ConservationSpace update

ConservationSpace Update
The Planning Phase: An open source application for conservation
    documentation

In 2009, the Design Phase of ConservationSpace was undertaken by the
Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure (ODAI) at Yale
University with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  In
fall of 2010, the National Gallery of Art, with additional support
from Mellon and the commitment of a group of institutional partners,
began one-year project to define the technical requirements and
scope of work associated with the development of ConservationSpace.

The goal of both phases of ConservationSpace was and is to develop
an open-source software application that will address a core need of
the conservation community for a shared solution to the problem of
documentation management. The conservation community has long
recognized that a digital approach to managing its documentation
would improve continuity in procedures, increase access, expand
research opportunities, and better ensure the preservation of its
documents. Towards that end, this Planning Phase is designed to
define the functional and technical requirements associated with the
development of ConservationSpace. This work builds upon the
workflows articulated through the community forums held as part of
the Design Phase.

    <URL:http://www.conservationspace.org>

The Planning Phase partners include Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Denmark, Yale
University, and the British Museum.   The Planning Phase core team
is led by co-principle investigators Merv Richard and Linda Stone
from the National Gallery of Art, and includes Diane Zorich project
manager, Angela Spinazze meeting facilitator and liaison with
CollectionSpace, and Ken Hamma consultant and project manager for
the community design phase.  Project partners, who include both
conservators and information technology specialists, have agreed to
participate as members of working groups focused on a specific
aspect of the planning process: functional requirements, technical
framework, storyboarding/prototyping, licensing/rights, and
community outreach.  The Planning Phase will set the stage for the
Build Phase for the ConservationSpace application.

Over the next weeks we will be using the existing project blog to
update the conservation community about the work of the Planning
Phase. Please consider joining the blog to follow this information
stream:

    <URL:http://www.conservationspace.org/Blog>

Christine McCarthy,
leader, Community Outreach Working Group, ConservationSpace

Christine McCarthy
Chief Conservator
Preservation Department
Yale University Library
PO Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
203-432-1710


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