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Guide to Using LUNA Insight

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Go to Collections in LUNA Insight

What is LUNA Insight?

LUNA is a digital image management & delivery system. It allows for digital images, video & sound files to be organized, stored and retrieved in ways intrinsic to each collection. The workspace & presentation tools enable faculty & students to present groups of dynamic visual images which may be zoomed, scaled, panned & tiled. These presentations may be saved & later retrieved in classroom and lecture settings throughout campus. Access is granted to current WU faculty, staff & students.

NOTE: There are two options for viewing most of the collections.

1. The Insight Browser Client version is accessed through a standard Web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). This simplified version does not require any software downloads.

Most collections may be viewed off-campus through the Browser version, via proxy.

WU Proxy Setup and PPP Connection Instructions
Luna Browser Quick Start Guide
Luna Browser Online Help Guide

* To open the Insight Browser, follow the Browser version links at the end of each collection description on this page.

2. The Insight Java (JVA)Client version provides advanced features and additional functionality over the Browser version. This advanced viewer requires a one-time download plus username & password (public/public). Subsequent searches can be launched using this same link.

For Macintosh users, follow the java client instructions on this page for Mac OSX

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How to Access LUNA at Washington University - Windows and Mac

1) Begin by downloading the Windows Java Client here - necessary for all first-time users

Instructions for Mac OSX

2) Launch the java client application to open the grey authentication window and log onto the luna server

3) Enter the username/password public/public and select logon

4) Select collection(s) to search

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Getting Started ~ TUTORIAL

for FACULTY: The forms linked below may be used to request user accounts on the LUNA Server. These accounts provide privileges other than those provided to public LUNA users such as the ability to save groups of images, support classroom instruction through use of the Visual Resources collection, and java access to AMICA.

Request an account on the LUNA Server

WU Digital Archives  ~  Criteria for Prioritizing Support for Digitization Projects

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The following Collections can be accessed using LUNA:

The Visual Resources Collection, Washington University is a widely utilized teaching collection of slides and digital images encompassing a broad range of visual culture, with a particular emphasis on images of art & architecture. Dedicated to supporting classroom instruction in visual disciplines, the Visual Resources Collection will be continuously adding images to LUNA Insight to support the teaching and learning of faculty and students. Contact Betha Whitlow, Visual Resources Curator, 935-5256 for further information about the VR Collection. Request a faculty account for access to this collection.

AMICA (JVA) documents over 102,000 works of art from museums in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. AMICA is a growing online collection of high-quality, digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Images, text & multimedia represent a broad range of works of art, highlighting the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American & Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works.
Browser version  Image Citation Guidelines (AMICO)

Note for Students: AMICA is only available in the Browser version if you are off campus.
For Faculty: Off campus, AMICA java access is by faculty account.

David Rumsey Map Collection (JVA) contains over 8,800 maps and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, Africa & Oceania are also represented.The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's & manuscript maps. Browser version

Estate Project for Artists with AIDS (JVA) This collection contains nearly 4,000 images- photography, painting, sculpture, installation & performance drawn from the collections of Visual AIDS, Visual AIDS/Boston, Visual Aid/San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The Estate Project provides continued access, presentation, and study of the cultural legacy created by the artistic community during the AIDS crisis.
Browser version

Farber Gravestone Collection (JVA) contains over 13,500 photographic images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800. Browser version

Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection (JVA) includes more than 33,000 cataloged political posters from around the world, with more than double that number as yet uncataloged. Posters from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, the Russian empire & Soviet Union are well represented. Currently the online collection consists of 53 selected Russian posters. Browser version

Mitsui Map Collection Japanese Historical Maps (JVA) contains over 100 rare maps and books from the University of California’s East Asian Library. Most noteworthy in the collection are a range of Japanese city maps which date back 300 years. Browser version

All 40 Luna Collections