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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I posted about Image Subscription Services a couple weeks ago and got several helpful responses. Thanks to Matthew Baiocchi, Kyle Napoli, John Schoppert, and Sigrid Sharif for suggestions
and advice. Here’s a compilation of responses in case anyone else is interested:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Have you tried Creative Commons search?
<a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">https://search.creativecommons.org/</span></a> You'll still to verify copyright license levels but it's a good place to start. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Might you be able to get away with using the royalty free stuff provided by Library of Congress, British Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian, and Pixabay?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Lots of overlap between these two, but they are very current in terms of style:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Unsplash - <a href="https://unsplash.com/">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://unsplash.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pexels - <a href="https://www.pexels.com/">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://www.pexels.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> This site is much more variable in terms of quality (but has just gone through a major site upgrade):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Morgue File -
<a href="https://morguefile.com/"><span style="color:windowtext">https://morguefile.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> And this site is a little cumbersome but let's you search in several additional sites (not all have the same licensing):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Stocks - <a href="http://thestocks.im/">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://thestocks.im/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Of the many paid stock sites, I've had better luck with Shutterstock lately than others because it seems to be a decent balance of price and quality. I used to love iStockphoto, but the
prices went up considerably last year or the year before. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> I use Shutterstock a lot; they have high quality images and they are not that expensive (I tend to reuse them). Make sure to download the largest version so that it can be adapted to higher
resolution jobs, or resized down for the web. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Searching creative commons and clicking on flickr is a great way to find quality images, although, as noted, you do need to look into attribution. You used to be able to sort by the number
of downloads, which was a great way to separate the wheat from the chaff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Also, consider using art from vectorstock.com (especially if you have the software to manipulate it). You can get high quality vector art for $1 a download. I use it all the time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steven Engelfried, Library Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wilsonville Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8200 SW Wilsonville Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wilsonville, OR 97070<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">503-570-1592<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:engelfried@wilsonvillelibrary.org">engelfried@wilsonvillelibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Engelfried, Steven
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Images Subscriptions for Libraries? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re planning to get an “images subscription” for our library. Something where we can get a bunch of images and use them for library stuff without violating copyright laws. iStock Photo, Shutter Stock and Photo Pin are a few we’ve started
looking at. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re wondering if other libraries have any recommendations? We’re looking for reasonably priced, good variety, and good library-related images. Any suggestions?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steven Engelfried, Library Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wilsonville Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8200 SW Wilsonville Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wilsonville, OR 97070<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">503-570-1592<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:engelfried@wilsonvillelibrary.org">engelfried@wilsonvillelibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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