# VADS (organisation)

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UK database of visual arts collections

**VADS** (formerly an initialism for **Visual Arts Data Service**[1][2]) is a service of the Library at the [University for the Creative Arts (UCA)](/source/University_for_the_Creative_Arts) in the UK that provides digital images and other visual arts resources free and copyright cleared for use in UK [higher education](/source/Higher_education) and [further education](/source/Further_education).

It has provided services to the academic community since 3 March 1997,[3] and has built up a portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 140,000 images.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["More higher education news : Education Higher Links Front : Arts"](https://www.theguardian.com/education/higher/links/arts/0,,472417,00.html). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 25 April 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Design Council Slide Collection"](http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/designcouncil/). [Manchester School of Art](/source/Manchester_School_of_Art). Retrieved 31 May 2014. As a result of these projects, over 13,000 images have been made available online via the website of the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["VADS annual report 1997–1998"](http://www.ahds.ac.uk/visualarts/about/reports/pr_97-98.htm). [Arts and Humanities Data Service](/source/Arts_and_Humanities_Data_Service). Retrieved 31 May 2014. The Visual Arts Data Service was officially launched on 3rd March 1997 when the full-time VADS officer began in post.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["About"](http://www.vads.ac.uk/about/). VADS. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.vads.ac.uk)

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