Linda Colet, President and Founder
Daopoint Digital, LLC
914.843.2345
www.daopoint.com/digital/
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M.A.
Art History, Hunter College, City University of New York, June 1996
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B.A.
Art History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, May 1988
7/04 – present : President
and Founder, DaoPoint Digital
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Client
Projects (past and current):
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Connecticut
Commission on Culture and Tourism (Arts Division), Hartford, CT (March 2008 – present)
§ Developed a
digital plan to improve online accessibility to the Arts Division’s
programs. The project focused on
recommending the
necessary tools to help staff communicate with their constituents
through digital means (i.e., online grant application processes, online
searchable databases, etc.); and strategizing how to improve data collection
methods to inform future programs.
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Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, NY (July 2008 – October 2008)
§ Developed an implementation plan to
digitize up to 15,000 works on paper from the Museum’s collection. Established
practices for archival and technical imaging standards, workflow procedures,
resource needs, and technology infrastructure requirements to prepare for
digitization.
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Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum, New York, NY (July 2004 – December 2007)
§ Performed a thorough investigation of
current and future digitization needs for both image capture and cataloguing.
Implemented a total digitization workflow between imaging services, Registrar,
IT, Publications, and the web, to ensure that the digital images and associated
catalogued data could be used for multiple purposes. Current work is focused on
improved data scrubbing strategies to maximize search capabilities and
outlining next steps and long-term plans for the digitization project.
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Wadsworth
Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (Feb – July
2007)
§ Developed a needs assessment to
identify a new art collections management system, digital workflows,
centralized an exhibition workflow process, and identified IT infrastructure
needs to support these functions.
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Renate,
Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust , New York, NY (May 2006 – April 07)
§ Implemented a new art collections
management system (TMS by Gallery Systems). Assessed the legacy database and
prepared documentation to ensure a smooth transition to a new system. Managed
the mapping and conversion process, vendor relations; and advised on IT issues
and post-conversion data cleanup needs.
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New
Museum, New York, NY (December 2006)
§ Strategize and planned for the
Museum’s future content management system. Conducted brainstorming sessions
with staff to identify immediate issues that will prepare the Museum for an
eventual enterprise wide search system.
Identified text and image standards to facilitate sharing across the
staff network.
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Sikorsky Archives, Stratford, CT (Feb –
April 2006)
§ Reviewed archival source materials in
the Sikorsky collection (i.e. slides, transparencies, prints, letters, archival
papers, etc.) and how they are currently organized. Outlined short and long-term access goals for
the Archive (e.g., searchable database in the short-term, and digitization and
preservation goals for the long-term). Recommended searchable database options
to improve access to the Archives’ holdings.
o The Print Research Foundation,
Stamford, CT (May – October 2005)
§ Implemented a new art collections
management system (TMS by Gallery Systems). Managed the mapping, conversion,
and configuration of the collections management system; Organized data to
maximize search and retrieval capabilities; developed data style guidelines;
advised on pre and post conversion data cleanup strategies. Developed image
standards for capturing, editing and archiving.
9/02 – 5/04 : Manager for Information Standards, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Strategize
a high-level plan to create data consistency across seventeen curatorial
departments.
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Developed
and implemented data standards for the Greek & Roman department. Worked
with curators to plan and strategize for their Study Center public access
terminals.
1/98 –
8/02: Senior Manager for Collection and Exhibition Technologies, The Museum of Modern Art
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Led
the implementation of a new collections and exhibitions management system from
conception to completion. Managed the complete system lifecycle (developed a
museum-wide needs analysis, implemented data standards, organized data cleanup
efforts, created a support staff, monitored budgets, managed vendor relations,
and rolled-out the system museum-wide).
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Created
and implemented an extensive data cleanup to standardize cataloguing
information across departments. Managed a staff to cleanup tens of thousands of
data records in core fields (e.g. artist name, title, date, dimensions, etc.).
10/96 –
1/98: Catalogue Project Manager, Photography Department, The
Museum of Modern Art
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Established
a pioneering project to create the first direct digital studio for successful
publications output and long-term archival use. Managed the complete system
lifecycle (developed a museum-wide needs analysis, performed R&D analysis,
implemented image standards, monitored budgets, managed vendor relations, and
rolled-out the system museum-wide).
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Managed
a team of people from Imaging Services, Publications, Conservation, and
curatorial departments to ensure the direct digital model expanded to all other
museum collections.
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Created
imaging standards (file size/formats, color controls, and workflow issues) to
ensure digital files could be used for multiple access projects (collections
management system, public access kiosks, websites, and publications).
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Developed
a collections-based interactive kiosk for the Photography collection, in
collaboration with Curatorial, Education, New Media and Information System
departments. Planned the prototype development, technical needs, and
integration with other museum technologies to ensure long-term use of the
application.
