MCN 2011: Online Scholarly Catalogue at the Art Institute of Chicago

Envisioning aEnvisioning aScholarly ResearchScholarly Researchand Publishingand PublishingEcosystemEcosystem

Liz NeelyThe Art Institute of Chicago

“It is our hope that this innovative online

platform you experience here will make

the important curatorial and conservation

research that is part of every museum’s

mission more broadly accessible

and illuminating.”

Director’s ForwardMonet Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Getty Foundation initiated OSCI to explorethe possibilities of presenting collectionresearch digitally.

• A consortium of nine museums• Developing sustainable and replicable models• Assess how digital publishing might impact

institutional structures

Online ScholarlyOnline ScholarlyCatalogue InitiativeCatalogue Initiative

• Address the requirements of scholars– create an authoritative, permanent, and citable

research reference– maintain the high standards of the our previously

published print collection catalogues

• Think strategically about the definition of anonline publication– take full advantage of the functionality that is only

available in the digital realm

Art Institute GoalsArt Institute Goals

Demohttp://publications.artic.edu/reader/monet-paintings-and-drawings-art-institute-chicago

Screen view at 4 columns

Early TakeawaysEarly Takeaways• Digital Images

– registration issues with layered images– preparing images requires more knowledge of usage,

placement, etc. for optimization– Address with a ‘Digital Style Guide’

• Workflow– With access to the publication-in-progress, expectations that

changes were possible, leading to re-writes– Expectation that changes would be instantaneous– Address with mapping of workflow and galley-like schedules

Scholarly Research and Publishing Ecosystem

incorporating these scholarly tools into ourcollection management system, CITI, to make itan active agent and repository of the continuous

scholarly efforts.

The DreamThe Dream……

Scholarly catalogues:publications.artic.edu

Elizabeth NeelyDirector of Digital Information and AccessThe Art Institute of ChicagoEneely@artic.eduTwitter @lili_czarina

Thank you!Thank you!