aikens: risque business: risks and realities of digitizing
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Risqué Business: Risks & Realities of Digitizing Artists’ Papers
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The Archives of American Art collects, preserves and makes available primary source material documenting the history of the visual arts in the United States
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www.aaa.si.edu
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What are the risks?
• Copyright infringement – published, unpublished, licensed.
• Privacy Issues – medical records, social security records, banking records, tax records, 2nd or 3rd person concerns.
• Appropriateness, Moral & Ethical Issues - nudity, lewd, lascivious, pornographic.
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AAA Approach – Selection based on research value and use– Archival approach, not item approach– Do not seek copyright holder’s permission – not
reasonable or feasible– Assume that almost everything falls under a broad
concept of “fair use” – Display thumbnails as initial point of access– Avoid only the riskiest materials – Rely on existing archival appraisal skill set – No item-level cataloging for fully digitized
collections
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What we won’t risk – sort of... • Photographs stamped with a statement indicating the
photograph can not be reproduced without permission.
• Tax records (usually)• Social Security numbers and records • Medical records (usually)• Personnel and payroll records • Lewd, lascivious, and pornographic materials• Nude photographs – especially those not of donor• Nude photographs of children • Published books/catalogs • Photographs of works of art
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...“oh curse this damned abortion – I can’t [can’t] be good & they say I’ve got to. Eileen
I am shaved & I keep wanting your hand on me there -
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Barbara AikensArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
SAA Annual Conference, 2011.
Moses Soyer letter to grandson Daniel Soyer, circa 1964.