• The ID numbers for most images contain the year as the middle two digits; for example the image 0410_04_01 was taken in 2004 while 0410_05_01 was taken in 2005.

• Further date information can be inferred from the first 4 digits, which represent the Job number for a given year; so one could infer that a an image with the ID 0100_06_01 was taken in early 2006 while one with an ID of 1300_06_01 was taken in late 2006. University Photo processes approximately 1500 jobs per year.

• Specific dates may be found by double-clicking on a thumbnail to go to that image's details page. Date information should appear below the item in the metadata area.

• Note that some images are named differently; for example 2.5-175 or P-Tom_Eisner_01. This represents a stock image that uses an older categorization system no longer in use, and may or may not have date information attached to it. If such an item also has a job number in parentheses [e.g. 2.5-175 (0156_02_001)], then the above applies. If no date information appears in the metadata area, then date information is not known for that image.

Image Library Info Tip #3: Image Portal vs. Image Library

• UPhoto's Image Library was implemented in late 2005. Prior to its implementation, many of you accessed our photos through the Image Portal application, which is essentially the back-end database application for the Image Library site. Some of our clients still require the use of Image Portal for accessing images that are not visible to the general public. However, if you do not fall into this category you should be browsing and accessing images through the Image Library, and not through Image Portal.

• The user interface for Image Library is much more user-friendly than Image Portal. You can get image metadata information, add images to a shopping cart and order prints or digital files directly online. You can also add images to a 'Light Box' which allows you to organize the photos you're interested in and email or share them with others.

Image Library Info Tip #4: Duplicates and Question Marks

• This problem should no longer be occurring. If you have noticed this problem, please contact the webmaster at cjc85@cornell.edu and it will be fixed ASAP.

Image Library Info Tip #5: Workflow and Lag Time

• Lag time between when a photographer executes a shoot to when images are available in Image Library varies as a result of processing times, workload and whether the shoot is being held for a publication. General shoots will have a lag time of approximately one week, while images being held for publication are not uploaded until said publication is actually published. Times may be longer during periods of increased workflow, such as around Commencement and Reunion.

• Note that the images on the Image Library are a selection of photos made by the photographers. Not all images from all shoots are uploaded, nor necessarily are images uploaded from every single shoot. While there are some exceptions, images are typically selected based on their accordance with our mandate, which is marketing and promotion for Cornell University.

• If you are interested in seeing alternate frames from a particular shoot that you have located on Image Library, this can usually be accomodated by contacting the department.

Image Library Info Tip #6: Retaining File Names When Downloading Images

To retain an image's file name when downloading from Image Library take the following steps:

1. Log in to Image Library (if you do not have a login, create one by clicking on the login/register button in the top right corner of the page).
2. Once logged in, you should see a download button appear on both the preview and zoom pages for any given image (to access the preview page, double-click on a thumbnail while browsing). The button will appear ONLY IF YOU ARE LOGGED IN and will not appear on thumbnail pages.
3. Click on the download button. You will be given the option to save the file and it will retain the original file name or number.
4. Note that right-clicking and choosing Save as... or dragging an image to your desktop will NOT retain the original file name or number. This is because Image Library is pulling these images from a SQL database and not from an HTML page.

Image Library Info Tip #7: Problems Using the Back Button in Safari

A number of people have reported problems on the site when clicking the back button in their browser, such as:

• The site takes you back more than one page;
• The site returns you to search results instead of the last page you were on.

This is not a problem with Image Library but is rather a browser issue with Safari (or rather, there is nothing that we can modify in Image Library to make it work correctly with Safari; the problem is on both sides). I have been using Firefox and have not been able to duplicate the problem. A Google search for 'back button problems in safari' will return a number of blogs that discuss the Safari issue. It turns out that Safari's back button is integrated with a back history function, so that if one presses the back button for too long it will return you back to a previous page in your history rather than the last page you were on. I am aware that many of you use pen pads and laptops instead of mouses, and the possibility of pressing the back button for inconsistent amounts of time when using a pen pad or laptop button is increased. Solution: be sure to only tap your back button very briefly or switch to Firefox. Hopefully future versions of Safari will address this issue.

Image Library Info Tip #8: Uploading of Archives

• We are currently in the process of scanning and uploading our image archives. The process is ongoing.

• Our slide and transparency archive goes back to the late 1980s, with most images being from 1995 on.

• Images 10 years old or older that are in the Image Library can be accessed by browsing the Historical folder on the site.

• We have a small selection of prints, primarily of faculty, going back as far as the 1960s, all of which are already on the Image Library.

• Many of our older materials, including items from the Visual Services and Cornell Publications - Photography Collections (ca. 1960-1989), now reside at the University Archives and can be accessed by contacting the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.