Engaging With Usersالمستخدمين مع التعامل

A Brief History of Art Gallery Documentation

الفنون معرض عن تاريخية لمحةالوثائق

John Peel

بيل جون

Manchester City Galleries

Who am I? Why do I feel I have something to say?

Documentation in 2000

Middle of a major capital expansion The Museum Object Data Entry System

(MODES) Index cards Artist’s files Curatorial knowledge

Example Index Card

2000 – 2003 The Learning Phase

KE-EMu acquired in 2000 Migration of the MODES data onto EMu 10% of collection digitised Level of use – low

Collection Manager Registrar Curator x 1

2004 – 2007 The Documentation Phase

National investment in documentation projects throughout the UK

100% of collection digitised SPECTRUM standards Users

Users

Collection Managerbasic admin level

Documentation Assistants x 6

general edit level

Volunteersbasic edit level

Curators x 3general edit level

Registrargeneral edit level

EMu Resistance

Curators

2007 – 2010Data Audits & Reports

Data migration fallout Not enough restrictions Database Manager

Monitor data & staff Data cleansing Audits Inventory checks

Advanced controls Locking things down Reports

Portrait photographs Users

Example migration data

Example terminology list

Users

Collection Managerbasic admin level

Database Managermoderate admin level

Documentation

Assistant x 2moderate edit level

Volunteers

basic edit level

Curators x 3

general edit level

Curators x 3

basic edit level

Registrars x 2

moderate edit level

2010 – 2012Data Refinement, Reports & Additional Users

Collection Information Officer Full admin level control

Perfect data? 100% SPECTRUM standard Missing objects Public Catalogue Foundation project

Conservation Users

Users

CollectionInformation Officer

competent admin

Curators x 5general edit level

2012 – 2015The Wider Picture

Capturing more collection information Archives Exhibitions Education

Innovative public access Linked data

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