Digital Permanent Collection Catalog and other resources

Posted on by

Our wonderful Registration team has launched the first iteration of our Digital Permanent Collection Catalog – a searchable resource that contains the full listing of all works in our collection, including information on what’s on view across campus. With this addition, we now have a robust set of resources, allowing educators, students, and community members to easily find information related to our artwork. Here’s a quick run down on all available digital tools:

MUSEUM WEBSITE

  • Audience: general public, community, donors
  • Purpose: context of collection, awareness, entry point to other platforms
  • Tone: polished and formal
  • Content: photos, highlights, event calendar
  • Features: serves as museum’s umbrella platform, minimal design

DIGITAL COLLECTION CATALOG

  • Audience: researchers, academics, public
  • Purpose: searchable complete collection for academic research, provides encyclopedic information
  • Tone: formal, reference
  • Content: permanent collection database entries, gallery label texts, location data
  • Features: web and mobile-friendly

DIGITAL GUIDE

  • Audience: museum visitors
  • Purpose: curated guide for exhibitions and collections, wayfinding
  • Tone: informative, accessible
  • Content: audio/video, maps, location-based info, museum-produced content
  • Features: accessible through mobile app or web browser

EDUCATION BLOG

  • Audience: educators, docents, faculty
  • Purpose: provided educator resources, event, artist, and temporary exhibition information
  • Tone: informal, not comprehensive
  • Content: links, short articles
  • Features: focused on collection, exhibitions, and events

YOUTUBE

  • Audience: general public, college community
  • Purpose: share educational video content, highlight collaborations
  • Tone: formal
  • Content: video recordings of lectures, artist talks
  • Features: Hosted on JCCC Video account

SOCIAL MEDIA (such as Instagram and Facebook)

  • Audience: general public, online community
  • Purpose: Build awareness, engage audience, reflect personality
  • Tone: Informal, spontaneous
  • Content: images, short videos, user-generated content
  • Features: engages with trends and cultural zeitgeist

Find these resources and more online at linktr.ee/nermanmuseum

If you have any feedback about these tools, please share it with us!

Chart of the various artwork resources for the Nerman Museum

Need this information in a printable format? Download our Nerman Museum Digital Tools Guide (.pdf).