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Culture Portal style guide (work in progress)—Images—Australian Stories

(last updated 02 June 2009)

• Caption text
• Image reference numbers
• Alt text
• Size
• Layout
• Copyright

Caption text

• In the example below brackets '[]' imply optional data.
• A full stop is required at the end of the caption, after the link.
• The style is:
  Artist [(Date of birth–Date of death) in curved brackets, if deceased], name of artwork in italics, year of artwork, medium of artwork. Image courtesy of [insert link here:]cultural/recreation institution: [image ref no].
  

  For example:
  Sidney Nolan (1917–1922), Kelly and horse, 1946, enamel on composition board. Image courtesy of the Nolan Gallery: ng3445.
  Or
  Frank Hurley (1885–1962), Bedouins changing pastures, Transjordan [camel train], c. 1910, negative: nitrate. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: an23566025.

• Note that some copyright agencies and holders request particular wording, or the use of the symbol '©', in image captions as part of their Copyright Licence Agreement. The Image Database should record these special conditions.

Image reference numbers

• At times image reference numbers are provided, such as with National Library of Australia photographs.
• Provide these image reference numbers in the caption text only; do not include the reference number in the HTML link.
• The HTML link should be to the institution only. This is to prevent broken links from 'time-outs' of website search results.

  For example, (in code view) use:
  Image courtesy of the <a href="/cgi-bin/goto.pl?cr_pg=http://nla.gov.au/"> National Library of Australia</a>: an23356315
  Instead of:
  Image courtesy of the <a href="/cgi-bin/goto.pl?cr_pg= http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23356315"> National Library of Australia</a>

Alt text

• An alt tag is required for strict validation.
• These tags are visible when the mouse hovers over the image in IE (not Mozilla).
• Alt texts should indicate information about the image to assist vision-impaired users, such as 'Surfers at Bondi Beach, Sydney.'
• A screen-reader will typically say 'Image of' before reading alt text.
• Single quote marks may be used within alt text.

  For example:
  'The Bather', photograph by Max Dupain, 1947. Reproduction of artworks:'The Aeroplane', woodcut print by Margaret Preston, 1925.

Size

• For quick loading, the total size of all images on a page should be ideally 20KB or less.
• Each individual image should therefore be as small as possible, and definitely no larger than 10KB.
• Save images as .jpg.
• For each image three sizes are required:
  Original
  • Any size, preferably under 1MB
  • This original is stored on the G drive under CARP/images and logos/database images/ and is used to make any variation to the image.
  • Use descriptive titles when naming original image files, in the format artistartworkyearofcreationsourceaccessionnumber.jpg. For example:
    josiahsmithglassworks1911nla498720.jpeg
    
  Web
  • Size: for portrait-orientated images approximately 120 px wide, for square images approx 150 px wide and for landscape-orientated images approx. 180 px wide. This can be increased up to a maximum of 220 px if necessary to preserve detail and quality of image.
  • This version is saved on the W drive in the appropriate image directory.
  • Use a “_web” suffix. For example, an image used in the Australian story ‘Aviation’ would be articles/aviation/images/plane_web.jpg. A reduced version of the long image name used for the original may be used. In the example given above glassworks_web.jpeg could be used.
  • Note that images copied to the W drive need to be uploaded (or put) to remote in Dreamweaver in order for them to be viewable in Stage.
  • Please refer to CARP News Updates for more information about resizing images in Photoshop.
  Small (TBC)
  • Size: as small as practical, possibly 75px wide, to be confirmed
  • This image is used for data tracking purposes in the Image Database
  • Use a “_sml” suffix
  • Save in the G drive, currently in CARP/images and logos/database images/. Save within the correct story folder. For example, CARP/images and logos/database images/aviation/plane_sml.jpg.

Layout

• Insert the code for the first image after the first paragraph.
• The alignment should begin on the right side and then alternate positions, ie right–left–right and so on.
• An exception to this is at the end of articles where you can have bullets or lists which cannot sit to the right of an image.
• In this case the image has to be on the RHS.
• Adjustments to the position of other images need to be made accordingly, if appropriate.
• Allow approximately 2–3 images per printed page, subject to the size limit above. Aim to position images next to relevant text.

Copyright

• In principle, all images for Australian Stories require copyright approval.
• Licence Agreements will need to be organised for photographs and images still under copyright, unless exemptions apply.
• Copyright Licence Agreements are not required for images used in News and Events.
• Photographs used in media or press releases may be used without obtaining copyright permission, while the topic is current. The images of the Archibald Prize winning paintings fit into this category.

Determining if a work is still in copyright

Medium		Publication timing	AUSFTA timing	Copyright duration
Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (Some exceptions are detailed below).1		Work first published during creator’s life	Creator died before 1 January, 1955	Expired
			Creator died after 1 January, 1955	Life + 70 years
		Work published after creator’s death, or published anonymously/under a pseudonym	Work made public before 1 January, 1955	Expired
			Work made public after 1 January, 1955	Published + 70 years
		Work never made public		Continues indefinitely
Prior to 1 January 2005, copyright lasted 50 years either from the time of the creator’s death or the publication of their work.  With the AUSFTA, this has been extended to 70 years in many cases.  However, copyright that expired before 2005 will not be revived, even if it is still within the 70–year period.  E.g. the Australian author Miles Franklin died in 1954 and copyright in her published works expired 50 years from the end of the year in which she died (midnight on 31 December 2004).  The copyright in these works has not been revived.  However, if an unpublished manuscript of Miles Franklin were found, copyright would apply from the date of publication with rights going to her estate.
Photographs	Photo first published under creator’s real name		Taken before 1 January 1955	Expired
			Taken after 1 January 1955	Life + 70 years
	Photo published anonymously/under a pseudonym		Taken before 1 January 1955	Expired
			Taken after 1 January 1955	Published + 70 years
While unpublished, especially in the form of a negative, copyright continues indefinitely.  However, once published as a print, in an album or an exhibition (but not necessarily in a publication) under the creator’s name, the duration of copyright will last until 70 years from the end of the year in which the creator died (if taken after 1 January 1955).  A photograph of an object, such as architecture or an artwork, may require permission from the copyright holders of both the photograph as well as the object displayed in the photograph (providing the photograph meets the criteria of originality).  Other areas of law govern the commercial photography of environmental and heritage sites, as well as photography of Indigenous people.  Different copyright provisions apply when a photograph is commissioned, taken in the course of employment or for family purposes.
Sound recordings			Made before 1 January 1955	Expired
			Made after 1 January 1955	Published + 70 years
Items often include several copyright interests.  The published works of novelist Marcus Clarke are now out of copyright, but a sound recording of For the Term of his Natural Life may still be protected.  If the recording were of an abridged version or translation of the original, these may also be protected, as might the dramatisation of the recorded work.  In this case permission may be needed to use the recording, the version and the dramatisation.
Broadcasts	Aired before 1 May 1969			Expired
	Aired on or after 1 May 1969			Published + 50 years
In the above example, permission would not be required to recite For the Term of his Natural Life in a broadcast.  Even for protected works, the Copyright Act allows for the reading of ‘an extract of reasonable length from a published literary or dramatic work’ without permission.

1. For further information visit the Australian Copyright Council website <www.copyright.org.au>.

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