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Videodiscs and art documentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Janice Sorkow
Janice Sorkow*
Affiliation:
Photographic Services Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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Abstract

Optical videodisc technology is a very effective tool for art research, archival preservation and the presentation of visual materials. In fact, this new technology has the potential to revolutionise the current methods of conducting research and the storage and retrieval of art documentation. There are, however, many issues concerning videodisc technology which should be identified before disc can become a practical reality for the art world.

This paper outlines:

(1) How a videodisc works, including specific advantages and limitations of the technology for the field of art librarianship, and, (2) How the videodisc may be applied to visual resources and art documentation from the collection manager’s point of view. Various art related videodisc projects completed between 1980 and 1983 will be used as illustrations, and the videodisc done at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will be used as a case study.

The paper was delivered to the IFLA Section of Art Libraries, Munich, 1983.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1983 , pp. 27 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1983

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