[MCN-L] ARTstor Collaboration with Flemish Museums and Institutions

[Christine Kuan]

Dear MCN Friends and Colleagues,


We are delighted to announce that ARTstor has reached an agreement with Lukas - 
Art in Flanders to share approximately 5,000 images, which will feature works 
of art from more than 30 important Flemish museums and cultural institutions, 
including: Sint Baafskatedraal Gent (Saint Bavo Cathedral of Ghent), MSK Gent 
(The Museum of Fine Arts in Gent), KMSK Antwerpen (The Royal Museum of Fine 
Arts, Antwerp), Musea Brugge (Bruges Museums), Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst 
Antwerpen (Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp), and others (see 
www.artstor.org/collections).

The Lukas collection in the Digital Library will contain works from a variety 
of periods ranging from the 8th century to the 20th century and media including 
paintings, sculptures, drawings, and illustrations. Major artists will include 
Hans Memling, Jan Provoost, Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Paul Rubens, Frans Hals, 
and James Ensor. The collection also includes new photography of The Mystic 
Lamb (the Ghent Altarpiece) of 1432 by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, painted for the 
St. Bavo Cathedral of Ghent. Additionally, all of the metadata records in the 
Digital Library will be made available in English, French, and Dutch. Lukas 
(http://www.lukasweb.be/), an online image bank, provides an archival 
repository and digital infrastructure for many Flemish museums and cultural 
heritage institutions and manages digital imagery of the finest works of 
Flanders's artistic heritage.

We hope to launch the Lukas collection in fall 2012. To receive collections and 
features updates, sign up for ARTstor News on our Blog at 
www.artstor.org/blog.

Sincerely,
Christine Kuan

Christine Kuan
Chief Curatorial Officer & VP for External Affairs
ARTstor
christine.kuan at artstor.org

[MCN-L] Query regarding use of librarians in cataloging fine art collection objects

[Gabriela Zoller]

Dear colleagues:

 

We at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery are interested in learning how many
art museums are using librarians to catalog fine art collection objects.

 

If you are a librarian that catalogs collection objects, would you mind
sharing with me (at gzoller at albrightknox.org) the following:

-your name and/or title

-if you hold an MLS/MLIS, or are a librarian by experience

-where you  fit in to your institution's organizational schema

 

This email has been posted to the MIMSY UK user group, MCN and TMS
listservs, so please forgive any duplication.

 

Many thanks!


Sincerely, 
Gabriela Zoller

 

Gabriela Zoller

Art Cataloger, IMLS Museums for America Grant

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

1285 Elmwood Avenue

Buffalo, New York 14222

716.270.8277 (ph)

gzoller at albrightknox.org

 


Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Celebrating 150 Years
1862 - 2012

[MCN-L] Director of Educational Programming

[Human Resources]

Director of Educational Programming
Assist with school tours, plan teacher's programs, manage 
volunteers, implement educational programming for adults and children, 
coordinate special events, assist with training paid and volunteer 
guides, research and develop educational materials and brochures at the 
historic home of George Mason. MA in Museum Studies/Museum Education and/or 3-5 
years experience preferred.










Submit Commonwealth of Virginia application available at 
http://jobs.virginia.gov/ . A valid Virginia Driver's License. 40 hours per 
week, Monday- Friday and events as scheduled. EEOC

  

[MCN-L] Museums and the Web 2012 Selected Papers Posted, Just in Time registration extended through April 6th

[i...@museumsandtheweb.com]

--Please excuse the cross posting?

Museums and the Web 2012 (MW2012) April 11-14 will feature speakers 
from around the world, presenting their latest work and research 
findings. Proposals are peer-reviewed by an international Program 
Committee in a very competitive process and then selected papers are 
published in the MW2012 Proceedings.  Preview these papers online at 
www.museumsandthe.com and then add the site to your RSS feed 
http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/rss.xml to find out about additional 
papers as they are published online. Each attendee receives the printed 
proceedings.

There is still time to join us in San Diego, with Just in Time 
registration extended through April 6th
http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2012/registration

The full Program is online:
http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2012/workshops
http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2012/sessions
http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2012/demonstrations

Keep up on what?s going on at the conference on Twitter by following 
#MW2012

Nancy & Rich
MW2012 program co-chairs