Michiel Nijhoff: The Archive of the Stedelijk and the ‘LearningZone’. A Contextual Approach to Documentary Information

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Michiel Nijhoff, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Head of
Library/
Collection Registration


06/25/11, ZKM_Kubus


The Stedelijk Museum is working on digitizing its archive. The
paper is about
the way that is done, the technical side, and the context.
From one archival document many different stories can be told,
and these
stories can take on many forms. A few historical examples are
given and the
exhibition series ReCollections is discussed. An overview of the
overall digitization
plan of the Stedelijk is given as the plans for the physical
space where
the learning zone of the museum will be shown.


Biography // Michiel Nijhoff, born 1956, studied History of Arts
in Leiden
and Utrecht, Librarian of Museum Boijmans from 1985 to 2000. From
2000 to
2007 Librarian of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. From 2007 Head of
Library
and Collection Registration, responsible for Library. Collection
Registration,
Archive, Photography Archive, Collection Management System.
Responsible
for various large digitization projects. Publishes regularly on
museum libraries.
Chair of Art libraries Society / NL from 2000-2008, member of Art
Section
of IFLA from 1998-2002. Member of International Relations
Committee of
ARLIS/NA from 2008-2010.