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Documentation at ScreenSound Australia: an update on. using MAVIS to describe Documentation. Documentation Material acquired by ScreenSound Australia.
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Documentation at ScreenSound Australia: an update on using MAVIS to describe Documentation Sue Terry, November 2003
Documentation Material acquired by ScreenSound Australia • The Documentation Collection includes photographic, paper and artefact material that is related to film, television, radio and recorded sound productions and industries. • Documentation materials are acquired to complement the audiovisual collection • Materials include stills, transparencies, posters, lobby cards, scripts, publicity, scrapbooks, personal and production papers, costumes, animation cels and a range of equipment such as cameras and projectors.
Arrangement and description of Documentation material • ScreenSound Australia uses two methods to arrange Documentation material: • Artificial (by production or personality) (e.g. material related to the film Shine or actor Geoffrey Rush) • Formed Collection (e.g. The Peter Yeldham Collection) • From an access point of view, evidence suggests most users are more interested in production / personality arrangement.
Flexibility of MAVIS • Archives traditionally document and store their collections at a collection level, with separate finding aids where possible • MAVIS provides more flexibility, enabling us to track intellectual information (retaining its organisational integrity) about the collection, whilst storing physical items separately in appropriate facilities
The Peter Yeldham Collection • The Peter Yeldham Collection – comprises 31 boxes covering 1989 to 1997. • MAVIS provides for description of the whole collection, the box, the folder within the box and, if needed, the letter within the folder. • The way the collection has been entered in MAVIS demonstrates the potential for multi-layer hierarchical description providing multiple access points. Photo of Peter Yeldham with Ray Barrett and Roger Climpson during a segment of ‘This is Your Life’. Catalogue No. 356312
Rabbit Proof Fence Press Kit Combination of physical items – folder, pamphlet and CD-rom – and digital items (images from the CD-rom) Hierarchical display and relationship is recorded in MAVIS
Rabbit Proof Fence Paper Work (Press Kit) with Photo Works (Images) attached
Issues… • Improving data display so that full flexibility of description can be implemented without confusing users regarding where elements of the description are stored • Improving preset report formats so that a ‘finding aid’ can be generated • Improving content display so that users can access it more easily • Reviewing MAVIS overall model re applicability to complexity of digital content