Supporting Digital Scholarship and Publishing at the Getty

Suppor&ng  Digital    Scholarship  and  Publishing    at  the  Ge7y

Susan  E.  Edwards J.  Paul  Ge7y  Trust,  Los  Angeles @jolifanta

The  Ge7y

•  Collec&ons  +  exhibi&ons

•  “Idea  lab”  for  art  historians

•  Scholar  resources

•  Conserva&on  research

•  Training

•  Publishing

We  work  around  the  world.

Digital  Scholarship  and  Publishing Stack  of  books  im

age:  Atlanta  Tribune  h7p://w

ww.atlantatribune.com

/2013/10/10/6-­‐study-­‐habits-­‐to-­‐avoid-­‐and-­‐adopt/  

Suppor&ng  Digital  Scholarship

Suppor&ng  Digital  Work

• Open  Content  Program •  Free  access  to  high  resolu&on  digital  images

•  Linked  Open  Data •  AAT  –  Art  &  Architecture  Thesaurus •  ULAN  –  Union  List  of  Ar&st  Names •  TGN  –  Thesaurus  of  Geographic  Names •  CONA  –  Cultural  Objects  Name  Authority

• CDWA  –  Categories  for  the  Descrip&ons  of  Works  of  Art •  Structured  metadata

Suppor&ng  Digital  Work Shitao

Daoji

Yuanji

Shi,  Tao

Dadizi

Xiazunzhe

Zhu,  Ruoji  

石涛 �

石濤 �

道濟 �

釋道 �

Ch‘ing-­‐hsiang-­‐lao-­‐jen Qingxianglaoren  

Qingxiangchenren  

Digital  Mellini—ini&al  project

•  Frame  art-­‐historical  research  ques&ons  in  a  computa&onal  way

• Use  new  electronic  tools  and  new  research  methods  to  work  (and  collaborate!)  more  efficiently,  and    ask  new  kinds  of  ques&ons

•  Facilitate  sharing  of  both  raw  data  and  research  findings

What  would  a  digital  version  of  this  look  like?

A  Digital  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum

To  be  released  as  open,  free  so/ware  to  the  community.

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum •  Light  table

Screenshot  of  GSW  

To  be  released  as  open,  free  so/ware  to  the  community.

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum •  Light  table •  Essay  authoring

Screenshot  of  GSW  

To  be  released  as  open,  free  so/ware  to  the  community.

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum •  Light  table •  Essay  authoring •  Image  annota&on

Screenshot  of  GSW  

To  be  released  as  open,  free  so/ware  to  the  community.

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace

•  Text  annota&on • Document  comparison • Bibliography  builder • Discussion  forum •  Light  table •  Essay  authoring •  Image  annota&on •  Timeline  builder

Screenshot  of  GSW  

To  be  released  as  open,  free  so/ware  to  the  community.

Suppor&ng  Digital  Scholarship

• Centralized •  Standards-­‐based • Collabora&ve • Capacity  for  mul&ple  perspec&ves • Represents  shared  knowledge •  Itera&ve • Open • Not  perfect

Suppor&ng  Digital  Publishing

Ge7y  Scholars’  Workspace  Publica&ons

• Mellini  is  first  publica&on

•  Scholarship  born-­‐digital,  and  published  digitally

•  Establish  standards  and  best  prac&ce

• Much  learned  from  OSCI

     Digital Kirchner

Online  Scholarly  Catalog  Ini&a&ve  (OSCI)

•  Launched  2009  by  Ge7y  Founda&on

•  Funding  for  8  museums

•  Create  a  model  for  digital  catalogs

•  Enhancements  only  possible  in  a  digital  environment

• Many  devices  and  formats

• What  is  a  “digital  publica&on”  anyway? • Who  is  the  audience?

• What  does  it  look  like?    

• Who  do  we  need  to  help  us  build  it?

• Where’s  the  research?

• How  do  we  cite  it? • How  do  we  edit  it? • How  will  we  maintain  it?

Digital  Mellini  Publica&on

Composed Exploring Materiality Scholarly

Option A

Composed Exploring Materiality Scholarly

Option B

Composed Exploring Materiality Scholarly

Option C

Transforming  Art  History

•  Break  with  single  authorial  model

•  Capture  conversa&ons,  debates,  different  interpreta&ons  and  perspec&ves

•  Change  processes  and  habits •  Enable  produc&on  of  new  knowledge,  visualiza&ons,  new  types  of  publica&ons

•  Validate  digital  publica&ons

Thank  you. 謝 謝

Susan  E.  Edwards J.  Paul  Ge7y  Trust,  Los  Angeles @jolifanta