Higher education is also in the midst of a revolutionary transition from the use of 35mm. slides to digital images as primary resources for teaching in the visual arts. The accompanying "Virtual Tour" article on St.-Gilles-du-Gard is intended for the undergraduate student with limited prior knowledge of medieval art. Recognizing that many instructors will prefer to present this monument in their own ways, I invite Peregrinations visitors not only to view the photographs in the context of the article, but also to regard them as flexible resources: using the Image Resources section following the article, visitors may download any image from the article as a large resolution JPG file suitable for classroom projection or screen display. Expanded caption information is also provided here to assist institutions wishing to incorporate these images into their collections. Other "Virtual Tours" of major medieval monuments, similarly illustrated with original location photographs, will appear in future issues of Peregrinations. Educators may acquire and use these images in any application that is both educational in intent and non-commercial in nature. It is my hope that this resource will prove useful to those teaching medieval art, not only for lecturing, but also in potential applications such as on-line course reviews or the creation of web-based didactics.
Moreover, I am interested in widening the discussion of digital images as scholarly resources as well, especially in regard to the publishing needs of faculty. Most faculty members must publish, as well as teach, to advance within their institutions and establish reputations in their fields. Editors and publishers often weigh the availability of images along with texts considered for acceptance, and increasingly expect scholar-authors to provide their own illustrations: this time-consuming process can involve not only locating suitable photographs and securing permission to use them, but may also require authors personally to pay licensing fees which can total hundreds of dollars for even a modest article. Acknowledging this need, especially as it affects younger faculty in the early stages of their careers, I would like to provide an example whereby those who produce original images, such as location photographs, for their own teaching purposes may consider making these resources more widely available -- not only among their immediate local colleagues, but also to their "extended colleagues" throughout the academic environment. Accordingly, I hereby give permission for the free use of any of my original images appearing in this and future issues of Peregrinations to illustrate scholarly publications such as theses, dissertations, and articles in professional journals for which the author receives no monetary compensation. In publications which list photo sources, I would appreciate the use of the following credit line: "Photo courtesy Allan T. Kohl/Art Images for College Teaching."
Additional information on the free educational use of my original images is available in the "Licensing" section of my website, Art Images for College Teaching (AICT).