[MCN-L] ARCS Update Issue 24 Happy Holidays ARCS Members!
With the year coming to an end the ARCS Board of Directors want to wish you and your families a happy and safe holiday season. 2017 promises to be a very active year of programming for ARCS. Some highlights to watch for: -“Photo Synthesis: What You Need to Know About Photographs” workshop will take place in New York on April 25, 2017. More information will be announced in early January. -Our #ARCSchat on Twitter will continue on the first Tuesday of each month. Catch up on any 2016 chats you may have missed ( https://storify.com/Arcs4All/). -We’re very excited for a special event scheduled for Mexico City in May 2017. Further details to come in February. -Our biennial conference will take place November 3 – 5, 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Check our website ( http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2017-vancouver-conference) for important deadlines. We will keep the membership updated on other programing as information becomes available. And just a reminder, you must be a current ARCS member to register for the biennial conference, so if you haven’t already done so, make sure your 2017 membership dues are up to date. (http://www.arcsinfo.org/members/Login) ___ 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@mcn.edu 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/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] [Imaging SIG:] object photography on film
Dear Meghan, We have a very substantial photographic archive here at the Worcester Art Museum. Through previous work experience, I established a retention standard for this material. Once print copy is retained and one negative (if surviving). For color transparencies, I retain the best ranked version deemed by the original photographer. I catalogue, scan it and dispose of the extras. We follow the philosophy here that this material is still worth retaining, but is crucial to be digitized so that continued exposure does not cause further degradation to the image. Does this help? Sarah L. Gillis, Assistant Registrar, Image Management WORCESTER ART MUSEUM / www.worcesterart.org fifty-five salisbury street / worcester, massachusetts 01609 direct 508.793.4427 / general 508.799.4406 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Meghan Gross Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:30 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] [Imaging SIG:] object photography on film I'm writing to get a sense of what others are doing with object photography on film. I'm interested in the disposition of 4x5 color transparencies that serve as the photographic record of museum collections used in publications and other outward facing projects (not curator/registrar/conservation photography). If there is a resource for this information already, please point me in that direction. If not, here are some questions: - Do you actively digitize your film archive if no current (digital capture) photography is available? - Have you disposed of or downsized your film archive? > If yes, what was the criteria for disposal or retention? And, how did > you dispose of the film? (destroy, offer for re-use, move offsite ?) > If no, what was your reasoning for retaining the film archive? > (Obvious reasons are collection history/photographic record) Thank you, Meghan Baltimore Museum of Art ___ 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@mcn.edu 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/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] [Imaging SIG:] object photography on film
I'm writing to get a sense of what others are doing with object photography on film. I'm interested in the disposition of 4x5 color transparencies that serve as the photographic record of museum collections used in publications and other outward facing projects (not curator/registrar/conservation photography). If there is a resource for this information already, please point me in that direction. If not, here are some questions: - Do you actively digitize your film archive if no current (digital capture) photography is available? - Have you disposed of or downsized your film archive? > If yes, what was the criteria for disposal or retention? And, how did you dispose of the film? (destroy, offer for re-use, move offsite ?) > If no, what was your reasoning for retaining the film archive? (Obvious reasons are collection history/photographic record) Thank you, Meghan Baltimore Museum of Art ___ 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@mcn.edu 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/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
