Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative
Helping museums unlock the potential of digital publishing with online collection catalogues
Project Details
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- Years 2009 – 2017
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About
Goal
The goal of this initiative was to rethink the museum scholarly collection catalogue for the digital age by helping museums work together to transition to online publishing.
Outcomes
• Eight participating museums produced the first generation of digital museum collection catalogues, many of which received awards and favorable reviews from professional journals, including the CAA Art Bulletin
• These catalogues provided a replicable methodology for online scholarly volumes that other institutions can follow
• The catalogues have been used for research and teaching, helping revive close study of the object in the digital era, and have reached audiences that were larger and more diverse than for comparable print catalogues
• An OSCI Final Report published online through Quire, Getty’s open-source publishing platform, features “Nine Lessons Learned” and “Three Approaches to Online Catalogues” to help guide museums through the online publishing process
Project Details
Resources
News
- 2015
Article
Rhizome: Global Audiences, Zero Visitors: How to measure the success of museums’ online publishing
- 2014
Article
Artnet: Museum Catalogues Finally Trade Paper for Pixels
- 2014
Open Culture: Read Free Digital Art Catalogues from 9 World-Class Museums, Thanks to the Pioneering Getty Foundation
- 2014
Magazine article
Apollo: Forum: Have Traditional Museum and Exhibition Catalogues Had Their Day?
- 2013
Article
Unframed: New Online Publication for Southeast Asian Art
- 2011
Article
New York Times: Inside Art: Elevating a Print Catalogue