Photographs: Ben Davis, Santa Monica, CA, 1995
I am a consultant regarding the management of information about cultural heritage. My areas of expertise include strategic information management, use of network technologies for access to cultural heritage information, computerized museum collection documentation (in both text and image form), international standards development initiatives, project design and management.
I also consult regarding the application of technology to the mission of art galleries and museums. Until June of 1996, I was under contract to manage the Imaging Initiative, for the Getty Art History Information Program. This included directing the activities of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project (MESL), participating in the development of imaging standards, and developing educational materials and programs. During 1996, I also worked with the Arts and Humanities Data Service, King's College, London, England, on issues related to Collections and Standards Development.
A specialist in arts information management, I've worked with automated documentation systems in major Canadian museums, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, where I developed and implemented common cataloguing standards for the Prints and Drawings, Photographs, and Archives Collections. My past work as an independent consultant includes preparation of the report of the Art Information Task Force, a collaborative initiative of the College Art Association and the Getty Art History Information Program, entitled Categories for the Description of Works of Art. I also consulted on Luna Imaging's CD-ROM publication Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation Drawings and Conceptual Sketches, distributed by Oxford University Press.Throughout my career, I have been actively involved in the definition of museum data standards, participating in numerous committees and regularly publishing articles and presenting papers about issues of access and intellectual integration. My current interests center around the use of information technology and communications networks to improve access to cultural heritage information.
I am Chair of the Multi-Media Working Group of the International Documentation Committee (CIDOC) of the Internatonal Council of Museums (ICOM), and on the Boards of CIDOC, the Media and Technology Committee of the American Association of Museums(AAM), and the International Visual Arts Information Network (IVAIN).
Further details can be found in my Curriculum Vitae.
New Models for Distributing Digital Content, A presentation for the Data Processing Clinic, University of Illinois, March 25, 1996, and paper to be published in the conference procedings.
Enabling Educational Use of Museum Digital Materials: The Museum Educational Site Licensing (MESL) Project, A paper for the Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts Conference, Florence, Italy, February 8-9, 1996.
"The Museum Educational Site Licensing (MESL) Project: An Update," Spectra, Vol. 23, No. 3, Spring 1996.
"Framing the Picture: Standards for Imaging Systems". International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums, San Diego, California, October, 1995.
Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database with Howard Besser, Getty Art History Information Program, 1995.
The Getty AHIP Imaging Initiative: A Status Report, Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts (EVA), The National Gallery, London, July, 1995. Also appearing in Archives and Museums Informatics, Cultural Heritage Information Quarterly, Vol. 9, no. 3, 1995, 262-278.
"The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project", Spectra, Winter 1994-95, 19-21.
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