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University of St Andrews LibraryPhotographic CollectionSeptember 16-17, 2010
Marc BoulayPhotographic Archivist
St Andrews
North Street, looking West [St Andrews] Thomas Rodger, ca.1860
St Andrews
About Us
•700,000 Photographs•130,000 Digital Images•65,000 Records Online•Academic Resource•Postgraduate Studies
▫History of Photography▫Museum Studies
•An Open Community Resource•Image Licensing & Rights Management
Key Dates
•1840s – Photography comes to St Andrews
•1970s – Collection takes shape•1996 – Digitisation Initiative•2008 – Centralisation (Information +
Assets) •2010 – Launching KE EMu System•2013/2015 – Special Collections
Development
A venue for exchange and refinement
The Literary and Philosophical Society
Sir Hugh Lyon PlayfairBy Thomas Rodger, ca.1849
Sir David BrewsterBy John Adamson, ca.1855
Dr John Adamson, St Andrews.By Thomas Rodger, ca.1862
Early Development•John Adamson•Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill•Thomas Rodger
Dr John Adamson. From stereograph ca. 1845
David Octavius Hill.By Robert Adamson & D O Hill, 1843-1845
Thomas Rodger, ca. 1850
Topographic•James Valentine & Sons
▫120,000 photographs (1851-1960s)•Robert Moyes Adam
▫15,000 glass plates (1901-1956)•Hamish M. Brown
▫95,000 prints and slides (1960-2010)•Private & Vernacular Collections
▫Travel, Expeditions, Journals, Albums
James Valentine
Forth Rail Bridge, August 1888
Robert Moyes Adam
Hamish Brown, Quiraing, Skye
Lord David Douglas-Hamilton,1933-35
Current Initiatives
•KE EMu collections management system▫Centralisation / DAM / Access / Knowledge
•Mining existing resources▫Making the most of past efforts▫Rediscovering our Rare Books Collection
•Redevelopment / Moving Special Collections▫11.5 kilometres in 10 months!▫3-5 years until salvation…
Building Momentum
William Notman, Tobogganing PartyHalifax Nova Scotia, 1881
Why does networking matter to us
• Increasing national awareness benefits us all! •A collective voice has more influence
▫Providing validity and weight to support initiatives▫Building momentum, support, funding▫Negotiating cheaper preservation supplies
• A resource of expertise & best practices ▫Facilitating independent / small collections
•Activating smaller collections as national resources
•Facilitate training & collaboration of future experts
Vision, Aspirations, Collaboration
•Professional Networking▫ Providing federated searches▫ Building awareness of each others’ collections▫ Diversifying the sources and ranges of
material available for research and exhibition though discovery of previously uncelebrated holdings
•Public Collaboration▫ Providing a robust infrastructure for sustained
future discovery and knowledge transfer ▫ Unearthing smaller collections in the broader
community▫ Empowering the community to take ownership
of their photographic heritage
Hugh Lyon Playfair, ca.1860s
Potential mantras for the future?
•Don’t let the perfect get in the way of the possible!
•Cultural heritage is not found in objects…..
It is created in dialogue.
William Notman, Canada, ca. 1880s