Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 638.
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[1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (55)
Subject: Collections Online (Harvard)
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (79)
Subject: European "Technology Watch Report"
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:02:45 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Collections Online (Harvard)
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
April 22, 2003
Harvard University Art Museums Announce
Latest Edition of Collections Online
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:48:02 -0400
>To: members@mediaandtechnology.org
>From: Sam Quigley <sam_quigley@harvard.edu>
>
Please forgive the cross postings
Harvard University Art Museums (the Fogg, the Arthur M. Sackler, and the
Busch-Reisinger Museums) is pleased to announce the third data upload to
its searchable database, Collections Online, available to the public at
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
This research discovery tool now provides basic information on about 76,000
objects more than half of the permanent collection. Deeper cataloguing
data, such as bibliography, marks and inscriptions, provenance, and
exhibition history, are included for about 10,000 of these objects.
Approximately 12,500 object records are illustrated with images currently,
and this number is growing rapidly. Increasing the number of images
representing objects in the searchable database is one of the primary
objectives the Art Museums has articulated for its digital initiative in
the upcoming year.
Collections Online also includes a number of Tours, which are groupings of
objects, pre-assembled according to various thematic principles. Initially,
four Masterpieces of the Art Museums' Tours, chosen by the Art Museums'
former Director, James Cuno, were presented. In addition, these are now
augmented with tours of two special exhibitions, namely A Private Passion:
19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop
Collection, and Bruegel To Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the
Maida and George Abrams Collection.
It is our hope that making this data available will prove useful to the
scholarly community as a reference and discovery tool, especially to those
preparing to visit the Art Museums to conduct research. Recognizing that
the amount and extent of information online will never be complete, email
and telephone contact information for each curatorial department is
prominently displayed, as is information about how to set up appointments
for close inspection of the objects. As internal cataloging and research
continues a normal part of curatorial activity future uploads of
additional information and images will increase the usefulness of
Collections Online over time.
For information about the technical infrastructure supporting Collections
Online, see
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/collections/servlet/webpublisher.WebCommunication?ia=tr&ic=pt&t=xhtml&x=techinfo
We invite you to use this resource and welcome your comments and critiques.
____________________________
Sam Quigley, Director
Digital Information and Technology
Harvard University Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-4292
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:04:28 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: European "Technology Watch Report"
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
April 23, 2003
DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 1 Available
http://www.digicult.info/downloads/twr2003_01_low.pdf
http://www.digicult.info/downloads/twr2003_01_high.pdf
First Draft Available for Comment of
"The XML Family of Technologies"
http://www.digicult.info/pages/twb.php
The DigitCULT Forum is a European project, initially funded through August
2004 to provide a regular technology watch for cultural and scientific
heritage. It is based on a strategic study completed in 2001:
"Technological Landscapes for Tomorrow's Cultural Economy - DigiCULT"
http://digicult.salzburgresearch.at/
The first of its regular Technology Watch Reports is now available. In
addition, the first draft of its Technology Watch Briefings, on "The XML
Family of Technologies", is now online and available for comments.
David Green
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>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:41:19 +0200
>From: DigiCULT Forum <digicult-forum@digicult.info>
>To: digicult-forum@digicult.info
>>Watch Report 1 now available
Technology Watch Report 1 - now available
New Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector
The Technology Watch Report identifies and describes technologies that
are either not currently used in the heritage sector or are under-utilised
by it. The Report provides accessible descriptions of new technologies,
suggests how these might be employed, and indicates the implications and
risks.
Technologies examined in Report 1 include:
- Customer Relationship Management
- Digital Asset Management Systems
- Smart Labels and Smart Tags
- Virtual Reality and Display Technologies
- Human Interfaces
- Games Technologies
Download DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 1:
Low-Res (2,56 MB) http://www.digicult.info/downloads/twr2003_01_low.pdf
High-Res (4,74 MB) http://www.digicult.info/downloads/twr2003_01_high.pdf
Comment Technology Watch Briefings:
During its initial thirty-month lifetime, the project will release three
Technology Watch Reports, each examining six core technologies. Each of the
briefings are made available for comment on the project website. The
first draft of the latest DigiCULT Technology Watch Briefing, subject
"The XML Family of Technologies", is now online. Comments and
suggestions to be implemented in the final draft are now cordially
invited. more: http://www.digicult.info/pages/twb.php
The DigiCULT Publications: The Technology Watch Reports are only one of
four ways in which DigiCULT Forum contributes to improving the knowledge
about the use of technologies within the cultural heritage sector:
- Thematic Issues: results of themed expert fora
- DigiCULT.Info Newsletter: articles about services, studies, technologies,
and activities
- DigiCULT Website: info, events, links, all publications online for download
more: http://www.digicult.info/pages/publications.php
Subscribe to the Newsletter DigiCULT.info
http://www.digicult.info/pages/subscribe.php
Read and comment on the Technology Watch Briefings
http://www.digicult.info/pages/twb.php
Submit an Event http://www.digicult.info/pages/addevent.php
(c) DigiCULT Forum 2003 http://www.digicult.info
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