Pacific Neighborhood Consortium annual conference, Taipei, Taiwan, October 21, 2014

1. Suppor&ng Digital
Scholarship and Publishing
at the Ge7y
Susan E. Edwards
J. Paul Ge7y Trust, Los Angeles
@jolifanta

2. The Ge7y
• Collec&ons + exhibi&ons
• “Idea lab” for art historians
• Scholar resources
• Conserva&on research
• Training
• Publishing
We work around the world.

3. Digital Scholarship and Publishing
Stack
of
books
image:
Atlanta
Tribune
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4. Suppor&ng Digital Scholarship

5. Suppor&ng Digital Work
• Open Content Program
• Free access to high resolu&on digital images
• Linked Open Data
• AAT – Art & Architecture Thesaurus
• ULAN – Union List of Ar&st Names
• TGN – Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• CONA – Cultural Objects Name Authority
• CDWA – Categories for the Descrip&ons of Works of Art
• Structured metadata

6. Suppor&ng Digital Work
Shitao
Daoji
Yuanji
Shi, Tao
Dadizi
Xiazunzhe
Zhu, Ruoji
石涛
石濤
道濟
釋道
Ch‘ing-­‐hsiang-­‐lao-­‐jen
Qingxianglaoren
Qingxiangchenren

7. Digital Mellini—ini&al project
• Frame art-­‐historical research
ques&ons in a computa&onal way
• Use new electronic tools and new
research methods to work (and
collaborate!) more efficiently, and
ask new kinds of ques&ons
• Facilitate sharing of both raw
data and research findings

8. What would a digital version of this look like?

10. A Digital Workspace
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum

11. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace
To be released as open, free so/ware to the community.
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum

12. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace
To be released as open, free so/ware to the community.
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum
• Light table
Screenshot
of
GSW

13. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace
To be released as open, free so/ware to the community.
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum
• Light table
• Essay authoring
Screenshot
of
GSW

14. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace
To be released as open, free so/ware to the community.
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum
• Light table
• Essay authoring
• Image annota&on
Screenshot
of
GSW

15. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace
To be released as open, free so/ware to the community.
• Text annota&on
• Document comparison
• Bibliography builder
• Discussion forum
• Light table
• Essay authoring
• Image annota&on
• Timeline builder
Screenshot
of
GSW

16. Suppor&ng Digital Scholarship
• Centralized
• Standards-­‐based
• Collabora&ve
• Capacity for mul&ple perspec&ves
• Represents shared knowledge
• Itera&ve
• Open
• Not perfect

17. Suppor&ng Digital Publishing

18. Ge7y Scholars’ Workspace Publica&ons
• Mellini is first publica&on
• Scholarship born-­‐digital, and
published digitally
• Establish standards and best
prac&ce
• Much learned from OSCI
Digital Kirchner

19. Online Scholarly Catalog Ini&a&ve (OSCI)
• Launched 2009 by Ge7y Founda&on
• Funding for 8 museums
• Create a model for digital catalogs
• Enhancements only possible in a
digital environment
• Many devices and formats

20. Digital Mellini Publica&on
• What is a “digital publica&on” anyway?
• Who is the audience?
• What does it look like?
• Who do we need to help us build it?
• Where’s the research?
• How do we cite it?
• How do we edit it?
• How will we maintain it?

22. Option A
Composed
Exploring
Materiality
Scholarly
Option B
Composed
Exploring
Materiality
Scholarly
Option C
Composed
Exploring
Materiality
Scholarly

29. Transforming Art History
• Break with single authorial model
• Capture conversa&ons, debates,
different interpreta&ons and
perspec&ves
• Change processes and habits
• Enable produc&on of new knowledge,
visualiza&ons, new types of
publica&ons
• Validate digital publica&ons

30. Thank you. 謝 謝
Susan E. Edwards
J. Paul Ge7y Trust, Los Angeles
@jolifanta