Sorry for the cross posting.

I work at a relatively new museum.  We are less than two years old and just
starting to build a collection of modern and contemporary art.  We
anticipate in the near future that we will begin to be offered digital
works of art.  I am trying to be proactive and figure out (with the help of
the college's IT staff) the best way to store these pieces once they are
accessioned into the collection.  I was hoping some of you would have
suggestions as to what works best.  Do you have a dedicated server?  Do you
keep things in the cloud?  Other ideas?  The college's IT staff is willing
to go in whatever direction I recommend.  I am trying to figure out if
there is an industry standard out there.

On the same note, does anyone have an institutional plan which outlines how
the museum cares for/manages digital collections?  I am thinking this is
something I will have to create for the Gund Gallery and would love to see
other examples.  I envision our plan addressing such issues as data
migration; updating software programs used by artists; the museums ability
to change the format of an art piece if a program become obsolete; etc.
If anyone has already tried to tackle this I would love to hear your war
stories.

Thanks!

Julie

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*Julie Leone*
Collections Manager/Registrar
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Gund Gallery
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022

740 427 5971 Phone
740 427 7071 Fax
www.gundgallery.com

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