Conference 7.286::digital

Hello ArtLibrary user,

I'm gathering data for the current proposal to fund the ArtLibrary.

I'm hoping to come up with a report summarizing specific usage.

For instance, when I roll it all up, my summary might read
"1000 employees use clip-art from the library on average three times 
per day, and employ ten different items during each use. Known
total usage is at least 30,000 clip-art references per day."

So if you could provide any data on how much you use the library
(both from a times per day perspective, and a quantity of different
items used value), I'd greatly appreciate it. It will help the
proposal to have this data.

best regards & happy new year,

   erik

Hey Erik, do you suppose your clip-art library was used to help prepare Dennis
Roberson's slides for his recent DVN?  If you haven't seen them, check out
CLT::SDT$PUBLIC:DEC16_DVN_SLIDES.PS.  (It's really big, the slides aren't in
order (or oriented in portrait mode), and takes forever to print because it has
a lot of pixels "on", so use a previewer if you can).
				Hope this helps,
				/AHM

    I don't think 'use per day' is meaningful.  I use the clip art when I
    create presentations.  I don't create presentations every day.  When I
    do I can spend many hours at a time, but averaging them out like that
    really doesn't say much.

re .2 

I examined the clip-art there and it is not from the ArtLibrary.
Some of it appears to have been created by CorelDRAW, and some 
from QuickPIC. All the same items used there are more-or-less 
available from the ArtLibrary.

re .3

Perhaps not. I'm responding to a request for usage data. While 
uses per day may not tell the whole story, it does allow for some
understanding of how often the ArtLibrary gets used. For instance,
the survey data I've gotten back so far (after 1.5 days) shows that 
every day 1002 items of ArtLibrary  clip-art are employed by 468 
users. Since there are an estimated 9,000 users of the ArtLibrary,
a simple extrapolation results in 19,000 uses per day. That's
a lot of use, especially when you think that people are
not using art in even daily amounts but typically in big clumps.

But I'm no statistician, so I'll leave the interpretation to others.

From the flip side of the coin, there is no way at present to
easily track how many people copy the files to their system, and
beyond that, how many people use the clip-art on the
system it was copied to. I know all about fal logging;
that's only one part. The reason for this is that the files are
widely available on many systems, over many different
network protocols. Just tracking the copies would require
a massive amount of effort across all those systems. And
that 1000 user cluster, access by the sysadmin registers as 
only one file copy operation. So I decided to try polling the users. 

	erik

There should be an announcement on the subject of the ArtLibrary soon
(within a few days). Please hold off further "save the ArtLibrary efforts"
until that time.

Thanks for your support,

   erik

Well the ArtLibrary has been saved...there will be article soon
on the subject. Thanks to everyone who helped by sending mail,
ideas, or suggestions. It was worth it.

	erik

re: .8

My reference was to Erik's employment at Digital... I thought I had read
somewhere some speculation that if the ArtLibrary was scrapped then Erik
would be out of a job.

Lee

    RE: .9 No Digital ArtLibrary = No Erik
    
    I think this assumption is correct. Erik's group in Palo Alto, Ca.
    took a big TFSO hit in November/December '92.  Erik managed to
    survive but felt it essential to find a new position. His first
    and preferred position was to be the official (and recognized)
    manager of the ArtLibrary.  He worked very hard on the ArtLibrary
    for many years and it would have been a tremendous loss to Digital
    to lose both. Alot of Erik's supporters (and there are many) rallied
    around the company and Erik was soon offered a position with Corporate
    Communications.    
    
    Erik can follow up with his comments, as I know he reads this 
    conference regularly.
    
    Jodi-(Erik's #1 fan :^)

    Well I thought this note was static...I see it wasn't.
    
    My former group took a second, almost total TFSO hit in March.
    But this was known in December and prompted the effort to save the
    ArtLibrary. Yes, I'm working on the ArtLibrary and some other related 
    projects. Again, thanks for helping -- you made a difference.
    
    erik

The Digital ArtLibrary

The Digital ArtLibrary is a huge on-line store-house of clip-art and desktop
publishing resources for Digital employees to use in their communications,
including newsletters, quotes, proposals, documentation, advertising, software,
or literature. Digital products are shown in various drawing styles, each 
suited for a different form of communication with customers. ArtLibrary users 
enjoy a high degree of consistency because customers see the same Digital
visual style from multiple channels. 

