[Note 1] Faces of L.A. is a partnership, created by the Getty Information Institute, among twenty institutions that demonstrates the concept of simultaneous access across collections residing in physically dispersed institutions. These twenty institutions include: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library; American Film Institute; Autry Museum of Western Heritage; California State University, Northridge, Special Collections and Archives; Cirrus; County of Los Angeles Public Library; Electronic Caf� International; The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS; The Getty; Los Angeles Public Library; The Museum of Television and Radio; Museum of Tolerance; Simon Wiesenthal Center; Otis College of Art and Design/The Woman's Building; Southwest Museum; UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History; UCR/California Museum of Photography; USC, Special Collections; USC, Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library; Visual Communications. Back to text of paper.

[Note 2] Sharing Cultural Entitlements in the Digital Age: Are We Building A Garden of Eden or A Patch of Weeds? Eleanor Fink, Director of the Getty Information Institute. Museums and the Web Opening Plenary Address. March 16-19, 1997. Los Angeles. < http://www.archimuse.com/mw97/speak/fink.htm >. Back to text of paper.

[Note 3] The Virtual Database: Art Information on the Networks. 17 minute video produced in 1994 by the Getty Information Institute. Back to text of paper.

[Note 4] Until this year, the J. Paul Getty Trust was comprised of a museum, five institutes, and a grant program, each independent of one another, but under one administrative umbrella. Back to text of paper.

[Note 5] Although the Art History Information Program (AHIP) officially changed its name to the Getty Information Institute (GII) on July 1, 1996, GII is used consistently throughout this historical overview to avoid confusion. Back to text of paper.

[Note 6] < http://www.rlg.org/cit-ave.html >; CD-ROM. Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications Distribution Center, 1996. Back to text of paper.

[Note 7] < http://www.rlg.org/cit-bha.html > or < http://www.gii.getty.edu/bha/index.html >; CD-ROM. Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications Distribution Center, 1999. Back to text of paper.

[Note 8] < http://www.gii.getty.edu/index/census.html >; Database housed at the Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Humboldt University, Berlin. Back to text of paper.

[Note 9] The Witt Library and the Witt Computer Index are housed at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, The Strand, London. Back to text of paper.

[Note 10] < http://www.gii.getty.edu/provenance/index.html >; CD-ROM. Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications Distribution Center, 1996. Back to text of paper.

[Note 11] Vicki Porter and Robin Thornes, A Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings. (New Jersey: G.K. Hall & Co., 1994). Back to text of paper.

[Note 12] < http://www.gii.getty.edu/vocabulary/aat.html >. Back to text of paper.

[Note 13] < http://www.gii.getty.edu/vocabulary/ulan.html >; < http://www.gii.getty.edu/vocabulary/tgn.html >. Back to text of paper.

[Note 14] Forthcoming interview with Eleanor Fink. Visual Resources: An International Journal for Documentation. 15, no.1 (1999). Back to text of paper.

[Note 15] Initially, GII used the terms "virtual database" and "digital library" synonymously. Back to text of paper.

[Note 16] Only selected examples of GII's Advocacy and Education Initiatives are highlighted here. For additional information, please refer to GII's website: < http://www.gii.getty.edu >. Back to text of paper.

[Note 17] Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage. (Santa Monica, Calif.: Getty Art History Information Program, 1996). Back to text of paper.

[Note 18] Participating museums included: The Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA; The George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; The Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Library of Congress; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; The National Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C.; and the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Participating universities were: American University, Washington, D.C.; Columbia University, New York; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; The University of Maryland at College Park; The University of Michigan; The University of Virginia. Back to text of paper.

[Note 19] For a complete reference to GII standards and demonstration projects please see: < http://www.gii.getty.edu >. Back to text of paper.

[Note 20] William E. Moen, "Accessing Distributed Cultural Heritage Information," Communications of the ACM. 41, no. 4 (April 1998). Back to text of paper.

[Note 21] "Data Ex Machina," Visual Resources: An International Journal for Documentation. 11, no. 3-4 (1996): 349-370. Back to text of paper.

[Note 22] Categories for the Description of Works of Art/Art Information Task Force. (Santa Monica, Calif.: Getty Art History Information Program; New York: College Art Association, 1996). Back to text of paper.

[Note 23] Robin Thornes, Protecting Cultural Objects in the Global Information Society. Marilyn Schmitt and Nancy Bryan, eds. (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, 1997).; Forthcoming publication: Robin Thornes, Introduction to Object ID. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1999).; Forthcoming interview with Eleanor Fink. Visual Resources: An International Journal for Documentation. 15, no.1 (1999). Back to text of paper.

[Note 24] Anne Gilliland-Swetland, Tony Gill and Willy Cromwell-Kessler, Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information. Murtha Baca, ed. (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, 1998). Back to text of paper.

[Note 25] "Conducting a Search for the Visual Web," eMediaWeekly. 16 November 1998. Back to text of paper.