6/96 –
10/96: Senior Associate, Gallery Systems, Inc.
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Consulted
with national and international museums on how software designed by Gallery
Systems could provide a solution to museum’s art collections management needs.
Provided sales assistance and computer troubleshooting, to clients.
9/88 –
5/96: Asst. Curator / Registrar, The Reader’s Digest
Corporate Art Collection
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Led
the project to design an imaging and bar-coding system for the Reader’s Digest
art collection (8,000 objects). Managed the complete system lifecycle
(developed the functional and technical requirements, managed an on-site and
remote technical team through data conversion, initiated support and training
for staff, and maintained on-going development of the system).
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Couriered
art shipments and supervised security controls at museums and airports for the
transport of the Reader’s Digest art collection to local and international
sites Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Canada, and Mexico). Coordinated the
packing, shipping, un-packing, and installation of the works.
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Managed
a docent program of 25 tour guides (e.g. organized brochure information,
trained docents, and provided tours). Provided tours for domestic and
international guests ranging from the general public to high level politicians
and executives.
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General
applications: Microsoft Project, HTML,
ACCESS, Excel, Photoshop, PC and MAC platforms
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Industry
specific applications: The Museum System for Windows, Gallery Systems (art
collections management system); Knowledge of high end digital technology (scanners
and cameras) and associated technical requirements (hardware, software, file
formatting issues, color management, etc.)
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Implement
large scale technology projects relating to art collections management, digital
imaging, and data standardization. Strategize, collaborate, and coordinate with
multiple parties (museum directors, curators, educators, photographers, IT
staff, and vendors).
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Strategize
the coordination of the technical components to support projects. Implement plans
for the creation, distribution and archival maintenance of text and image data.
Manage image storage issues locally; via internal networks and for off-site
archival storage. Plan, test and implement the creation of an image archive
that can be re-purposed for art collections management systems, public access
kiosks, and publications.
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Plan
and monitor million dollar budgets to implement successful projects from
conception to completion. Responsible for meeting budget targets, and working
within a concise timetable.
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Life
after slides: Stepping up to Digital Images (panel discussion)
Sponsored by ARTTABLE and College Art Association. Hosted at Solomon R.
Guggenheim, March 7, 2005. ARTTABLE
Presentation
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Standards
guide and entry rules for the Collections and Exhibitions Management System,
The Museum of Modern Art (internal publication)
Museum of Modern Art, NY, October 2001
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Planning
an Imaging Project (publication)
Guide to Quality in Visual Resource Imaging, July 2000 http://www.rlg.org/visguides/visguide1.html
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Digitizing
Artwork for Interactivity. A Semiotic Approach to Educational Hypermedia in a
Museum Environment (lecture and publication)
In Proceedings of the EDICT 2000 Conference, pages 323–329, Vienna, Austria,
12 2000. OCG http://edict.ocg.at/
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Collections
and exhibitions management systems and their digital resources (lecture)
Central & Eastern European Museum Professionals Workshop, November 10,
1999, NY
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Co-Chair
for Digital Imaging Conference (Co-chair)
Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts, May 1998, The Museum of Modern Art,
NY http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva/newyork/newwen.htm
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Beyond
the Digital Archive: The Practical Use of Images
Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts, May 1998, The Museum of Modern Art,
NY http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva/newyork/newy.htm
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Planning
a multi-purpose digital archive (lecture)
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Conference, November 13, 1998, New
Jersey
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Managing
digital imaging projects (workshop)
Museum Computer Network Conference, September 23, 1998, California http://www.mcn.edu/MCN98/workshops_morning.html
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The
Evolution of the Art Historian: Using New Technologies to Automate Art
Collections (lecture)
Professional Profile Series: Christie’s Auction House, January 12, 1998, New
York
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Digitizing
photographic collections: Digitizing Photographic Collections: A Case Study at
the Museum of Modern Art, NY (lecture)
Presented at the Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts Conference, The
Louvre Museum: Paris, September 2, 1997, Spectra 25 (no. 2, 1997): 22-27.
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Imaging
Strategies for digitizing photographic collections: The Museum of Modern Art
(lecture)
Imaging Science and Technology Conference, May 1997, Cambridge, MA
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Georges
Seurat: Color Theory in his early paintings (publication)
Masters thesis, March 1996, Hunter,College, NY
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Developing
a web prototype for exhibition planning (lecture)
National Association for Corporate Art Management, November 1994, NY
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Automating
an art collection through bar-coding and imaging (lecture)
National Association for Corporate Art Management, November 1994, NY
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Bar-coding
and imaging: A case study of the Reader’s Digest Art Collection (publication
and lecture)
Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts, July 1994, London
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