The ArtLibrary features over 15,000 unique graphics files, depicting all of our
current mainline products, most prior products, some popular third-party
products, and some generic clip-art. The official Digital logo is available 
from the library. In addition, photographs and the beginnings of an on-line 
form of the Corporate Photo Library are available from the same areas as the 
Digital ArtLibrary.

Every popular type of desktop computer can use the ArtLibrary and get WYSIWYG
graphics. The Digital ArtLibrary is available in several popular graphics file
formats including computer graphics metafiles (CGM), Windows Metafile Format 
(WMF), and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Every popular application can use the 
ArtLibrary graphics. This includes applications such as WordPerfect, Microsoft 
PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, DECwrite, Aldus PageMaker, Quark Xpress, WPS-PLUS, 
Aldus Persuasion, VAX DOCUMENT, Interleaf, FrameMaker, Ventura Publisher, 
Microsoft Publish, CorelDRAW!, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Freehand, and many
more.  If something in the library doesn't look like exactly what you want,
then you can change it. Every item in the library is completely revisable.

The ArtLibrary has become much easier to access, thanks to several recent 
developments. You can search for and obtain clip-art via VTX, the World Wide
Web,  or mail. The graphics files (electronic clip-art) are available via
CD-ROM, or over the  network via a variety of popular network protocols such
as DECnet, NFS, Pathworks,  or the World-Wide Web. The OPAL CD-ROM has much of
the ArtLibrary in CGM and WMF format, and the Q3 release is almost out. 

How to order the Q3 and future releases of the OPAL/CLIPART CD-ROM:
    Subscribe through Readers Choice. Type VTX PROFILE at your system prompt 
    and follow the on-screen instructions. (Within VTX PROFILE, look under 
    "Newsletters,Publications/Tools"->"Worldwide-Hardcopy" "OPAL CD-ROM"). 

Network access: For specifics on how to access the on-line library, start 
    with notes 35 through 38 in the Digital_ArtLibrary Notesfile (whose 
    location is TRINTY::DIGITAL_ARTLIBRARY).  For those used to network 
    addresses, you can find all the clip-art files under NACIMT::AZ:[DEC...] 
    for DEC O/S users; NACIMT::AZ:[PC...] for PC users; AZ:[MAC...] for Macs.

VTX access: To obtain clip-art through the Sales & Marketing Integrated 
    Repository VTX infobase,  type VTX IR. 

WWW: The ArtLibrary World-Wide Web front end has an address (URL) of 
    http://art.pa.dec.com/html/visual-libraries.html. 

The library's graphics are created by many artists and illustrators around the
corporation, as well as the ArtLibrary maintainer, Erik Goetze. Thanks go to
the many hard-working employees who rarely get credit for their artwork in the
final product.

Sign up for updates which inform you of new clip-art, new capabilities, and
other graphics news by selecting "ArtLibrary Updates" within Reader's Choice.

Why Targeted Graphics

Everyone has a need to communicate at one time or another. We often have to
convey specific messages about Digital's products over the din of multiple
media channels and polished, focused messages by our competitors. Successful
communication with the customer depends on factors like the customer's
predispositions, message fidelity, skill of the messenger, and using techniques
appropriate to the form of the message. We may not be able to present wondrous
multimedia events for every customer visit, but our messages can sell more
effectively when visual elements are used selectively.

For most people, forms of communications that use visual elements are more
effective. The picture worth a thousand words cliche has much truth to it. We
see evidence of this every day, from the presentation which begins with a
cartoon, to groups that use TopMapping to understand business processes, to the
uniquitous GUI interface on PCs and workstations. Why? Visual information is
processed quickly and efficiently--it's more integrated--a photo often appeals
to the viewer's emotions, and it's more universal--pictures cut across
cultures, boundaries.

Make your communications more effective by employing clip-art of our products, 
and subject-specific art, which looks like it was designed for the job at hand. 
Become familiar with what generic clip-art is bundled with your presentation, 
word processing, or layout application. Classes, books, and videos are
available to help become more skilled at using graphics. Lastly look around;
there are thousands of employees productively using the ArtLibrary all over
Digital who could help you get started.

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    Erik Goetze

    How to contact:

	electronic mail address:  CALDEC::GOETZE
	alternate e-mail address: NACIMT::GOETZE
	Internet style e-mail:	  goetze@pa.dec.com
	internal phone number: dtn 543-2132
	external phone number: (415) 853-2132
	Internal office address: UCT-2

The Digital ArtLibrary is supported by Sales & Marketing IM&T. If you find it
useful, consider feeding back this info to me or my manager Greg Thorne.