I don't recall seeing this on ARLIS-L yet. Enjoy,
Nina Stephenson
University of New Mexico
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The following is posted on behalf of Luke Gilliland-Swetland, Head of
Information Resources, The Getty Conservation Institute. Please re-post
to other listservs as appropriate. Any questions or comments should be
forwarded to the AATA office at [log in to unmask]
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ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS (AATA) TO BE AVAILABLE AS A FREE
ONLINE RESOURCE
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), in association with the
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(IIC), is bringing Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts to the World
Wide Web as a free service to the international conservation community.
When it is publicly launched on June 8, 2002, AATA Online: Abstracts of
International Conservation Literature (www.getty.edu/conservation) will
offer all 36 volumes of Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts and its
predecessor, IIC Abstracts, published between 1955 and the present. By
year end, abstracts from the 20 AATA special supplements and almost 2,000
abstracts published between 1932 and 1955 by the Fogg Art Museum and the
Freer Gallery of Art will be included as well. Ultimately, more than
100,000 abstracts related to the preservation and conservation of material
cultural heritage will be accessible in AATA Online. New abstracts will be
added quarterly, as AATA staff work with subject editors and volunteer
abstractors to expand the breadth, depth, and currency of coverage.
After registering for this free service, users will be able to set a
variety of preferences to tailor the system to their research interests
and needs. The interface provides a number of features including several
simple but powerful search capabilities; the ability to save user-created
search strategies for use in future sessions; and an on-screen notice of
the new abstracts added in the users' selected areas of interest in the
last quarterly update. Users will be able to download or print out their
search results. The classification scheme and subject category
descriptions from the print version of AATA can also be displayed online
for those who prefer to use this more familiar method of searching.
AATA Online will be introduced to the conservation community at the
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC)
Annual Meeting in Miami (June 6-11). The site will officially premiere on
June 8. There will be subsequent demonstrations of AATA Online at the IIC
Baltimore Congress 2002 (Sept. 1-6) and at the ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting
in Rio de Janeiro (Sept. 22-28). Delegates will be able to visit booths in
the vendor hall at each of these conferences to experiment with the new
system and to speak with AATA staff.
In developing AATA Online, GCI staff have devoted time to listening to the
recommendations of the field, convening focus groups, evaluating the
technology, and conducting user testing. Information gained from these
activities will guide the final development of the resource. Continuing
feedback from those members of the field who have supported AATA will be
solicited.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the
AATA office at [log in to unmask] .
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