[OpenGLAM] e-artexte: Open Access and visual arts publishing in Canada

Thu Jun 27 23:05:31 UTC 2013

Hi Todd,

Thanks for that link!

Right now if you do an advanced search just for Full Text Status = Public,
that would be the best way to access all the digital publications:

(excuse the long URL)

http://e-artexte.ca/cgi/search/advanced?screen=Public%3A%3AEPrintSearch&kw_merge=ALL&kw=&contributors_name_merge=ALL&contributors_name=&group_contributors_name_merge=ALL&group_contributors_name=&artists_merge=ALL&artists=&title_merge=ALL&title=&publishers_name_merge=ALL&publishers_name=&publishers_place_merge=ALL&publishers_place=&date=&datestamp=&language_merge=ALL&isbns%2Fissns_merge=ALL&isbns%2Fissns=&full_text_status=public&series_merge=ALL&series=&collation_merge=ALL&collation=&location_merge=ALL&location=&search_dossier_searchtext=&abstract%2Fresume_merge=ALL&abstract%2Fresume=&search_artorgs_searchtext=&critics_merge=ALL&critics=&search_events_searchtext=&event_statement%2Fevent_title_merge=ALL&event_statement%2Fevent_title=&event_location_merge=ALL&event_location=&satisfyall=ALL&order=-date%2Fcontributors_name%2Ftitle&_action_search=Search

There isn't much in there yet but there has been a lot of interest so I
hope to really get the numbers up over the summer.

Corina

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:33 PM, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com <
todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Corina,
>
> Is there a way to browse just the digitized items? This is a wonderful
> collection and reminds me of an essay a friend of mine recently had
> published in the Journal of Western Archives on zine archives (see:
> http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol4/iss1/6/).
>
> Thank you for sharing!
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:03 AM, C MacDonald <corina at corinamacdonald.net>wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>> I wanted to post something to the list about a project that I am involved
>> with that I think would be of interest to the OpenGLAM community (
>> http://e-artexte.ca/).
>>
>> I’m going to be doing outreach and training activities in the coming year
>> related to this project and would be interested in collaborating with any
>> GLAM related organizations that are doing work in Open Access or digital
>> publishing in the arts, especially if there are any Canadians on this list
>> (?)
>>
>>
>>
>> If anyone wants more details about Artexte and e-artexte, don’t hesitate
>> to email me.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Some background*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> Artexte is a non-profit arts organization that was founded in 1981. Our
>> mandate is to document contemporary art from 1965 to the present with
>> special emphasis on Canadian art. We also facilitate research in this area
>> by offering reference services, by making our collection accessible to the
>> public, and by developing rigorous information resources. The collection
>> of Artexte includes over 23,000 items such as monographs, exhibition
>> catalogues, periodicals and artists’ books as well as 7,000 artists’ files
>> and 3,000 files on arts organizations (including museums, artist-run
>> centres and art galleries).
>>
>>
>>
>> *What is e-artexte?*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> e-artexte is an Open Access digital repository that was developed in part
>> to replace the existing bibliographic database at Artexte, and to provide a
>> self-archiving service to our publishing and writing community. The service
>> was launched in February 2013, and so far we have received a small
>> selection of digital publications, many of which complement printed
>> materials that exist in our collection. Digital publications are made
>> available through Creative Commons licensing, and our metadata is open for
>> re-use for non-commercial purposes, although we are looking at removing all
>> restrictions on re-use.
>>
>>
>>
>> e-artexte uses the open source repository software EPrints (
>> http://www.eprints.org/), but this software was significantly customized
>> to respond to the specialized needs of Artexte metadata and cataloguing
>> practices. In fact, we wrote an article about it!
>>
>>
>>
>> Neugebauer, Tomasz and MacDonald, Corina and Tayler, Felicity (2012)
>> Artexte metadata conversion to EPrints: adaptation of digital repository
>> software to visual and media arts documentation. International Journal on
>> Digital Libraries, 11 (4). pp. 263-277. ISSN 1432-5012
>> http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/973566/
>>
>>
>>
>> *Who uses it?*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> The concepts and practices around Open Access, self-archiving, and
>> Creative Commons licensing are new to most of our community of publishers
>> who deposit their print publications with Artexte. Our aim is to promote
>> this access model from scholarly publishing as one that can bring together
>> and contextualize contemporary art writing from across the country. The
>> types of publishers we will be working with include artists, curators,
>> critics, museums, galleries, artist-run centres and other arts
>> organizations or collectives.
>>
>>
>>
>> One of the issues raised by many publishers in this community is the need
>> for better distribution, access and visibility of their work. While many of
>> them do sell their publications, revenues from publishing are generally
>> quite small. They seem to be very interested in Open Access and e-artexte
>> as an avenue for providing long term access and wider visibility.
>>
>>
>>
>> *What’s next?*
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> Our focus now is on outreach and training activities. In April I did an
>> e-artexte workshop for a small group of publishers in Montreal; more of
>> these workshops are planned in Montreal over 2013-2014. I also just
>> presented e-artexte at a forum in Saint John, New Brunswick on independent
>> publishing organized by the Artist-run Centres and Collectives Conference (
>> http://www.arccc-cccaa.org/en/arca/), a national umbrella organization.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m hoping to meet with more visual arts publishers in the coming year to
>> promote Creative Commons licensing and Open Access as tools that will
>> increase the visibility and dissemination of publications over the
>> internet. I will also be developing online training materials on these
>> subjects.
>>
>>
>>
>> On another note, we are also doing some data visualization work with
>> e-artexte metadata. Tomasz Neugebauer, our colleague at Concordia
>> University, has developed for example a timeline visualization of
>> exhibition catalogues in photography:
>> http://www.photographymedia.com/visualizations/artexte/e-artexte-1.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Now we have started working on a new visualization project to see what
>> social network analysis can tell us about the history of conceptual art in
>> Canada. More details on that in the fall!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Some cool stuff*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> I thought I would just point out a few artists’ books that we have
>> received digital copies of that you might find interesting:
>>
>>
>>
>> Anon. *All the Names of In Search of Lost Time : Marcel Proust.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23700/> Toronto,
>> Ont.: Parasitic Ventures Press, 2006.
>>
>> Anon. *The Three Critiques of Immanuel Kant.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23701/> Open
>> ed. Toronto, Ont.: Parasitic Ventures Press.
>>
>> Eyland, Cliff. *Cliff Eyland 2012 : National Gallery of Canada, Library
>> and Archives = Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Bibliothèque et archives.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23661/> Ottawa,
>> On: Cliff Eyland, 2012.
>>
>> Eyland, Cliff. *Venetian Proposal.* <http://e-artexte.ca/23710/> Winnipeg,
>> Man.: Cliff Eyland, 2012.
>>
>> Maranda, Michael. *Good & Evil.* <http://e-artexte.ca/23698/> Toronto,
>> Ont.: Parasitic Ventures Press, 2010.
>>
>> Maranda, Michael. *Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 2.0.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23702/> Toronto,
>> Ont.: Parasitic Ventures Press, 2010.
>>
>> Scholes, Douglas and Canty, Daniel. *The Condition of Things.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23709/> London,
>> England: Space, 2012.
>>
>> Trepanier, Peter. *Not to be Opened 'till on the Lake.*<http://e-artexte.ca/23940/> Montréal,
>> Qc: Peter Trepanier, 1979.
>>
>>
>>
>> Corina MacDonald
>> Project Manager, e-artexte
>>
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