bas van velzen (university of amsterdam), documentation or reporting?
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structure or jumble?
ordocumenting reporting
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nthe documentation burden•obligation set by our organisations•responsibility of the conservator towards
the object
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nspecialisation diversity•specialisations differ in object
complexity•specialisations differ in time spent per
object•specialisations differ in documentation
culture
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ncomplexity
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ntime spent on object
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nculture•education- formal training- on the job training
•tradesmanism vs academia•institutional vs self employed
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tsyou are also documented•S = subjective: anamnesis, problem
based•O = objective: result of examination•E = evaluation: diagnose•P = plan: treatment
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tsthe object being documented•S = treatment necessity- exhibition, damage, maintenance, bad repair
•O = condition report- expertise conservator, examination/research
•E = treatment proposal•P = treatment (to be documented)
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tswhat to document•who•what•where•when•how
•why ???
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tselements of documentation•metadata > supplied by client/museum- object description, number etc.
•object description- size, technique, material, etc.- condition/damage > treatment proposal
•treatment- operations: what, how, where, with what (tools)- materials used: what, composition, origin- illustrations, before, during, after
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what is not part of documentation•(art)historical essays•implicit pseudo documentation- not “B72” but:
ethyl-methacrylate copolymer: Paraloid B72- “surface cleaned” without method, means, location
•unreadable illustrations- “look how many clamps I have”- position/orientation of object different in every picture
•report
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n?documentation vs report•documentation is for you/colleague•documentation should go with object
lingua franca - jargon of the conservator
•report is a narrative•report explains the why•report is for client/non-colleague
the “non” jargon speaker
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n?documentation vs report•report can be constructed from the
information in the documentation
•documentation derives the why from protocol/shopbook, work journal
•only treatment variations have to be documented: written down
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time spent on object
20 150 1 : 7,5
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hours 7,5 : 1
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r?current practice•analog: physical- forms, reports- illustrations
•digital: virtual- text document (.doc)- spreadsheet (.xls)- database (.dbs .fm)
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r?analog•is infrastructure still in place?- accessability to documentation/reports- suspension files etc.- bulky, single location
•documentation material decays- quality of paper and ink- photos, negatives
•transition to digital- large files- mostly not machine readable (OCR)
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•compatibility- platform (PC, UNIX, MAC)
•quality IT-structure: back-up!- by conservator- by institution
•accesibility is not an issue- access can be regulated
•obsolescense- backward compatible- hardware not available/breaks down- software does not run on modern machines
digital in general
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r?digital traps•text documents (.doc)- only non discriminative search possible (flat)- invites narrative instead of documentation- easy link illustration-text- infinite freedom- relation to other file needs extra keywords- other program needed to establish links
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r?digital traps•spreadsheet (.xls)- in office-suite: “no need” to purchase database- hybrid use: actual function is for complex calculations- has to be designed and built- only flat searches possible (one level)- relations between data cumbersome- integrating information in database systems can be
tricky
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r?digital traps•database (.dbs .fm)- to be purchased separately- learning curve- has to be designed and built
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r?digital solution•database (.dbs .fm)- to be purchased seperately- learning curve- has to be designed and built
- multiple, discriminative search possible- easily made relations between records and data- easily publishable on the web- excellent integration in existing systems
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r?status quo•no standard- what to document- how to make photos/illustrations
•no common thesaurus- names of techniques- names of deterioration/damage patterns- names of materials
•no repository- who can access data?- who pays?
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