Greetings all,
As part of an independent study during my last semester in the SILS
program at Pratt, I am conducting an examination of collaborative
methods between museums and archives/libraries. Specifically, my
study investigates the connections, conflicts, and successes created
when archivists and museum/gallery curators collaborate to produce an
exhibition that incorporates both artworks and archival, primary
source materials. To that end, I'd like to collect data from
archivists, librarians, and curators who have participated in,
initiated, or overseen these types of collaborations. I have created
a brief survey (less than ten questions!)--if you believe you have
relevant knowledge, please take a few minutes to complete it. You can
find the survey here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DCWPNXB
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Here's a bit more information about the goals of my study, for reference.
Goals:
-Highlight specific exhibitions that have employed collaboration
between archives and museums, noting the proportion of archival
materials used and how they are physically and contextually
incorporated into the exhibition.
-Collect input from archivists and museum curators involved in these
types of collaborations to better understand their working process and
contributions; identify logistical problems and successes, determine
who initiated the idea of the exhibition and/or the collaboration
between institutions
-Examine the results of the collaboration–i.e. the final exhibition
installation, the exhibition catalog, etc.–to identify how the
archival materials are represented in the context of the exhibition’s
documentation. Were they purely on display? Was information from the
materials incorporated into the wall text and/or catalog essays? Was
the installation of the materials visually documented?
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Feel free to also contact me off-list with comments, etc; I feel the
more contextual information I can gather, the better.
Some of you might remember my earlier email about this subject some
months ago--I was overwhelmed with positive, helpful responses, for
which I am truly grateful. I thank you all in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Rosemary K. J. Davis
MSLIS Candidate
Pratt Institute
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