I'm interested in exactly the same thing and would appreciate it if responses could be posted to the listserv.
Thanks Jane Downing -------- Registrar Bermuda Maritime Museum Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys' Parish Bermuda Cell: 734-1333 Tel: 234-1333 Email: registrarbmm at logic.bm Site: www.bmm.bm On 6/19/08 7:46 PM, "Rowena Koh" <rkoh at vanartgallery.bc.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > I was recently hired as a summer student in the Vancouver Art > Gallery's Photo-Imaging department and have been asked to do some > research into the types of metadata standards and image management > software other galleries/museums are using. This information will > help us in developing a plan to improve the way our images are > currently stored and organized, so I'm hoping that some of you can > help me out. > > The Vancouver Art Gallery is a mid-sized gallery with approximately > 9500 works in the collection. The Photo-Imaging Department maintains > about 4500 digital reproductions of the gallery's works and uses > Portfolio to organize the images. This is separate from the gallery's > collections database, Cuadra/STAR. > > I am hoping to find out about how similar organizations are dealing > with the following issues: > > Metadata > What types of metadata standards and formats do you use for describing > digital images? > > We are particularly interested in standards that relate to the > technical metadata of digital images. Currently, the metadata for the > images are embedded into the files using the IPTC and EXIF formats > together with Photoshop's File Info, and XMP ? this consists mostly of > technical metadata such as camera/scanning equipment, image > processing, as well as photographer name, date of creation, rights > information, etc. > > Is embedded metadata the way to go here? Can they be read by and/or > exported/imported to most digital asset management and other database > software? Our main concern is that the metadata is preserved should > we decide to migrate the information to another system and/or > consolidate the two databases. In the meantime, we are also hoping to > set it up so that STAR can read or import metadata from the image > database. > > Another issue is finding standards that allow us to relate multiple > images to one object in the STAR database, particularly of objects > consisting of multiple parts. > > Image/Digital Asset Management Software > Which software do you use to store and organize your digital images? > > The gallery is planning on upgrading to the server edition of > Portfolio but is also open to other options. Any feedback you can > provide about the software your organization is currently using would > be great. > > Thanks for reading! I look forward to hearing your responses. > > Yours, > > Rowena Koh > Photo-Imaging Assistant > Vancouver Art Gallery > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
