Library

Chlöe Van Stralendorff

Visual Resources Curator

As the Visual Resources Curator, I provide specialized image research and resources to support art faculty and students. For students, I assist with the scholarly use of images, including image citations, copyright and fair use analysis, digitization projects, and obtaining image permissions for theses. For faculty, I not only help with researching, licensing and obtaining images for coursework, readings, conferences and publications, but also provide instructional workshops to enrich student learning.

My instructional workshops are designed to enhance student learning by supplementing curriculum. These workshops feature interactive skill-building activities such as RDC demonstrations, virtual exhibitions, image research and copyright use, Risograph printing and more.

In addition to helping faculty and students during the academic schoolyear, I curate and manage four of the major collections in the DAMS here at Reed. These include the Art & Architecture, Artists' Books, Reed College Studio Art Theses Show, and the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery digital collections within the Reed Digital Collections (RDC).

Also, I manage the Visual Resources Center (VRC), where students can use specialized equipment such as the Risograph, scanners for digitizing film, 2D and 3D creative projects, and a guest computer workstation equipped with Adobe Creative Cloud, Epson 2, VueScan, and Silverfast scanning software.

If you would like to explore new instructional topics or have questions about the services and resources available at the VRC, please feel free to reach out!