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The DK Media Resources Library consists
of three departments: the DK Picture Library, DK Images - the
commercial arm of the library, and Picture Research - the team
who buy in images from third party sources: agencies, photographers
and specialists.
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The library was established in 1988 with one two-drawer filing
cabinet of images. Prior to this, all the artwork and photography
from completed titles were packed away in trunks and taken
off and stored in a warehouse in south London. The library
started life primarily as an archive, and over the years has
become a valuable asset to be utilised by both DK and outside
sources. Roughly one third of all the images loaned each year
are to third party commercial sales clients.
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The majority of the photography held in the library has never
been seen in print - for every single image in a book, there
are, on average, another ten pictures from the same shoot -
and this provides a wealth of great new material. As a result
library holds just under 3 million images, transparency and
artwork of a fantastically diverse range of subjects from animals
to architecture, from space to sports, from flowers to food.
Of these just under 30,000 are termed "unique images" while
the rest are associated leftover shots from the same photo-shoot.
The library also houses a few thousand images bought from outside
archives whose collections have been sold off.
Visit the picture library at www.dkimages.com.
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