About FADIS FADIS (Fine Art Digital Imaging System) is a content management system designed for the teaching, studying and researching of art, architecture and visual culture. FADIS combines the digital management of electronic resources with a courseware system and provides an intuitive interface that reflects higher educational teaching needs. The goal of FADIS is the creation of a shared common repository amongst participating institutions. FADIS is currently free to any participating institution contributing content to the collection. As most institutions with slide collections are now faced with the need to digitize and manage their transparency collections, FADIS provides an immediate solution along with a sophisticated toolset familiar to instructors teaching with visual material. There are no technical requirements for participating in FADIS, we offer to house and maintain digital assests and there are no server-side requirements or technical expertise required. We do expect participating institutions to manage their digital assests and user base. We will provide training and any technical help required. In addition to managing digital image files, FADIS also delivers video and audio content. We are actively videotaping artists talks, lectures and colloquia and adding these to the collection. The current repository is over 102,000 digital objects. Conceived and developed by Gordon Belray?for the University of Toronto Libraries, the Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto FADIS?Development Contributors Colin Clark, Matt Daw, Bilal Khalid, Hanna Revinskaya, David Weinkauf System Administration Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries Steve Baroti, Bilal Khalid, Marc Lalonde, Graham Stewart, Amaz Taufique Special Thanks to Carole Moore, Chief Librarian, Robarts Library Peter Clinton, Director, Information Technology Services Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Scarborough Mary Ann Mavrinac, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Mississauga Marden Paul, Director, Strategic Planning Office of the VP & Provost Peggy Haist, Image Curator, Fine Art Department Joan Dalton, Associate Librarian, Leddy Library, University of Windsor Prof Mark Cheetham, Interim Chair Department of Art Prof Marc Gotlieb, formerly Chair, Department of Art Prof Lisa Steele, Associate Chair Visual Studies Ray deSouza, formerly Director,Planning and Infrastructure, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science Paul Ruppert, formerly Director of Instructional Technology for the Humanities and Social Sciences George Hawken, Undergraduate Coordinator, Visual Studies & Colin Campbell Copyright University of Toronto, 2010 All Rights Reserved