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A repository which will make it possible for colleges and individuals in
the arts to store and present their work in a creative way will be unveiled
tomorrow (Wednesday 3 June).
Kultur, a project that is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC) and that uses the world-leading EPrints software from the University
of Southampton, has developed a joint pilot repository for the University
of the Arts London, the University for the Creative Arts and Winchester
School of Art at the University of Southampton. The project will be
officially completed tomorrow and an event to mark the occasion will be
held at Whitechapel Art Gallery.
'Up to now, the focus of most repositories has been science and engineering
and published articles,' said Dr Leslie Carr, Technical Director of
EPrints, based at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and
Computer Science. 'Kultur has provided us with an opportunity to use
EPrints to develop the first comprehensive institutional repository for the
arts.'
The Kultur project provides a flexible, multimedia pilot repository capable
of showcasing a wide range of outputs from digital versions of paintings,
photography, film, graphic and textile design to records of performances,
shows and installations.
The three institutions involved will now develop their own open
repositories to store and showcase their creative work.
'This will make an immense difference to our institutions,' said Andrew
Gray, Kultur Project Officer, University of the Arts. 'It is the first
repository of its kind in the arts world; there are others but there hasn't
been a visual one. The benefit of Kultur is that it will enable us to share
our practice-based research across our colleges and with other
institutions.'
'It will also open up the art world, which will link up the often lone
artist with the wider arts community,' Dr Carr added.
The pilot repository will be showcased at Whitechapel Art Gallery between
6-8pm tomorrow. The event will include presentations from Andy McGregor,
JISC, Seymour Roworth-Stokes, Pro Vice Chancellor of Research at University
for the Creative Arts, Andrew Carnie, Researcher at Winchester School of
Art, University of Southampton and Pat Christie, Director of Library and
Learning Resources, University of the Arts.
Kultur was collaboration between all three institutions listed in
partnership with the Visual Arts Data Service and EPrints. EPrints software
developed in 2000 by the University of Southampton's School of Electronics
and Computer Science is used in hundreds of institutional repositories
(IRs) around the world.
For information about Kultur, please
visit:<http://kultur.eprints.org/>http://kultur.eprints.org/.
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