discovering museum history and new roles in image resource management
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D I S C O V E R I N G M U S E U M H I S T O RY A N D N E W R O L E S I N I M A G E R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T
MIKE SATALOF| SPRING 2012 PRACTICUM | PRATT SILS
MET VISUAL HISTORY
Fifth Avenue Façade, July 1926 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
THE SEGV PROJECT
• Special Exhibition Gallery View (SEGV)
• 2-year collaboration with ARTstor• No public, private, or federal funding! Interns/volunteers
• Digitize and catalog 4,000 slide images over 10 batches (one batch per curatorial dept.)
• Unique collections• Visual history of Museum spaces and of past shows• Gap in currently available collections
THE SEGV PROJECT
Project Workflow1. Assess and select slides2. Clean, re-bind, re-label3. Inventory4. Assign unique identifier5. *Digitization by ARTstor*6. Ingest images into DAMS7. Catalog in DAMS8. Re-file slides, document
digitization on master sets and original orders
THE SEGV PROJECT
Project Workflow1. Assess and select slides2. Clean, re-bind, re-label3. Inventory4. Assign unique identifier5. *Digitization by ARTstor*6. Ingest images into DAMS7. Catalog in DAMS8. Re-file slides, document
digitization on master sets and original orders
SELECTION PARAMETERS
• Digitize:• Gallery and exhibition views• Unique photographs• Met Museum-controlled copyright
• No:• Individual works of art or case shots (subjective)• People’s faces• Banner shots of Museum façade• Shows with “known” copyright issues
NEW DIGITAL IMAGE
DSsegv1_0085 | Saints and their Legends (1974) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
DSsegv1_0085 | Saints and their Legends (1974) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“MET”ADATA
TRANSITION AT THE IMAGE LIBRARY
2006: The Photograph and Slide Library 2006: The Image Library
2012: (Digital Media Department)
• The Image Library ceases to exist in name
TRANSITION AT THE IMAGE LIBRARY
• Consolidation of Museum departments
• Danger of compartmentalization at large institutions
• Dedication to active digital asset management• (What happens to the analog collections?)• (What happens to the space?)
ANALOG ASSET LIBRARIANSHIP
DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Discovering Museum History and New Roles in Image Resource Management
Mike Satalof
Pratt Institute SILS Practicum, Spring 2012Dr. Tula Giannini, Dean
The Image Library and Department of Digital Media, The Metropolitan Museum of Art