Technology platform

ARTstor Beta is now available to all ARTstor participants. With the release of ARTstor Beta we are introducing a new technical platform and user interface that makes searching, browsing, and organizing images in the Digital Library faster and easier. ARTstor Beta has been developed using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) — which allows for significantly greater flexibility than our former Java-based thin client platform, and provides greater system efficiencies. While current functionality in the ARTstor Digital Library remains the same, ARTstor Beta sits within the browser rather than launching a Java client, and therefore looks and feels much more like a website. Users will experience improved performance and speed, and ARTstor will be able to provide greater functionality and respond more nimbly to our users' needs over time. As you begin working in the ARTstor Beta environment, you will notice some new features and changes:

New navigation bar options to help you find, organize, present, upload and share images
Drag and drop selected images directly into your image groups
Sort search results by date, creator, or title
Link to and bookmark ARTstor Beta

More information on ARTstor Beta is available at:

ARTstor Help
ARTstor Navigation Bar Guide
ARTstor System Requirements for additional browsers and recommended settings

While we encourage you to try ARTstor Beta, ARTstor Legacy will remain available in parallel with ARTstor Beta through the 2008-2009 academic year to ensure the stability of the new platform and to give institutions ample time to migrate to the new environment. All users have the option of using either ARTstor Beta or ARTstor Legacy.