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Presentation from the MCN 2011 Annual Conference
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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 [email protected] @lili_czarina
Thank you!Thank you!