here is the technical questions contact page
_http://www.louvre.fr/llv/contacts/detail_contact.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10
134198673229765&CURRENT_LLV_CONTACT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673229765&FOLDER%3C%
3Efolder_id=9852723696500881&bmLocale=en_ (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/conta
cts/detail_contact.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id=10134198673229765&CURRENT_LLV_CONTACT<>c
nt_id=10134198673229765&FOLDER<>folder_id=9852723696500881&bmLocale=en)
and a tiny URL just in case
_http://tinyurl.com/ylawhb8_ (http://tinyurl.com/ylawhb8)
Barbara Hass, retired librarian
In a message dated 7/26/2010 3:38:29 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
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Dear All:
I've been trying to find an email address to contact anyone in the
painting collections department of the Louvre but cannot find an email address on
their website. There is a contact link for the curators but when you click
on this no address comes out. Maybe I just don't know how to do it
properly. Any help in this area would be most appreciated.
Warm regards
Ino Manalo
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:52:46 -0400
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] MUSEUM-L Digest - 20 Jul 2010 to 21 Jul 2010
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Liz,
In terms of organizing archaeological field records, we use a similar
approach to what Marybeth has detailed at the Maryland Archaeological
Conservation (MAC) Lab for the State of Maryland's archaeological collections. The
older collections (particularly those that predate the opening of the Lab
in 1998) have been rehabbed by MAC Lab curation staff and organized into the
basic categories of field records, lab records, photographic
documentation, and administrative/correspondence. While, at present, our current
curation standards do not specify for archaeological consultants how records
should be organized or categorized prior to delivery to the MAC Lab for
permanent curation, they do generally tend to be organized in the same fashion as
stated above.
As a rule, I have found applying guidelines/standards from other types of
collections, i.e. libraries, archives, museum collections, to
archaeological collections to be inadequate. Archaeological collections are unique and
do not easily lend themselves to the same kind of categorizing as other
collections. Boy, do I wish someone told me that in grad school!
However, having said that, a few years ago the MAC Lab did make an attempt
to begin digitizing the State's archaeological field records with mixed
results. We received two NEH grants to complete the work. These two grants
focused on 35 of the State's most significant collections. The first grant
included spot checking catalogs, recataloging, where necessary, and
entering all artifact catalogs into a computer database. The second included
cataloging and scanning all associated records and photo documentation with
the hope of eventually linking all this information and making it available
via the web for online access. As I said, we were only moderately
successful.
Each record was individually catalogued and assigned a number with the
fields being broken down (roughly) as follows: site number, folder (i.e. unit
records), subfolder (i.e. square #), document #, document type, provenience
(i.e. coordinates), lot # (unique number assigned within a site to each
unique provenience), excavation date. Once all the documents were cataloged
and organized they were scanned by Maryland State Archives, the slides and
photographs were scanned in-house, with the digital files then being sent to
our IT department for integrated database creation. The existing database
is currently being “tweaked” to make it more user-friendly prior to
posting on the web. We have yet to see just how “usable” this online database
will be.
There are certainly criticisms to be made about how we organized the
records and determined what fields to use (and I welcome them!); however, in
hindsight, the largest problem I see with this project is that it was
extremely labor intensive and it did not create a system that could be sustained
for other older collections not part of the original project or new incoming
collections. It took three full time staff members (grant funded)
approximately two years to catalog and prepare the documents for scanning and to
scan the slides and photos. Once completed, while it did include some of
Maryland’s most significant archaeological collections, it was still only
approximately 30% of the entire collection. Based on the sheer size of the
State's archaeological collections and the small number of curation staff
dedicated to them (approximately 1.5 people), continuing the digitization of
the remainder of the field records (once the grant funds were gone) was just
not possible. To say nothing of spotty IT support or the issues with
long term management of the digital media that was created.
I know I’ve wandered a bit from the original question, but I thought
perhaps others might be interested in our experience with digitizing records and
I welcome any thoughts, comments, or experiences of others who may be
undertaking a digitization project.
Becky
Rebecca J. Morehouse
Curator of State Collections
Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
10515 Mackall Road
St. Leonard, MD 20685
410-586-8583
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On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Marybeth Tomka <[log in to unmask]
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Liz,
I have organized my associated documentation by the categories of field
records, lab records and administration. All but the administration is
separated by site as warranted -- that is, there are a large enough amount of
records to warrant different folders. I also then break down the lab and
field records into meaningful units: photographs, field forms, daily journals,
etc. and for the lab records, original inventories, rehabbed inventories,
final catalogue, analysis records, etc. I can send you my full break down
if you want it.
I agree that using archival series, subseries can be overkill but for
large projects you need the separation by site at the very least. and not
reorganizing the documents is useless -- as you know archaeologists are
notorious for leaving things jumbled!
Ah, the joys of an archaeological repository!
Regards,
Marybeth
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Subject: Archaeological Collections: associated documentation methodology
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Hello fellow Museum-Lers -
This query is for those who curate or otherwise manage archaeological
collections that include associated documentation, and in particular, for those
who have cataloged or otherwise developed formal metadata for associated
documentation. We are beginning to digitize our hard copy documents and
create catalog records to facilitate access to them. Various sources suggest
treating associated documentation as archival collections, which would mean
(1) not reorganizing the documents in any fashion unless you have archival
training (and none of us do) and (2) developing a metadata structure that
employs a fairly extensive hierarchy (series--subseries--sub-subseries--file
unit etc) for organizing the documents.
I am curious to hear if this archival approach to organization is taken by
others who curate associated documentation, particularly in archaeological
repositories, or whether the real life situation varies. In my experience,
associated documents (especially from older projects) are often not in any
particularly sensible order and could benefit greatly from gentle
reorganization. And, in my assumption, an extensive hierarchy for describing
project documents is potentially overkill.
I welcome any advice or experiences people are willing to share. Please
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Thanks in advance -
aloha
~Liz
Liz N. Clevenger, MA, RPA
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:15:25 -0700
From: David Harvey <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
Subject: Re: Archaeological Collections: associated documentation
methodology question
Liz,
In my experience in working with and researching archaeological collections
it would be appropriate to organize all the associated documentation by
site, just as you would with a group of artifacts. Any papers or photos
that
are not identifiable by site would then be left for more research and
organization.
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant
Los Angeles, CA
MindingTheMuseum.com
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