polly christie projects manager ahds visual arts surrey institute of art & design, university...
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Polly ChristieProjects ManagerAHDS Visual Arts
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
Fineart.ac.uk
A Case Study
Background to the project Demonstration Some lessons learnt Conclusions
Will cover
Based on CNAA Art Collection Broadening out Going digital
Background
“a national collection celebrating and facilitating research into the history and achievement of the artist practitioner in UK fine art education”
Set up a Hanging CommitteeSend out a survey & select contributorsProvided guidelines & visit eachCreate back-end databaseCommission websiteExplore technologyCommission ‘contextual material’Ingest contentLaunch the project
Project Management
Collaborating• Keeping records• Getting the right contacts• Communicating effectively• Being flexible
Lessons learnt
CollaboratingGuidelines
• Simple but thorough• Provide examples• Choice not necessarily a good thing• Work not over
Lessons learnt
CollaboratingGuidelinesCopyright
Lessons learnt
“Copyright clearance has been the most difficult and time consuming part of the project”
“… proved a major stumbling block…which required delicate negotiations”
http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/case-studies/developing-licences/index.htm
CollaboratingGuidelinesCopyrightThird party developers
• ask how long it will take and triple it• don’t underestimate your own input• support contracts• training
Lessons learnt
Accept all the help you can get!PlanningGood communicationThorough documentation
conclusions
AHDS: http://ahds.ac.ukTASI: http://www.tasi.ac.ukHEDS: http://heds.herts.ac.uk/BUFVC: http://www.bufvc.ac.ukMAAS: http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/maas/index.htmlCLA: http://www.cla.co.uk/DACS: http://www.dacs.org.uk/Fineart project: http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk/projects/fineart/index.htm
Useful links
Polly Christie