Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1991-92

CURATORIAL & SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM 'Into Space: The Language of Sculpture' and of card sets and labels, card filing and typing. Paper Conservator 'Journeys North. The new automated system has enabled the Lynda Black prepares Picasso 's La Belle The Gallery was granted a General Permit Library to create specialist databases to support Hollandaise for travel under Section IOA of the Protection of Movable Collection and exhibition research and to Barcelona, where it Cultural Heritage Act 1986 to export on loan from development. The 'Asia-Pacific Triennial...' (APT) was key work in the exhibition Picasso Australia class 'B' Australian protected objects database includes al research material held in the 1905-1906 at the accessioned into its Collections. A submission for Library's Asia-Pacific collection as well as Museu Picasso. the review of the Act was prepared. references to other relevant material such as A training session in the handling and journal articles. In May 1992 the database environmental requirements of art objects was contained 452 records. The new Queensland conducted for the volunteer cataloguers. Art Gallery Exhibitions database to date records The Registration Section actively participated exhibitions held since 1991 and forthcoming in the assessment of the integration of the to 1995. Collection management system with the local The extension of the word processing network / area network has also been of significant benefit by reducing the dependence of the Library onadministrative LIBRARY support staff The Library commenced its catalogue The Library loined the online search service automation project in October 191 with the BRS Information Technologies Access to the art acquisition of two personal computers and databases Wilson A r t Index and Current / J1 INMAGIC database management software The Contents Arts and Humanities significantly I Library's computers are connected to the extends the range of information sources on art Gallery's local area network allowing Gallery staff and museum techniques which is available to to access Library databases from their own work Gallery staff. areas. An easy to use, menu-based searching The Library's collection continues to benefit interface has been developed via SearchMAGIc, from the generous support of individual donors making it possible for databases to be and the Queensland Art Gallery Society. Under interrogated without the need to remember the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, the complex commands. Library was the recipient of 120 photography Priority was given to automation of books from the collection of Mr John Elliott. cataloguing. As the Library has been adding Other donors to the Library during the year holdings to the Australian Bibliographic Network were the Estate of Emeritus Professor Joyce (ABN) since 1987, it was able to purchase a disk Ackroyd, OBE; Mrs V Bennett; Dr Bruce Errey; containing 1148 cataloguing records to load into Mrs Esme B. Findlay; Mrs Pamela King; and Mr the Library's main cataloguing database. To Laurence Ma. update the database, a disk containing new The Documentation Librarian was awarded an holdings added by the Library to ABN is loaded Information Policy Board Information Technology fortnightly. Original cataloguing continues to be Study Award for 1991 to investigate imaging and undertaken for material not located on ABN. information access in Museums in the United Greater effectiveness and efficiency of the States and Britain. cataloguing process has been achieved through automation by eliminating the delays associated with a card catalogue, particularly production 41