1. Data quality for an effective web presence Jesmond Calleja Collection Systems Manager Art Gallery of New South Wales [email_address] http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
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5. Plates showing old catalogue cards and cabinets widely used in the AGNSW for cataloguing collection data
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7. Assistant Director - Collections Head curator of Australian art Head curator of Western art Head curator of Asian art Registrar of cataloguing and documentation Assistant curator/ registrar for Australian art Assistant curator/ registrar for Asia art Assistant curator/ registrar for Western art Flow chart showing distribution of positions involved in the Collection Project Collection Project
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12. Plates showing the root where the digital images reside on the Gallery’s server. Top left: Images stored in respective folders according to the first digit of their accession numbers. Middle: Shows all the images in folder 4. Top right: easy retrieval of images
13. Table showing the % of digitised and non digitised works for the main curatorial collecting areas as at January 2010 AGNSW collection = 29530, 61% have been digitised
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17. Upper left: Showing a historical record of how Matisse’s print has been photographed Left: Data on Vernon showing Matisse’s print is no longer in copyright in Australia but still in overseas. Obtaining a license allows AGNSW to publish on the web Right: Matisse’s print flagged ‘full public access’ to allow publication onto the web
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19. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Boy bitten by a lizard c1600, oil on canvas. Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Boy bitten by a lizard c1595/1600, oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London These two identical paintings introduces many of the problems faced by scholars in attributing, dating and interpreting Caravaggio’s work from: Blunden, G. (ed.). (2004). Darkness & Light: Caravaggio & his world. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
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22. Internationally accepted location diagram and abbreviations. The AGNSW has used and adapted similar conventions from: Varveris, T. (1980). Cataloguer’s Manual for the Visual Arts. National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
24. Inscriptions recorded for Braque’s Glass of absinthe on Vernon showing consistent and standardised data format
25. Vernon data for Braque’s Glass of absinthe , showing acquisition and provenance data. Note: for this presentation the valuation and purchase price have been purposely omitted
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27. Fig. 1 Is it easy to find works in the online collection? Fig. 2 Is the browse section well organised? Fig. 3 Does the on-line collection need a simpler ‘simple search’? Fig. 4 Does the on-line collection need a subject keyword search? Results from a 2005 survey of 746 random individuals
28. Graph showing the relationship of the number of hits for browse, simple and advanced search: May 2008 – June 2009
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32. Table showing results from 13 institutions surveyed AND yes no yes yes no backdoor Powerhouse Museum AND yes no yes no no interface Art Institute of Chicago yes no no no yes yes no no no no no no Browse by filter yes yes no no yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes Showing location AND no yes yes Interface AGNSW after 20 Sept. 2009 AND yes yes yes interface V&A Museum AND No yes no interface Museum of Fine Arts Boston AND no yes no no browse options National Gallery of Australia AND or OR yes yes no interface Museum of Modern Art AND yes no no interface Walker Art Center AND no yes no no browse options Fine Arts Museum SF Cannot search n/a yes no interface National Gallery – London AND no yes no backdoor Tate Gallery AND or OR no yes no No browse options Art Gallery of Western Aust. Cannot search no yes no interface National Gallery of Victoria AND yes yes no interface National Gallery Art - DC Multi-word query operator Stemming Results with no images Display multiple images Browse options Institution
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34. Collection landing page at top level showing all collection areas the public can browse through At top level, the public are able to filter browses and perform basic searches Advanced search option also available at top level The public are invited to explore and browse through the collection Options available to view all highlights and to see what is on display
37. Object web record for the Nepalese sculpture Padmapani c13th century, gilt copper, lapis lazuli, gems and stones. Purchased 2010 Each detailed image is 155 pixels wide Primary image is max 505 pixels wide
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