providing print quality object images for free public download

Providing Print Quality Object Images for Free Public Download MCN2009

Sarah Winmill14 November 2009

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum, front façade

As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

Chihuly chandelier photographed by Claudedecf on 28 February 2006 and posted on flickr

As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

Volume overlap 1 photographed by rbrw on 21 December 2006 and posted on flickr

As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world

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V&A Collections

Approximately 1.1 million three dimensional objects

The Three Graces by Antonio Canova (© Victoria and Albert Museum)

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Search the Collections

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Search the Collections

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Search the Collections

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Search the Collections

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Old publication and delivery process

iBook

Laptop computer

Hand held computer

Internal DMZ Web

DAMCopy ofImages

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The Digital FuturePlan challenge

Hemp string (c.400-1000) Mazartargh fort site

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V&A Collections

Approximately 1.1 million three dimensional objects

The Three Graces by Antonio Canova (© Victoria and Albert Museum)

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Collections Information System object records

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Copyright assumptions

Images were flagged as still in copyright where;

the artist was known to have died in or after 1936; or

the artist with no know death date was known to have been born after 1836

Images were flagged as out of copyright where;

the artist was known to have died in or before 1936; or

the artist with no know death date was known to have been born before 1830; or

there was no birth or death date for the artist but the object was made before 1830

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Old publication and delivery process

iBook

Laptop computer

Hand held computer

Internal DMZ Web

DAMCopy ofImages

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Publication and delivery process

iBook

Laptop computer

Hand held computer

Internal DMZ Web

DAM

Proxy

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Publication and delivery process

iBook

Laptop computer

Hand held computer

Internal DMZ Web

DAM

Proxy

Copy ofThumbnails

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Publication and delivery process

iBook

Laptop computer

Hand held computer

Internal DMZ Web

DAM

Proxy

Copy ofThumbnails

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Terms and Conditions

‘Special’ use only

Academic/educational/scholarly publications

Scholarly journals

Student theses

Private study and research

Critical editorial use

Charity, Society and Trust Newsletters

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Terms and Conditions

Print-run under 4,000

One-time use

Inside publication use only i.e. not for book jackets or cover pages

Reproduction of images up to A5 size only

All images must be credited as follows: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

No copyright or proprietary right is conveyed with the use of any image downloaded from this site

Images may not be passed on for third-party use

Images may not be used on any electronic media

Images may be cropped but not changed or manipulated in any way without written permission from V&A Images

Where the number of images to be reproduced exceeds 25% of the total number of illustrations used in the Licensed Material, V&A Images must be notified in advance.

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Design

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Design

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Design

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Navigation

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Development

Web Technical Manager with two Developers

6 month development cycle

SLES Linux Servers

MySQL Database Server

Python/Django API

PHP/Symfony front-end

Drupal account management

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Delivery

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Delivery

One Web Developer

1 week

– (Plus a little testing and bug fixing)

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Full catalogue Search the Collections

“ This is a very exciting development for the V&A as for the first time we are able to make our wealth of knowledge and expertise available to everybody. We know our visitors and website users want to know more about the V&A’s collections, whether it is a school child working on a project or an artist or craftsperson looking for inspiration.”

Mark Jones, Director

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Thank you

?Sarah Winmill

s.winmill@vam.ac.uk