID Digital Image Database

VIDEO/DVD/CD Catalog (includes MFA Thesis)

Book Catalog (login: cvpavrc, password: vrc)

VRC Location and Contacts

FAH 236 (just down the hall from the Art Office)

Hours: 9:00 – 5:00 Monday thru Friday

Rodney Mayton - Visual Resources Curator
mayton@usf.edu / 974-9344

Mike Puckett - Visual Resources Cataloger
jpuckett@usf.edu / 974-7458

Selected Articles

Julia Landweber, "Fashioning Nationality and Identity in the Eighteenth Century: The Comte de Bonneval in the Ottoman Empire"

Virginia Aksan,"Who was an Ottoman? Reflections on 'Wearing Hats' and 'Turning Turk'"

VRC Information

The Visual Resources Center primarily supports the teaching and research interests of the faculty and students within the CoTA School of Art & Art History, but the VRC facilities and collection are available for use by all USF faculty, students, and staff.

The DID, or Digital Image Database, now contains over 16,000 images. Faculty and teaching assistants can access the database online to create "slideshows" for presentation in class, and students with a valid USF NetID can login to study images.

Four open access computers and two flatbed/film scanners are available for use. An orientation to the facility is required before use.

The VRC maintains a Study Lounge in FAH 238. The Looping Movies Film Series runs in the Study Lounge from 8–5 every day, with a new art documentary film each week.