Visual Arts Data Service

VADS is the online resource for visual arts. It has provided services to the academic community for 12 years and has built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK. VADS provides: expert guidance and help for digital projects in art education; resource development and hosting for art education; project management and consultancy for art education; leadership in the innovative use of ICT in education through its research and development activities. VADS offers advice and guidance to the visual arts research, teaching and learning communities on all aspects of digital resource management from funding, through delivery and use, to preservation.

VADS乃视觉艺术的在线资源库。自提供学术社区服务以来已历12载，累积构建起一份相当可观的视觉艺术藏品，其中包含超过10万幅图像，这些图像均可免费获取，且已获得版权清权，可供英国范围内的学习、教学与研究使用。VADS所提供的服务包括：艺术教育领域数字项目的专业指导与支持；艺术教育资源开发与托管；艺术教育项目管理与咨询；通过其研发活动在教育领域创新信息通信技术（ICT）应用方面的领导力。VADS向视觉艺术研究、教学与学习社群提供全方位的数字化资源管理咨询与指导，涵盖从资金支持、内容交付与使用，至资源保存的各个环节。