Collaborative Action to Preserve Born-Digital, Web-Based Art History & Culture

The Internet Archive and the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) are pleased to announce that we have received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to form a cooperative entity of art and museum libraries that will jointly curate and promote the use of arts-related web collections. The cooperative entity of 30+ initial institutions, now called Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA), launched in August 2021 but we're seeking more participating institutions on a rolling basis. Please complete the following form if your institution would like to join us!

The primary activities, responsibilities, and outcomes of the project are listed below.

Member art and museum libraries will:
- Select topics and specific web content that is relevant to their expertise
- Provide metadata to facilitate access to archived content
- Participate in planning and evaluation meetings 1-2 times per quarter
- Curate a valuable reference resource that will enhance the art historical record of the 21st century

The Internet Archive will:
- Manage the capture and quality assurance of web content selected by members
- Coordinate communication amongst members
- Build and maintain an access portal to the collections
- Plan and hold two funded datathons to facilitate researcher use of these web collections

Name*

Title*

Email Address*

Organization Name*

Have you participated in any previous Advancing Art Libraries and Curated Web Archives events? (select all that apply)

National Forum, February 2019Stakeholder Meeting, Frick Collection, April 2019Stakeholder Meeting, Getty Research Institute, March 2020Informational Webinars (August 2018, May 2019, and/or April 2020)Other

Which of the following subject areas would you contribute website nominations for? (select any that apply)

Has your organization done any web archiving?*

Yes, institutional web archivingYes, topical web archivingYes, both institutional and topical web archivingNo web archiving yet!

If you have done topical, arts-related web archiving, please detail the topics, size and other relevant information for any existing collections you would like to include in the reference resource created for this program.

Members would be asked to attend 1-2 planning calls per quarter, would contribute website nominations for collections, and could commit to additional work on metadata, access projects, and research support as available. Would your organization be able to commit time to this project?*

YesNoMaybe

Do you have any additional thoughts or questions about participation?

Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Participation Form