The Launch of CCJ Database Prototype!!!
Ann Adachi-Tasch
We are extremely pleased to announce the public rollout of the Database Prototype. The project has been part of CCJ’s discussions since it started its activities in 2015, with initial discussions with the Japanese Advisory Group in 2016, followed by a series of meetings with the Working Group members that continued to refine the prototype.
One of the missions of CCJ is to offer access to research resources about Japanese experimental moving image works made in the 1950s-1980s. In the Database project, CCJ aims to provide a portal to existing collection information, including descriptive information about the works and the artists (on going process). Combined with the resources available on the CCJ website and other programs such as screenings, exhibitions, publication, and documentation of presentations, we carry out the "Dissemination" prong of our mission. Further, the Database documents the metadata we collect during our Collection Survey projects that includes assessment of the preservation conditions and inventory of existing copies (for internal access). This information helps us and our partners determine how to approach preservation projects. The database includes works made after the 1980s as a means to capture the oeuvre of an artist who began working during the 1950s-1980s. The Database Working Group comprised of experts in the field have led this project and will continue to refine it. Please note that this is a prototype and it is a work-in-progress. Thus far, participating institutional collections include the Yokohama Museum of Art and the Fukuoka City Public Library.
http://catalog.collabjapan.org/
The first phase of this project was largely supported by the Japan-US Friendship Commission.
The Database Prototype Production Timeline
2016 May in Tokyo: Japanese Advisory Group Meetings
May 30th and June 1, 2016
The discussions included the following:
In “access,” there is a mechanism of raising the value of an archive or collection, and creating a system that supports a mutually beneficial relationship between archives and users is desired. The cataloging system should be based on an open-source data management system dedicated to moving image material that incorporates prominent library metadata standard(s).
Data maintenance programs used outside of Japan may have sustainability. On the other hand, if the use is complicated, there is danger that not everyone can use it.
The issue of how to import/translate already existing data at institutions, and how to maintain updates, is a large topic of concern.
Attendees:
Sen Uesaki（Fine art & archival theories）
Yuka Uematsu（National Museum of Art, Osaka）
Takashi Ichigoya（Aichi Prefectural Museum）
Hideki Kikkawa（Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties ）
Chieko Kitade（21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa）
Christophe Charles（Musashino Art University)）
Noriyuki Kurokawa（Editor, Researcher, Grambooks）
Kenichi Kondo（Mori Art Museum）
Hirofumi Sakamoto（Postwar Japan Moving Image Archive）
Hiroko Tasaka（Tokyo Photographic Museum）
Kaori Tada（Tokyo Photographic Museum）
Mihoko Nishikawa（Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo）
Minoru Hatanaka（NTT Inter Communication Center（ICC））
Go Hirasawa（Meiji-Gakuin University）
Shuhei Hosoya（Media Art Research)
Ryo Ishikawa（National Film Center）
Yoneo Ota（Osaka University of Fine Arts, Toy Movie Museum）
Keiko Okamura（Tokyo Photographic Museum）
Kunitoshi Okuno（Nihon University）
Kim Jiha（Asian Culture Center）
Mariko Goda（IMAGICA West）
Nobukazu Suzuki（Tokyo Koon）
Akihiro Suzuki（SIG）
Tomoko Sekiguchi（ IMAGICA）
Hiroko Tasaka（Tokyo Photographic Museum）
Akira Tochigi（National Film Center）
Aki Nishikawa（Japan Foundation）
Go Hirasawa（Meiji-Gakuin University）
Keiji Matsumoto（Fukuoka City Library）
Kazuhiko Miura（National Film Center）
Ryohei Mito（IMAGICA）
Atsuko Morimune（Kawasaki City Museum）
Roland Domenig（Meiji-Gakuin University）
Ann Adachi-Tasch
2017 March in Boston: Meeting with Kuniko McVey
March 4th, 2017
Kuniko McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard Univesrity was interviewed by Ann Adachi-Tasch to respond to the discussions of the Tokyo Advisory Meetings, and gave recommendations including the topics of API integration, cross-search function, connecting to authority list, controlled vocabulary, automatic romanization, among others.
2017 March in New York: Advisory Committee Meeting
March 10th, 2017
Participants:
Lori Zippay, Executive Director, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
Rebecca Cleman, Director of Distribution, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
Laurie Duke, Head of Operations, Grey Art Gallery
Chad Nelson, Lead Technology Developer, Temple University Libraries
Go Hirasawa, Researcher/Curator, Meiji-Gakuin University
Julian Ross, Researcher/Curator, University of Westminster & Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam
Hiroko Tasaka, Curator, Tokyo Photographic Museum
Ann Adachi-Tasch, Executive Director, Collaborative Cataloging Japan
2017 July: First Working Group Meeting
July 16th, 2017
Chad Nelson, Lead Technology Developer, Temple University Libraries
Laurie Duke, Head of Operations, Grey Art Gallery; Invitee of CCJ’s 2016 Collection
Peter Oleksik, Associate Media Conservator, MoMA
Chiara Bernasconi, Assistant Director, Digital Media at MoMA
Ashley Blewer, Developer, NYPL
Ann Adachi-Tasch, Collaborative Cataloging Japan