Does anyone know what platform they used for this publication? Did they use the OSCI toolkit? (There's nothing in the "about" section...)
Deborah Wythe Brooklyn Museum [email protected] > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 05:53:40 +0000 > Subject: [MCN-L] FW: Getty Research Inst: Releases its First Born Digital > Ebook: Pietro Mellini’s Inventory In Verse, 1681 > > Congratulations to Murtha Baca and the Getty Research Institute: > > > > via infoDOCKET. > > > > From GRI: > > > > "The Getty Research Institute has released its first born-digital > > publication, Pietro Mellini’s Inventory in Verse, 1681, edited by > > Murtha Baca and Nuria Rodríguez Ortega, with notes and essays by Baca, > > Ortega, Francesca Cappelletti, and Helen Glanville. This publication, > > based on research that was conducted in the online collaborative > > environment known as The Getty Scholars’ Workspace™, includes a > > digital facsimile, transcription, translation, and analysis of a > > seventeenth-century manuscript, an inventory of artworks in the > > collection of the Mellini family in Rome." > > > > "In the thirteen brief essays that are part of the scholarly apparatus > > surrounding the original object, Baca and her co-authors explore this > > unusual document, explaining its history, purpose, context, and > > relationship to a conventional legal inventory of the same art > > collection that was drawn up just a year before. Pietro Mellini’s > > Inventory in Verse, 1681, provides insight into the collecting > > practice of elite Roman families of the Baroque period and into the > > important role that inventories played in the fashioning of these > > families’ public identities. > > > > “The GRI’s first born-digital publication is more than an analysis of > > a rare document or art historical text,” said Baca. “Like the > > manuscript that is its focus, this online book is both hybrid and > > unique. We believe that it represents a paradigm shift; unlike a > > conventional print publication, the information gleaned from 17th > > century texts is presented here in a way that takes advantage of the > > non-linear and hyperlinked environment of the web. It was researched > > and organized online and created to be navigated the way people > > intuitively use information on the Internet.” She went on to say, > > “Another key feature of our project was the fact that it is truly a > > multi-author work; ours was a deliberate attempt to break with the > > single authorial voice that has largely dominated art-historical > > monographs.” > > > > Unlike a conventional print publication, this online book does not > > simply provide a list of the artists mentioned in the inventory, but > > provides these artists’ names as controlled vocabulary, linking the > > names as they appear in the inventory (often with alternate spellings) > > to the full information in one of the GRI’s electronic thesauri, the > > Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®. Similarly, the publication’s “List > > of Artworks” section provides information about the works in the > > inventory including an art-historical analysis of them, but also > > indicates what each work depicts using Icon class ubject categories. > > > > Complete Overview/Publication Announcement > > http://news.getty.edu/press-materials/press-releases/digital-mellini.h > > tm > > > > Direct to New Publication > > http://www.getty.edu/research/mellini/ > > > Amalyah Keshet > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > > > > ----------------------------- > [Insert your disclaimer here] > ----------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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