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Building on information: the British Galleries at the V&A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Sarah Medlam  and
Sally Merriman
Sarah Medlam
Affiliation:
British Galleries Project, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, UK
Sally Merriman
Affiliation:
Learning and Visitor Services Division, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, UK
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Abstract

The UK’s largest decorative arts museum is re-displaying its British art and design galleries. Information sharing is proving to be an indispensable way of working for the project teams, focused as they are on tight deadlines. Communication between many different parties is vital to the success of the project. Emphasis on electronically stored and transmitted data has given rise to new ways of working. It has also transformed the possibilities of communicating not only within the project and Museum but with visitors both to the Museum site and to its developing online resources. In the future it will also provide for those who will look to these records as a source for the history of the project.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , 2000 , pp. 12 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2000

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1. The Museum Archive, including the Archive of Art and Design (AAD), is open to the public. For details of access, please contact +44 (0)20 7602 8832 for the V&A Archive and +44 (0)20 7603 1514 for the AAD. The fax number for both is +44 (0)20 7602 0980.Google Scholar
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6. The authors would like to thank their colleagues Nick Brod and Sascha Curzon for help in writing this section.Google Scholar