Over the past year, NYARC has surveyed the publishing and web archiving landscape to develop a program for collecting born-digital art research materials. An overview of this project called “Reframing Collection for a Digital Age: A Preparatory Study for Collecting and Preserving Web-Based Art Research Materials,” funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, can be found here.
Through conversations with many staff members, colleagues, publishers, and vendors we have learned a tremendous amount over the past year. We asked: