Repository details

Visual Arts Data Service

Name of repository
Visual Arts Data Service
Additional name(s)
  • VADS
Repository URL
https://vads.ac.uk/
Subject(s)
Description
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.
Contact(s)
  • support: vads@uca.ac.uk
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
over 140.000 images
Repository type(s)
  • institutional
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://vads.ac.uk/digital/custom/about/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Started
1997

Institutions (1)

Institution name
University for the Creative Arts
Additional name(s)
  • UCA
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy name
Terms and Conditions

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown

Remarks

Entry date
2013-03-29
Last update
2026-03-09
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re3data.org: Visual Arts Data Service; editing status 2026-03-09; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3KC7H last accessed: 2026-03-26