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
Gund Gallery
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022
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